Aviation Week & Space Technology

By William Garvey
FAA certification was anticipated by the end of 2019 but has not occurred yet.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Lee Hudson
A streamlined company aims to grow its strength in space services.
Commercial Space

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Aviation Week Network and AIAA recognize 20 talented students who are on course to change the face of the aerospace and defense industry.
MRO

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick, Sean Broderick
Some lawmakers think the FAA’s certification process is broken. Are they right?
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. Navy Fire Scouts need reliability boost; India buys U.S. helos; Norway sends F-35s to Iceland; Tunisia to buy light attack aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Somewhere in Australia, Boeing and partners are building a loyal-wingman drone. A photo of a fuselage major assembly reveals details.
Air Warfare Symposium

By Steve Trimble
Taking its cue from commercial venture capitalists, the Air Force is revamping the technology investment process.
Air Warfare Symposium

By Michael Bruno
The next three months could be decisive in the 16-year World Trade Organization dispute between Airbus and Boeing.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Flight restrictions touched off by COVID-19 are affecting belly capacity and could mean changes to freighter schedules and trade flows.
Airports & Networks

By Steve Trimble
A new U.S. military assessment adds a hypersonic glide vehicle to China’s nuclear weapons portfolio.
Air Warfare Symposium

By Bill Carey
The EU mandate is less comprehensive than in the U.S. and will not be uniformly applied across the continent.
Interiors & Connectivity

Daniel Oltrogge
The success of the growing commercial space industry is at risk.
Program Management

By Sean Broderick
Delegation is here to stay, and manufacturers are—and always have been—accountable for ensuring regulatory compliance.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick, Bradley Perrett, Adrian Schofield
The effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak are severe, manifold, complex and could be catastrophic for some airlines.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Spirit’s eVTOL tieup; electrified commuter aircraft; kitplane-based MALE flies; Volocopter raises more funds; Sweden’s electric aviation.
Aerospace

Anatoly Zak
Ukrainian engineers are helping Chinese industry with the study of engine designs.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
In a breakthrough use of computer vision, Airbus makes swift progress in its autonomous takeoff-and-landing project.
Program Management

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

Readers write about the hypersonics race, electromechanical catapult systems, Bombardier management and a conversion correction.

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
While lawmakers always declare the president’s request dead on arrival on Capitol Hill, this year there was more than the usual dismissal by a rival branch of government.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Stratospheric test flights to come as PHASA-35 high-altitude pseudo-satellite makes first flight in Australia.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
The company aims to produce up to 42 engines per year at the new plant.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Long-running blended wing body studies have so far come to nothing, but Airbus may have the technology to bring it to reality.
Aerospace

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.