Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Airbus backs advanced batteries; VoloDrone; Seaplane becomes ePlane; DARPA’s launch conundrum; GE-powered drone; pilots and drones; Uber Eats’ drone delivers.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
Heritage aerospace primes Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman agree to work under startup Blue Origin in quest to get NASA to the Moon in 2024.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Developed in secret like the Pearl 15, Rolls-Royce’s Pearl 700 has already amassed 1,200 test hours in advance of first flight on the new Gulfstream G700.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau
Aviation Week editors discuss Dennis Muilenburg’s performance before Congress and what Europe’s top aviation regulator says about the Max returning to flight.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
October 2019 may go down in history as a New Space turning point: the first publicly traded human spaceflight company and the first space holding company.
Space

Christian Zur, Andy Anderegg and Scott Kordella
It is time to balance the needs of the aviation community with those of the burgeoning space industry.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have established clusters for local aerospace industry to thrive.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
With navy orders, Germany could have the largest fleet of NH90 helicopters of all the operating nations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
The arrival of new narrowbody types and additional 787s will spur the next phase of Korean Air’s fleet renewal and will also enable network development plans.
Air Transport

By William Garvey
The company founded by Kenn Ricci is “a multibillion-dollar force,” from fractional operations to remanufacturing to engine parts.
Business Aviation

By Jen DiMascio
German heavy helo logistics proposal; space-based sensor demonstration contracts; Japan’s hedge against fighter failure and a new contract for F-35s.
Defense

The Middle East continues to be a theater of innovation, improvisation and adaptation for both offensive and defensive small drone warfare.
Defense

By Jens Flottau
Patrick Ky talks with Aviation Week about EASA's return-to-service process for the MAX. Added training requirements could be an unwelcome burden for Boeing and customers.
Air Transport

The FAA has yet to act on a slew of measures spelled out in last year’s landmark FAA Reauthorization Act, despite the inclusion of hard deadlines by Congress.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Higher combustion chamber pressures for the first stage and staged-combustion for the second stage would improve the launcher.
Space

By Lee Hudson
Aviation Week Pentagon Editor Lee Hudson was aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) for tours on Oct. 30.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Ten years after calling for a fifth-generation fighter, the UAE appears no closer to acquiring the F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson
How the U.S. Air Force plans to build new combat aircraft like Apple makes the iPhone.
Defense

By Piotr Butowski
The Kronstadt Group plans to produce about 30 Orion aircraft per year.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Bill Carey
Developing and advanced nations will start using surveillance data provided by Aireon.
Connected Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Lilium eVTOL advances; Volocopter in Singapore; Hybrid Twin Otter; Safran powers VoltAero; Zipline military deliveries; GKN automates composites; Utah eyes UAM.
Aerospace

By Bradley Perrett
The key to the cost reduction will be an efficient production setup and use of hybrid solid-liquid propulsion.
Commercial Space

By Sean Broderick
Human-factors elements remain elusive in aircraft design, hazard analysis.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

Readers write about AW&ST’s unmanned aviation coverage, airplane incidence angle measurement, Capt. Denny Fitch, and aerospace science in the Southern Hemisphere.
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