Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne
The UK is facing competition from sites in Norway, Sweden and the Azores for smallsat launch from Europe.
Commercial Space

By Jens Flottau
Taking the helm amid the aviation industry’s worst crisis, Slattery is likely to take a fresh look at structures and strategies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The General Electric-Safran joint venture has developed a checklist to help customers with aircraft service reentry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Ask the Editors: It is more destabilizing if our adversaries have them and we don’t.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
A small cottage industry set up to support one-off experiments is now transforming into a billion-dollar sector of the missile market.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Startup test-flying Cessna’s cargo feeder modified for lower-cost unmanned operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
From swapping delivery positions to equity stakes, lessors are going beyond monthly payment adjustments to keep their customers flying.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
COVID-19 has hit the South Korean airline industry at a pivotal time, disrupting efforts to attract new owners by Asiana and Eastar.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jen DiMascio
Revealing the F-15EX’s first squadron; New F-16 sales; Russia orders Sukhoi upgrades; and NROL-44 scheduled for launch.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Ask the Editors: The outlook for air cargo in coming years will be closely linked to the global economy, and industry will have to adapt.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
The COVID-19 crisis has led major U.S. carriers to streamline their feeder fleets, creating winners and losers among regional partners.
Airlines & Lessors

By William Garvey
In widespread service and production, the Skyhawk has stood the test of time since its rollout in 1955.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By P. Barry Butler
We need to infuse aviation education programs with a comprehensive perspective on human and machine performance.
Maintenance & Training

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force’s nuclear weapons managers have started researching a key technology for an intercontinental range hypersonic glider.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bill Carey
Limited access to facilities and the suspension of on-site training has delayed the Next-Generation Air Transportation System.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Piotr Butowski
Development of the high-altitude long-endurance system has been rocky from the start.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Ask the Editors: Short-term defense spending appears stable, but cuts over the next five years may delay Air Force programs such as NGAD.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Randy Starr
Companies will have to ramp up internal R&D spending to keep pace.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
UK talks up FlyZero; JAXA’s low-boom breakthrough; EHang air taxi in Austria; VerdeGo runs hybrid; and SkyDrive aims for 2023.
Emerging Technologies

By Bradley Perrett
Discounting and drastic discounting reveal that China does not need 2019 domestic capacity. The airlines are running that much anyway.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: Aviation in Argentina and across almost all of Latin America is in critical condition. Governments have provided little-to-no financial aid for airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The advanced air mobility market is beginning to differentiate by manufacturer, by mission and by timing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Joe Anselmo, Jen DiMascio, Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

Readers write about NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, Japan’s Aegis Ashore plan and Boeing’s midmarket airplane strategy.
Aerospace

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