Aviation Week & Space Technology

Airbus and Dassault used the Paris Air Show to reveal their vision for a New-Generation Fighter and the unmanned systems that will support it.

After playing catch-up to boost-glide weapons, scramjets become a viable near-term option.

Electric and hybrid-electric projects abound at Le Bourget as aerospace industry leaders commit to a sustainable future.

A carefully planned orbital ballet will bring Northrop’s MEV-1 and Intelsat 901 together in geosynchronous orbit.

Airbus collects more A321XLR and A330neo orders from airlines in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

The manufacturer hopes the fighter can enter service in 2028.

The troubled airliner’s return-to-service timeline is still not established.

What did we see and what was missing at the Paris Air Show? Listen in as our editors discuss the highs and lows from the biannual aerospace industry gathering at Le Bourget.

The Pentagon’s rationale for low-yield nuke development; U.S. Air Force to move ahead with GBSD; U.S. invites Germany and Israel to fly King Stallion; and Israeli firms to merge.

Small Swiss airframer Pilatus has big success with its highly versatile turboprop and jet business aircraft models.

Low-boom breakthrough means supersonic transport is ready for prime time, says Lockheed Martin.

The U.S. startup flies a Cessna 337 Skymaster modified to a testbed for its planned hybrid-electric propulsion retrofit for regional aircraft.

Cockpit configuration is being finalized as the new NASA low-boom supersonic X-plane enters assembly.

This week it’s news from the Uber Elevate Summit in Washington: Pipistrel unveils, Embraer refines, Jaunt joins up, Safran reveals cabin and Uber Eats delivers.

The FAA is reviewing and updating existing regulations to help enable innovation through the development and certification of new, commercially viable, civil supersonic aircraft.

Emerging aerospace technologies highlight tradeoffs between travel speed, convenience, and environmental and cost concerns.

The service quietly slashed the budget for the Next-Generation Air Dominance program by 50% amid a shift to a new development strategy.

Officials used a ruler and protractor to assess terrain, not realizing their satellite pictures exaggerated height.

Let us know who is worthy of the more than 40 awards in defense, commercial aviation, space, business aviation and lifetime achievement.

New partnerships for vehicle development, cabin design, ground operations and launch cities keep Uber Elevate on track.

From landers ready to roam the Moon to companies that can downlink data in the blink of an eye, here is a look at space enterprises that are winning support.

MBDA is looking for a bigger say in the next-generation of European fighters with advanced concepts that could arm them.

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

Growing support for the U.S. military’s F-15EX acquisition plan highlights global trend on diverse

Incremental steps could lead to faster-than-expected development of hybrid and all-electric propulsion systems for aerospace.