Aviation Week & Space Technology

Urban air mobility and drone traffic management share the same technology pillars but will occupy different layers of airspace.

Ask the Editors: The gentle encounter is to last less than 16 sec.—and potentially only 5 sec.

OEM trims 20-year fleet size, delivery projections in first forecast since pandemic started.

Mixed congressional reaction on the Pentagon’s radical proposal to redesign the U.S. Navy for a future war with China.

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force has begun work on how to exploit its new RC-2 sigint aircraft, converted from an airlifter prototype.

VoltAero has begun flight-testing the most powerful version of its hybrid-electric power train for regional transportation.

Fifteen-nation program marks 20 years of continuous human presence in low Earth orbit.

In this special edition Check 6 Tech Talk, we speak to Elizabeth Turtle, the principal investigator of NASA’s upcoming Dragonfly mission.

Hypersonic Production Accelerator Facility would dramatically cut costs and schedule for scramjet propulsion, study says.

As travel restrictions continue to hold back demand, airlines face winter capacity cuts.

Ask the Editors: New training protocol for 737 MAX pilots have yet to be finalized, but a Sept. 30 demo is a good idea of what’s to come.

HAPSMobile flies high; Islander automated; multifuel UAV engines; NASA’s X-59 slips; Russia targets quiet supersonics; fresh fruit by autonomous aircraft.

Fleet upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic may have an impact on the feedstock available for conversion.

Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of CNES, tells Aviation Week’s Thierry Dubois about the agency’s progress on reusable launchers and other programs in conjunction with International Astronautical Congress 2020.

Ask the Editors: U.S. Air Force and NATO officials have discussed replacing E-3s using a distributed systems approach, but options are not fully developed.

Changes go beyond what is required to align with updated flight control software.

Cost-cutting moves force Boeing to consolidate 787 production in South Carolina—but what are implications for its Washington sites?

France to replace Rafales; SDA awards tracking layer contracts; Russian airlifter delayed; and Boeing WGS clears PDR.

Startup Boom looks ahead to flying its XB-1 scaled demonstrator in 2021 and going supersonic by year-end.

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

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

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

This webinar took place October 9, 2020. As part of Aviation Week’s coverage of this year’s International Astronautical Congress and in recognition of

PERFECTING RESPONSE The advances in AI described in “Air Combat by Algorithm” ( Aug. 31-Sept. 13, p. 46) are wonderful, but this is not the first time

Listen as Aviation Week editors Sean Broderick and Guy Norris discuss the latest ups, downs and relocations at Boeing.