Aviation Week & Space Technology

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.

The U.S. Air Force’s premier fighter development program calls for disrupting the aerospace business models.

Aero closing in on closing L-39NG contracts for Senegal and LOM Praha.

Airborne Wireless Network and Aeronet Global once sought to be first to provide airliner-based broadband backbone services. What happened?

Evaluation flights have been completed on an electric forward-facing window that will allow the pilot to fly the supersonic X-59 safely.

In an exclusive interview, Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper lays out a plan for a new way to make a “century series” of aircraft. Aviation Week editors Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson and Jen DiMascio process what that might mean for the military and current manufacturing base.

Infrastructure spending is a hot-button issue ahead of next year’s presidential election. The president may win the issue, for reasons important to A&D.

Pioneering space habitat developer cancels launch contracts for ISS, low Earth orbit passenger flights.

Increased Haneda access will play a key role in plans by the major Japanese airlines to accelerate international expansion in 2020.

The potential for the eVTOL ecosystem is likely to be $10-20 billion by 2030.

From advanced turbofans to UAM avionics, Honeywell’s flying testbeds are gearing up for expansion.

Honeywell’s Convair CV-580 flying testbed has had a career that included a key role in the evolution of industry’s most important safety avionics developments.

Netherlands to buy nine more F-35s; U.S. Marine’s UH/AH-1 replacement effort; Boeing assembling Japanese tanker; India tests first indigenous missile.

Flirtey reveals plans to begin commercial drone deliveries.

Embraer delivers the second, larger version of the E2 family to its first operator. Executives hope the low unit costs will allow it to break into new markets.

Earthquake damage at test range delays plans to demonstrate airborne launch and recovery of unmanned aircraft that would cooperate with manned platforms.

Norwegian scalable ramjet could have applications across air-, ground- and sea-launched weaponry.

Airbus’ move to increase the A220’s range even more has to be seen in the context of its wider strategy against Boeing.

After years of above-trend air traffic growth, air travel demand has slowed markedly this year, putting the jetliner double cycle at risk.

Up to three eVTOL developers sought to participate in the developmental testing event to pave way for NASA’s UAM Grand Challenge.

Startups report progress with full-scale prototypes as Bell and Boeing test eVTOL unmanned cargo aircraft.

Boeing is noting publicly that orders from China form a key element of its planning for future production totals and assembly rates, but there could be issues.

Airbus, Boeing and Thales Alenia Space have introduced new, software-defined satellites that can be reconfigured in orbit to adapt to new missions.

Oberon will lean on British expertise in radars and smallsat technology.

Peregrine offers AIM-120 Range and AIM-9X maneuverability in a smaller package.