Aviation Week & Space Technology

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 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 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 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

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

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

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

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 Tony Osborne
Eager not to see a repeat of the 2014 Gripen referendum, the Swiss government aims to persuade the public of the need for new fighters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
Ask the Editors: Aviation Week data shows the U.S. military operates about three times as many manned aircraft as the Chinese military.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Miguel Smart and John Karren
To mitigate disruption, leaders have swiftly embraced new ways of working and deployed digital productivity tools.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Early indicators show American ULCCs outperforming larger competitors.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Rolls progresses electric propulsion; ZeroAvia flies electric in UK; Terrafugia unveils eVTOL; and Electra.aero builds team.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Boeing’s narrowbody share has dipped due to the MAX grounding; some advanced technologies could help it move the needle.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

This webinar took place June 26, 2020. As it deals with fallout from the COVID-19 crisis, Airbus must define a plan to lower production over the
Aerospace

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

Piotr Butowski
Two factors caused the first pre-production aircraft accident just before the fighter was to be delivered to the Russian military.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Fuel cells may be more suited to smaller commercial aircraft, while larger ones would retain turbine engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Face it: you don’t really know your supply chain. Even when times were good in A&D manufacturing, regular deliveries required repeated heroics. Now
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