Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Ask the Editors: Instead of the mature horizontal model of today’s engine market, electric propulsion has been vertically integrated.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Special Forces looking for low-cost options to support ground troops in remote areas.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The latest internet entrepreneurs to put money into UAM hope to set their company apart with a safe, quiet low-cost vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
U.S. proposal extends and expands guidelines for cooperation on lunar missions and beyond.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Among major trends COVID-19 is expected to spur in A&D manufacturing is the big will gobble up others or take back more work.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Ask the Editors: Anything that lowers trip costs is a benefit to carriers right now, with a predicted shift to lower-capacity aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
When traffic starts to grow again, Europe’s system of hubs and secondary airports may evolve.
Airports & Networks

By Steve Trimble
Ask the Editors: Available evidence does not give specific clues, but the B-52 ceiling and U-2 operating altitude provide reference.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Reaffirming current protocols and developing new ones are both in the cards.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
The 160th Special Operations Regiment is eager to shed hand-me-down fleets, but will Army decisions let them?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Germany is leading on taking an ethical and responsible approach to the technologies in FCAS. When will its partners follow?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The coronavirus pandemic accelerates demonstration of BVLOS drone flights as the UK pushes for wider use of the technology.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Adrian Schofield
Asian markets dominate global rankings as some rebound from the COVID-19 crisis faster than those in the U.S. and Europe.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
UK future flight vision; sandbox for UAVs; making LEO safer; augmented-reality landings; connected by balloon.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey
U.S. Senate hearing fails to resolve why the FCC approved access to spectrum near GPS frequencies, with conditions.
Connected Aerospace

By Guy Norris
High-tempo test schedule puts Firefly on track for September debut with Alpha launch vehicle.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: With availability of Fed-backed private sector funding, large aerospace companies are unlikely to rely on CARES Act.
Aerospace

This webinar took place May 15, 2020 With the impact of COVID-19 on private investment and corporate R&D alike, can the nascent electric VTOL industry
Advanced Air Mobility

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

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Vacation travel will likely come back more quickly than business travel, but the recovery will come in phases.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Sean Broderick, Bill Carey, Ben Goldstein, Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau
More airlines are announcing plans to resume service, particularly in Europe. But health protection rules and new processes are unclear.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
Even with an extraordinary payload of 2,000 kg, newly revealed Hyunmoo 4 can fly 800 km, and likely much farther with a smaller warhead.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bradley Perrett, Jens Flottau
Faced with massive cost pressures during the COVID-19 crisis, Mitsubishi cuts back on regional jet investment.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Lee Hudson, Irene Klotz
The U.S. military continues to expand the operational envelope of its X-37B robotic spaceplanes amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Space