Aviation Week & Space Technology

MQ-9Bs for Taiwan?; Collins’ $700 million ejection seat win; New carrier delivery strategy; and Air Force opens space structures lab.

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A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

Building common ground for space becomes NASA’s political mantra.

Listen as Aviation Week editors Joseph Anselmo, Sean Broderick, and Jens Flottau discuss Aviation Week's analysis of proprietary aircraft operational data showing the precipitous fall in utilization for many aircraft workhorses.

After 15 years of development, Karem’s Optimum Speed Tilt Rotor shows its potential on the test stand.

Seven years after the demise of the X-51 program, the Pentagon puts Boeing back in the running for hypersonic cruise missile programs.

The likely return of the 737 MAX is adding to what many fear will be overcapacity as airline recovery stalls.

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

Cellular operators are baulking at the cost of establishing 5G networks. Could masts in the sky be an option?

NASA hastily packs up spacecraft for return trip home to avoid losing overflowing sample.

With work reduced to documentation, it is not clear how the group is preserving corporate knowledge for a possible restart.

Falcon 9 engine issue delays first U.S.-launched ISS crew flight since the space shuttle.

Ongoing concern over the robustness of the GPS system in the U.S. undergirds development of alternative navigation systems for aviation.

Fallout from commercial aviation business lost could eliminate businesses, create opportunities.

Ask the Editors: Deciding whether to diversify away from the Boeing 737, Southwest must weigh the pros and cons of a dual fleet.

Tecnam’s electric; China unmanned test sites; Canadian AAM; Volocopter’s UAM backbone; Beam solar charger; Loon stratospheric record

NASA tests on Boeing’s 787-10 ecoDemonstrator provided unprecedented system-level acoustic data for improving low-noise airliner designs.

Five European countries are now actively exploring or investing in small satellite launch facilities.

Flight tests for the first time synchronously measured noise on the ground and on the aircraft.

Ask the Editors: Traditional OEMs are likely to maintain a large role in the future of space.

Why Honeywell Aerospace’s chief sees a bright future for the industry despite today’s COVID-19 woes.

Bell is looking to technology from its Model 360 Invictus as a potential template for a medium-size single-engine utility platform.

M&A activity among major A&D players is picking up again, but this time they are shedding assets or tacking on specialties.

Francisco Gomes Neto talks with Aviation Week in his first interview for the aerospace trade press.