Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Thierry Dubois
With Orion’s service module development, Europe nurtures crewed flight skills.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
AW139 has changed the fortunes of Leonardo’s helicopter business and generated a family of products.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Sikorsky to begin HH-60W production; B-61 warhead cost overrun; Taiwan’s new trainer and Thailand Seeks AH-6i helos.
Defense

Readers praise columnist Michael Bruno and discuss Minuteman III replacement, offensive hypersonic weapons and reducing emissions by eliminating premium class.
Feedback

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

Upcoming aviation and aerospace industry events and Aviation Week Network events.

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
After Aigle Azur and the collapse of Thomas Cook—Europe’s major airline casualties are mounting.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
New board-level safety committee has been established, with the changes designed to elevate internal safety concerns, address varying regulatory environments.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau
The moral of the story of the airliner subsidy dispute at the WTO is: Be careful about starting fights. Now Boeing looks set to learn it the hard way.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno, Jen DiMascio, Jens Flottau
As the World Trade Organization’s ruling on the lingering dispute between Boeing and Airbus nears, retaliatory tariffs appear difficult to avoid – and at an inopportune time for an industry already showing signs of a slowdown.
Air Transport

By Lee Hudson
Are key stakeholders ready for the new approach Lockheed Martin is pitching to save 16% on sustaining the fleet?
Defense

By Bill Carey
Associations representing pilots and air traffic controllers urge ICAO to take action on interference with satellite navigation systems.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
London’s once low-key defense relationship with Tel Aviv has become more public.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
New fighters are the order of the day for several Eastern European air forces.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
“I’d be a little cautious about being all-in on that experiment,” says Frank Kendall, former Pentagon undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. military's plans to acquire thousands of cheap unmanned aircraft systems and cruise missiles fuels demand for two newly announced engine families.
Defense

By Bill Carey
An agreement between Iridium and OneWeb is called a LEO industry first.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Three U.S. eVTOL vehicle developers sought for UAM Grand Challenge developmental test event in 2020.
Aerospace

By Bradley Perrett
The target market is freighter or passenger aircraft of the 2030s, and the engine is big enough for a 100-seater.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Polish aerospace cluster looking to attract more startups and R&D.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
As digital technologies prove their worth, remote and hybrid towers gradually gain ground in Europe.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Poland has designed and produced thousands of indigenous-developed aircraft, could it do the same again?
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has mostly ignored the new-built cargo aircraft market and instead slowly entered the conversion market, with rival Boeing in a much stronger position.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The defense ministry has sought funding to modify one ship in fiscal 2020. It will need to be ready when F-35Bs arrive, probably in fiscal 2024.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Senate appropriators demand Air Force transition plan for adaptive engine technology.
Defense