Aviation Week & Space Technology

After hundreds of North American air shows were canceled last year due to the pandemic, the performers are launching for glory again.

European industry is finally within reach of beginning development on a MALE UAS to compete with offerings from U.S. and Israel.

Two new airlines will start flying in the coming months in the U.S. While the timing is similar, their business models are different.

General warns of Chinese space prototype; U.S. Army wants FVL upgrades; Singapore’s new operational tanker; and T-7 aft fuselage arrives.

While Ariane 6 is overcoming the last technical hurdles, reusability demonstration programs are making progress.

The company expects little disruption from new electrical system problem.

China’s domestic capacity has surged back after a COVID-19 spike put the brakes on the country’s busiest travel period.

EHang’s longer-range eVTOL; Aska flying car; Pipistrel cargo UAV for China; Xwing autonomy demo; and ANA flies Wingcopter.

After a successful first flight of the Ingenuity on Mars, Ellen Stofan, under secretary for science and research at the Smithsonian Institution, talks with Aviation Week editors about the historic nature of the mission, coming 117 years after the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Long-sought changes have the potential to turn Spirit’s 20th-century-style factories into marvels of digitally driven lean manufacturing.

The nation needs to declassify technology, rely on private industry and compete for routine space missions.

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Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

The clock is ticking for a high-risk, high-reward technology demonstration.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

With some 100 companies vying to enter the advanced air mobility industry, the competition was bound to get bloody sooner or later.

Readers write about cockpit automation, the Mars Perseverance lander, the Boeing 757 and KC-46, and space tourism.

Aviation Week editors answer questions about the direction of the MRO industry as commercial aviation climbs out of the crisis.

Repairs to in-service, stored aircraft likely.

Despite ongoing concerns, MRO providers seeing room to hope as airline traffic rebounds.

Delta TechOps’ new $100 million test cell in 2019 was just the start of its investment and transition.

An intense private feud erupted publicly over Air Force objections to Army plans to encroach on long-range strike mission.

Hunt for hypersonic interceptor; Smith wants May 10 budget request; Air Force’s SIAW shift, and Austin scraps European drawdown.

Startup ABL’s launcher is well-sized for Lockheed’s new satellite bus.