Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Thierry Dubois
France will spend an extra €1.7 billion ($2 billion) this year, but uncertainties lie ahead, linked to the pending sale of used Rafales.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The specter of a renewed threat from Russia prompts Eastern European countries to raise their defense game.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK is adding billions to its defense budget, but spending plans are in flux until the Integrated Review reports.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Initial phases of FCAS may cost €8 billion but could bring combat cloud technology to the frontline by 2030.
Defense and Space

By Joe Anselmo
Despite the pandemic, the industry continued to make progress in sustainability, space, aviation safety and more.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
German defense budget is increasing to meet modernization needs, but hurdles to progress remain.
Defense and Space

By Maxim Pyadushkin
While Russia’s defense budget is likely to flatten, Putin will maintain his focus on the nation’s strategic forces.
Defense and Space

Saurabh Joshi
Pinched by COVID-related economic woes, New Delhi is still prepared to buy what it needs to counter border threats in Ladakh.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
The defense budget is likely to reach 2.4% of GDP within two years. Slow naval programs will consume much of the money.
Defense and Space

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air cargo operators are gearing up to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine while fighting to overcome a capacity shortage.
Civil Aviation

By Steve Trimble
A decade of research and simulation is transitioning into a flight test series of autonomous aircraft projects in 2021.
Defense and Space

By Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau
Major transit hubs have proven to be particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 crisis as connectivity falls apart.
Civil Aviation

By Steve Trimble
Beyond COVID-19, the new leadership team at the Pentagon will inherit a huge modernization agenda.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
The Boeing-Airbus duopoly cannot count on widebody sales anytime soon, so their hope is to get narrowbody production back to normal.
Civil Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Four and half years since the Brexit referendum and aerospace is no nearer to understanding what the UK’s future trading relationship with its nearest and largest trading partner will look like.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jen DiMascio
Ask the Editors: China and Russia are not likely to follow in U.S. footsteps and establish separate space force branches within their militaries.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
Long-haul aviation market has changed since the 777X was launched, increasing pressure on Boeing’s business case.
Air Transport

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
All four RQ-4s have been delivered and all 40 F-35As will be in 2021. So the 2021 acquisition budget is not rising much.
Defense and Space

Although the ministry has requested a 3.3% rise, something closer to the 1.5% average of the past eight years is more likely to happen.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
If the relationship between China’s defense spending and GDP holds, growth in allocations will trend downward in the coming decade.
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio, Lee Hudson, Steve Trimble
Gen. John Raymond, the chief of space operations, looks back at the first year of operations for the U.S. Space Force and ahead at what is to come for
Defense

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield, Ben Goldstein
A business model that has long had its doubters will be facing tougher competition in the post-pandemic era.
Civil Aviation

By Steve Trimble
A four-year-old strategy to boost spending levels for defense faces its greatest test in the wake of Canada’s COVID-19 response.
Defense and Space

By Ben Goldstein, Helen Massy-Beresford
Demand trends during the pandemic and recovery should favor LCCs over larger legacy airlines.
Civil Aviation

By Irene Klotz
U.S. back in human spaceflight business.
Defense and Space