Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
Eaton buying two Cobham divisions; Pentagon nominee on nuclear weapons; South Korea’s Global Hawk tussle; F-15EX flies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Leveraging NMA lessons, Boeing signals industry on firmer development plans for new competitor to the A321XLR.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
A convergence of cost pressures and operational needs are raising the profile of a once-discarded generation of fighters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Acubed collecting and processing millions of real-world images to train a machine-learning algorithm.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein, Sean Broderick, Lori Ranson, Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau, Adrian Schofield, Guy Ferneyhough
Airline sector’s most serious crisis ever is also an opportunity as new airlines worldwide prepare to fly.
Airlines & Lessors

By Irene Klotz
Steppingstones approach to hunt for life on Mars nears the home stretch.
Space

By Steven Grundman
What leaders should do when we again are free to move about.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein, Lori Ranson
After losing nearly $35 billion in 2020, U.S. carriers are confident of a demand rebound. They are just unsure about the timing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Airflow eSTOL; Elroy teams with NASA; DLR scales up fuel cells; South Korean UAM team; Lilium’s Florida expansion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Originally conceived as a commercial communications relay, the MQ-9’s mission is coming full circle under ABMS.
Program Management

By Graham Warwick
Efficient regional transportation, urban mobility, medical delivery and industrial inspection key targets of new UK research projects.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Piotr Butowski
Efforts are underway to develop a successor to the MiG-31.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
Ask the editors: The share of leased versus owned aircaft is rising, causing carriers to change course—a trend that may stay for a while.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
As Europe clears the MAX's return, 777X and 787 woes cap a horrible year and record loss for Boeing. Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss on Check 6.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Will Biden’s policy on aerospace business with China differ from Trump’s? The answers may be surprising politically but not economically.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
RAF sees unmanned aircraft becoming the backbone of the inventory supporting manned fighters such as F-35, Typhoon and Tempest.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick
Flagship Boeing widebody is suffering from production-quality issues forcing time-consuming rework on airplanes most do not need.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Fearful of an FVL monopoly in Europe in the 2030s, Airbus is turning to Europe to fund studies for a European Next-Generation Rotorcraft.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Shoulder-mounted conformal fuel tanks could be cut after flight testing reveals “challenges.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

Charles Beames
The nation needs to adopt a "commercial first" policy for space technology to bolster its international competitiveness.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne, Thierry Dubois
Greece is investing in defense again and new combat aircraft top the list of priorities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Virgin Orbit’s Dutch customer; MDA awards sensor development contracts; BAE to demo PHASA-35; and Spacecom HQ location in flux?
Missile Defense & Weapons

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Advanced Air Mobility

By Adrian Schofield
Three of the region’s widebody operators are negotiating to cut their debt loads and dispose of some of their aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors