Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is looking at suborbital flights.
Space

Daniel S. Goldin
It is time for the military to relinquish control of commercial positioning, navigation and timing assets.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Daniel S. Goldin
U.S. Military bureaucracy has neglected serious risks to the system and its users for decades.
A&D Week 2020

By Irene Klotz
Here is a look at missions that have landed and attempted to land on Mars, as well as upcoming projects by the U.S., China and Europe.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Propulsion testbed prepared for flight in UK as work begins on first application.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
UAE and China are looking for Mars debuts, joining eight spacecraft currently operating at the Red Planet.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
Near-term acquisition programs are hardly altered. Most proposals will go ahead late in the 2020s or in the 2030s.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Adrian Schofield
Most airlines in the region want to defer deliveries due this year, and early widebody retirements are also planned.
Airlines & Lessors

By Steve Trimble
Part-cruise missile and part-unmanned aircraft system, Skyborg is set to redefine air combat operations.
A&D Week 2020

By Thierry Dubois
Ask the Editors: The French government and France’s Big Four aerospace manufacturers partner up to infuse ailing suppliers with capital.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
After missions to assess Mars’ suitability for life, a new rover will hunt for microfossils and cache them for return to Earth.
Space

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The air transport industry welcomed a change in calculating emissions offsets; environmental campaigners are not convinced.
Sustainability

By Graham Warwick
FAA’s ConOps for UAM; NASA seeks AAM partners; Europe’s clean R&D plan; Wisk eyes U.S. UAM launch; FAA certifying 12 drones.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
DARPA preparing to award contracts to design an X-plane concept around active flow control.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The Multinational Multirole Tanker and Transport Fleet narrows Europe’s aerial refueling gap, but more will be needed to address shortfalls.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
Unstable approach set up fatal accident as pilots did not act on multiple cues.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jen DiMascio
Will the Senate boost a secret missile? House may back third launcher; New trainers for South Korea; and Embraer’s third KC-390.
Defense

This webinar took place July 1, 2020. As furloughs and layoffs have made the headlines, it’s the work behind the scenes — to get as many people back
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
Boeing is looking for the lowest sustainable production rate for its suppliers so they are still there to ramp up someday.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jen DiMascio, Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Steve Trimble
Boeing defense chief talks about increased introspection, the impact of COVID-19 on the market and plans for the KC-46.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Collins Aerospace describes initiatives to safeguard aviation’s VHF-routed data link communications.
Connected Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: Industry consolidation and growing automation and digitization will exacerbate pandemic-related layoffs.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jen DiMascio, Tony Osborne, Daniel Urchick, Brandon Patrick
The civil war in Libya is morphing into a fluid security situation. Russian military aircraft have arrived to support private contractors backed by the Russian
Defense

By Byron Callan
A silver lining of the pandemic is the Federal Reserve’s aggressive lowering of interest rates, which makes federal debt more affordable.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Frost & Sullivan says airlines need to maintain focus on technologies including AI, machine learning and blockchain.
Airlines & Lessors