Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Bradley Perrett
The defense budget is likely to reach 2.4% of GDP within two years. Slow naval programs will consume much of the money.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Four and half years since the Brexit referendum and aerospace is no nearer to understanding what the UK’s future trading relationship with its nearest and largest trading partner will look like.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jen DiMascio
Ask the Editors: China and Russia are not likely to follow in U.S. footsteps and establish separate space force branches within their militaries.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bradley Perrett
If the relationship between China’s defense spending and GDP holds, growth in allocations will trend downward in the coming decade.
Defense and Space

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
All four RQ-4s have been delivered and all 40 F-35As will be in 2021. So the 2021 acquisition budget is not rising much.
Defense and Space

Although the ministry has requested a 3.3% rise, something closer to the 1.5% average of the past eight years is more likely to happen.
Defense and Space

By Jens Flottau
Long-haul aviation market has changed since the 777X was launched, increasing pressure on Boeing’s business case.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio, Lee Hudson, Steve Trimble
Gen. John Raymond, the chief of space operations, looks back at the first year of operations for the U.S. Space Force and ahead at what is to come for
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A four-year-old strategy to boost spending levels for defense faces its greatest test in the wake of Canada’s COVID-19 response.
Defense and Space

By Ben Goldstein, Helen Massy-Beresford
Demand trends during the pandemic and recovery should favor LCCs over larger legacy airlines.
Civil Aviation

By Irene Klotz
Public trials of SpaceX satellite broadband service are underway.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
A crop of developmental projects are set to come to fruition over the next 12 months as new projects enter the design phase.
Defense and Space

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield, Ben Goldstein
A business model that has long had its doubters will be facing tougher competition in the post-pandemic era.
Civil Aviation

By Irene Klotz
U.S. back in human spaceflight business.
Defense and Space

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Aviation will see less demand due to COVID-19, so the introduction of long-haul narrowbodies is unlikely to gain steam.
Small Narrowbody Jets

This webinar took place December 11, 2020 and was sponsored by Embraer. The COVID-19 pandemic has focused research onto aircraft of the future, as
Aerospace

By Lee Hudson, Tony Osborne
The U.S. Air Force continues exploring nontraditional means to expand air-launched munitions capacity.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Modernization and rotary-wing fleet renewal is a priority for defense’s new spending spree.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Chances are you have never heard of an SPAC. But you or someone you know might be working for one in 2021—and you could be an investor.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois, Graham Warwick, Jens Flottau
Coming out of COVID-19 crisis, air transport must also meet demands for a more environment-friendly industry.
Civil Aviation

By Jen DiMascio
Skyborg protoype awards; MQ-25 flies with refueling store; Northrop sheds IT division; and new council for commercial space.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Aviation Week’s Guy Norris just visited Boeing Field, where he talked with 777X program leaders. Listen in for an update on the program’s status – and
Aerospace

This webinar took place December 10, 2020 and was sponsored by Boeing. Join us for an interview with Southwest Airlines Chairman of the Board and
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
The size and mass of the FCAS Next-Generation Fighter is driving the need for a big-deck carrier.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Fateful decisions loom in the next 12 months for a global fighter market caught up in a pivotal debate over how much to invest in each of three
Defense and Space