Aviation Week & Space Technology

Nine weeks after the first U.S. crewed launch to the space station since 2011, two NASA astronauts are heading home.

Ask the Editors: A recent round-table highlighted the future of combat offerings from a number of countries. Who else is on the radar?

This webinar took place July 29, 2020 and was sponsored by Raytheon Technologies. From the U.S. quest to replace its Apache helicopters to India’s

Dassault Rafales arrive in India; USAF chooses ATAC; TAI completes F-16 upgrades; and U.S. releases images of Su-24s in Libya.

Airlines are ramping up their activities but there are signs the post-COVID-19 recovery could be more hesitant than they initially hoped.

Five configurations have now been seen, including three in testing. Inlet shapes and body length are among the variations.

The demand dip is triggering delivery slowdowns and orderbook shuffling, but top U.S. carriers remain committed to Boeing’s narrowbody.

Ask the Editors: It is likely that Spirit AeroSystems will try to acquire Bombardier’s aerostructures operations—but for less money.

Without naming them, Boeing says many military aviation services are contacting it about the ATS—all wanting to add mass to air battles.

The FCC has endangered a national treasure by allowing high-power terrestrial transmitters in the band of frequencies that includes GPS.

UK’s Jet Zero Council, FlyZero study and hybrid-electric regional; Swift flies HALE UAV; Advanced electric trainer; Soft solid batteries.

With memories of failed acquisition attempts still fresh, US Army leaders are defining a new approach to deliver FLRAA and FARA programs

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

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

Lack of consensus has led to varied approaches.

Readers write about hydrogen-fueled aircraft, Trump’s flip-flopping and arsenal plane candidates.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

Aviation Week editors provide their behind-the-scenes impressions from interviews with the CEOs of Airbus, Boeing, Lufthansa Technik and Raytheon Technologies.

This webinar took place July 23, 2020 and was sponsored by Makino. In 2001 China accounted for 2% of commercial aircraft orders. By 2018 that had

Val Miftakov is the founder and CEO of ZeroAvia, which is developing a zero emission electric powertrain for regional aircraft that uses hydrogen fuel cells. Aviation Week's Executive Editor, Technology Graham Warwick speaks to him about the startup’s plans in this Tech Talk.

Britain’s plan for its Tempest has triggered UK investments by Saab and a new wave of industrial agreements with industry.

Rolls’ need to fund UltraFan development drives speculation about renewed cooperation.

Economic and workforce upheavals are testing the mettle of the small satellite industry.

While AirAsia’s Malaysia and Thai units will likely be OK, its offshore franchises and AirAsia X are under much more survival pressure.

Ask the Editors: The A380’s competitive disadvantage is that airlines need a very high passenger load factor to make the economics work.