Aviation Week & Space Technology

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

Readers write about NASA’s exploration programs, angle-of-attack sensors, cockpit safety alerts and the F-35 program.

CEO Musk on Twitter: ‘Starship SN10 landed in one piece!’

France and Germany have overcome hurdles on the road to FCAS, but disagreement on intellectual rights could fracture fragile progress.

The arrival of vaccines has airlines hoping they will begin to emerge from their worst crisis. But what will the industry look like?

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

A wave of space startups suddenly going public in SPAC deals is revving up an already excited sector. But one of them is ahead of others and is about to take another giant leap.

A secret program inside GatorWorks seeks to deliver a high-speed, reusable propulsion system.

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

U.S. Army demos future UAS; Italy’s F-35s Embark; Military training merger; and a new Dash 8 agreement.

Larger issue of damage caused by engine failures could draw regulators’ focus.

In a sign of progress toward sustainability goals, the aviation industry has set out a plan to achieve carbon-neutral growth by 2050.

Listen in as Aviation Week editors talk with Jared Isaacman, the founder and CEO of Shift4Payments who has chartered a SpaceX crew Dragon orbital

Industry expects actions from U.S., Europe and other governments in 2021 to encourage production of low-carbon aviation fuels.

Boeing’s possible new aircraft could raise complicated questions for Airbus.

Suite of video cameras provides unprecedented view of what it is like to land on Mars.

Short-seller attack on Chinese startup EHang highlights the risks to investors in a nascent market.

Reverse merger with blank-check investment vehicle will vault Joby to the top of the UAM valuation league.

Cutting jobs, closing factories, reducing purchase costs but protecting research and technology investment: Safran finds a new balance.

Liquid-hydrogen prototype; lenticular rotors; GPS in GEO; emergency-response eVTOL; and flying car advances.

Growing e-commerce and shifting transportation modes are positive signs for air cargo.

Ask the Editors: With demand for widebodies diminishing, lessors will abstain from placing new widebody orders for several years.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the aviation industry, the need for consolidation was becoming apparent in Mexico.

Digital manufacturing trend yields new experimental, air-launched UAS at Lockheed’s rapid prototyping house.

As the Pentagon is grappling with how to maintain the F135 engine powering F-35 fighters, the engine on a Boeing airliner failed on a flight in the western U.S. Aviation Week editors discuss what these incidents mean for safety and reliability as well as the future of military engines.