Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

By Jen DiMascio
Russian Naval aircraft’s first flight; Space Force to integrate MILsatcom; F/A-18s tested in Finland; and Turkey’s armed drone.
Defense

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

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

By Michael Bruno, Jen DiMascio, Graham Warwick
Its decision to shed commercial aviation and rail divisions may not be enough, given the crowded business aviation market.
Air Transport

By Lee Hudson
How lawmakers and the administration are responding to the most surprising proposals in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2021 budget request.
Defense

By Byron Callan
The GDP and interest rate assumptions on which the budget is predicated are questionable.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Hopes for a sale to Saudi Arabia are out of reach with German arms embargo on Riyadh.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
DARPA fiscal 2019 budget request targets new weapons and communications concepts for contested environments.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Air Force decides to trade-off current capabilities in the near-term to finance next-generation projects.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
A radically modified demonstrator made its first flight in May 2019, but it has come to light only now after video was posted on social media.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau, Molly McMillin
Widely expected deals to sell train unit and the last of Bombardier’s commercial aero business, still leaves OEM in fragile bizav market.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters CEO says AW609 is on right path, as certification nears.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX tests space tourism waters by signing up with experienced flight services company.
Aerospace

Vikas Mittal and Shrihari Sridhar
Research shows that brand insulation with customers could help the aerospace giant regain its footing.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The Chinese agency has long been vexed by the multiplicity of airlines. The industry crisis has prompted it to propose consolidation.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Next-Generation Interceptors could be emplaced in the ground by the end of the decade.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Securing German funding for Future Combat Air System demonstrators is seen as a “decisive” milestone, but Berlin’s political inertia could affect momentum.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Advancing Asian UAM; removing space debris; fuel could help in gusts; measuring X-59’s shocks; DLR’s new Falcon testbed.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Both aircraft manufacturers have been forced to reduce production rates for widebodies as weak demand persists.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
With global spectrum rights in hand and ground stations under construction, OneWeb plans to roll out high-speed, global internet service.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Building the safety case, amending the regulations and providing a business case for safe, robust and reliable operation lie ahead.
Sustainability

By Irene Klotz
Flight test exposed Starliner software glitches, but NASA is more concerned about what else may be lurking in process flaws.
Program Management

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Boeing steers the new airliner project design concept to counter nearer-term competition from the Airbus A321XLR.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
Accelerating plans to land astronauts on the Moon in 2024 will cost $35 billion, says NASA.
Program Management