Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

Some models, like the Airbus A380, are all but done for good.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Air France was early into a radical fleet shake-up set out by Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith in November.

What’s next for U.S. Air Force tankers; Ecuador receives H145s; continued F-35 delays; and unmanned teaming for Wildcat.

An enlarged second stage would have two engines and more propellant. Much more payload space can be provided.

Ask the Editors: Airbus’ strategy remains expanding its overseas market share, so the OEM is not likely to bring work back to Europe.

Pyka has FAA approval to begin trial operations at farms in California and Nevada.

The government hopes its companies can become more efficient with outside investment. This is extending to airlines.

The Oct. 12 launch of the Gaofen-13 satellite highlights China’s growing reconnaissance-strike complex from space.

If the current fragile jetliner market worsens, the U.S. and other governments might feel pressure to reconsider their nonintervention.

Ask the Editors: There is room for both and overlap between both, and who will win where will play out over the next decade.

Listen in as CEO Francisco Gomes Neto gives his side of Embraer’s breakup with Boeing, what he thinks of finding new partners, and how he plans to steer the Brazilian aircraft company through the COVID-19 storm.

Stratospheric cell mast; Heaviside favors elegance; Pipistrel picks Honeywell; Volansi flies vaccines; Iris enables BVLOS.

A recovery to 2019 levels of profitability remains distant, but carriers believe they can stem daily losses in the medium-term future.

Ask the Editors: Three former NASA administrators agree the U.S. space program needs to use nuclear propulsion.

Transonic Truss Braced Wing, electrified propulsion small-core turbofans and high-rate composites top NASA’s priorities

Plans for major technology demonstrators to shape next generation of single-aisle airliner firming up in Europe and U.S.

Under a flat budget, the Pentagon should increase competition, invest in soft power, reinvent conops and tap digital technologies.

Samples from asteroid could reveal more about building blocks for life.

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

Readers write about Aviation Week webinars, hydrogen-powered aircraft, and Rolls-Royce’s future.

Taiwan cleared for missile sales; Bell starts attack helo parts production; Telesat, Lockheed team on SDA; more money for military intel.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

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

Democrats Amy McGrath and Kim Mangone are challenging two of the most powerful Republicans in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell