Aviation Week & Space Technology

Acquisition of Eastar Jet would help Jeju Air dominate South Korean LCC market and spur overdue consolidation in this sector.

The city-state’s air bases are increasingly vulnerable. It obviously sees STOVL as an answer.

Eviation’s Alice catches fire; Boeing teams on ducted fans; Boom plans XB-1 flights; SkyDrive readies eVTOL; Bell demos cargo drone.

We provide answers to some of the key questions about the UK’s looming exit from the EU.

President/CEO John Holmes talks labor shortages, the MAX crisis, technological enablers and lucrative opportunities.

Airbus introduces advanced autopilot modes and a vortex-ring-state prediction tool on its new twin-engine medium helicopter.

Aerospace Calendar Feb. 11-16—Singapore Airshow. Changi Exhibition Center. Singapore. See singaporeairshow.com Feb. 13-April 2—RTCA Plenary Sessions

Automaker investments and flying prototypes are boosting the credibility of urban air mobility.

Most in industry and government see high-level, multinational efforts as a pipe dream, leaving airlines to fend for themselves.

Following a successful demonstration of Dragon’s launch abort system, SpaceX is in the home stretch for a crewed flight test.

IPOs, mergers and strategic moves reshuffle industrial landscape for Israeli aerospace.

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

Readers write about Boeing management and culture woes, cockpit system manual override, and nuclear power for remote military bases.

Optical sensors have joined Israel’s elaborate and increasingly more powerful air surveillance network

Israel’s precision weapons are sold all over the world, but struggled to break into world’s most lucrative market until recently

Iran’s acknowledgment that it shot down PS752 removes that doubt and painfully validates our 5.5 years of work on airspace risk awareness, but it also makes clear that this work was not enough to prevent a repeat tragedy. It is now evident that governments must play a more active role in preventing airlines from flying in conflict zones.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Boeing did not have the best year, and how many aircraft can and will be built will likely be open questions for years.

RIP Boeing Phantom Express; UK offloads AWACS aircraft; CMV-22B delivery imminent; UK upgrading training helo requirements.

For lack of $14 million a year, premier infrared space telescope’s mission ends Jan. 30.

The country that popularized unmanned aircraft systems in modern warfare is at the forefront of a new strategic change.

Welcoming the sixth and newest U.S. armed service the Space Force which has its first official member.

A new automation mode to improve strafing accuracy by F-16s also highlights a new approach to fielding new capabilities.

The production pause will yield carnage that Boeing and its Tier 1 partners must proactively manage to ensure the production ecosystem.

Progress in neuroscience gives researchers new leads to improve pilot performance in stressful conditions.