Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Steve Trimble
Air-launched, anti-missile interceptors and defensive lasers are set to take the next step in development.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Heavy-payload cargo delivery seen as a promising niche for unmanned aircraft, enabling responsive logistics and rapid resupply.

By Irene Klotz
Virgin Galactic conducts sole U.S. human spaceflight in 2019.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A year of change is in store for the military organizations tasked with intercepting missiles launched from another continent. In the U.S., the $160
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Tempting existing customers with new products remains the lifeblood of the business-aircraft industry.
Business Aviation

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon’s vast hypersonic investment strategy will finally enter the flight-test stage in 2020.
Defense

By Sean Broderick
Canada could see a 7% capacity jump after modest 2019 expansion.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
Plans to buy new fighters, helicopters, tankers and tiltrotors are on hold until a new government can be formed.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Rocket Lab looks for up to a dozen payload launches a year, while the spaceport is in talks to bring in more launch providers.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Continuing Middle East instability prompts capability-strengthening and local defense industry growth, especially in the Gulf states.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s defense ties with Russia are causing problems with NATO and the U.S., while local weapons development continues.
Defense

By Helen Massy-Beresford
As numerous airline collapses demonstrate, high costs and macroeconomic uncertainty are making life difficult for the sector.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Delivering on new programs and upgrading existing products take precedence for commercial rotorcraft OEMs as the market remains stagnant.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
A blueprint that could define a dramatic shift in the U.S. approach to airpower after 2030 could emerge next year
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Although not huge spenders, South American countries aim to develop local defense capabilities.
Defense

By Maksim Pyadushkin
After a decade of emphasis on the air force, priorities may shift to the navy and strategic missile forces.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Norway and Sweden look set to receive shots in the arm to their defense capabilities in the 2020s, as neighboring governments react to the threat posed by Russia.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
An absence of debate over defense policy during the election campaign raises questions about priorities.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Brexit brings with it security and fiscal challenges that could impact on defense capability.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Even flagging helicopter products are finding customers in the midst of defense spending hikes.
Defense

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Economic and political uncertainty clouds outlook but air cargo operators look to growth sectors
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
EHang goes public; eVTOL megadeals coming in 2020; Microturbine hybrid range extender; autonomous cargo UAV demo; grappling OneWeb sats.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
It may be one of NATO’s biggest economies, but Germany is struggling to meet the alliance’s 2% of GDP target and grow its armed forces.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
Demand seems tepid for more autonomous commercial aircraft, while experts challenge artificial intelligence.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
NATO’s London meeting in December exposed deep divisions among alliance members.
Defense