Aviation Week & Space Technology

Top aircraft manufacturers and providers tell current and would-be providers they must pay to play in the historic ramp-up of airliner production.

AeroVironment’s secretive, high-altitude pseudo-satellite aircraft is supposed to be a pillar of its growth. Slowly but surely, investors are learning how.

Rolls’ composite fan and case evaluation marks the next step toward full-scale UltraFan flight-test demonstration.

Targeting and reconnaissance pods extended the AMX's life as a cost-effective ground-attack and recce platform, but the aircraft will be retired in 2021.

Rapid movement of the Earth’s northern magnetic pole focuses attention on aviation’s reliance on magnetic navigation.

CityAirbus arriving; Siemens-powered regional; tackling icing dangers; a better Hero; electrifying rotorcraft.

From the loss of 40N6E missiles in the English Channel to Russia’s attempt to sell the air defense system to Saudi Arabia, and the politics of sanctions, Defense Editor Steve Trimble discusses new developments from the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi.

One of Aviation Week’s 20 Twenties in 2014 is now a mechanical test engineering manager for Northrop Grumman’s James Webb Space Telescope program.

Too fast and too slow: lessons learned from two failed and very different supersonic transport ventures.

China’s Insitu look-alike, HAL displays utility helo mockup; the U.S. Air Force’s space force, and Saab may sign on to UK fighter concept.

Certification program steps up as Bell 525s go north for cold-weather testing.

Fixed engines, V-tails and distributed flight control systems will feature in Leonardo’s tiltrotor tech demonstrator.

Hybrid system would improve autorotation safety and could increase payload capabilities.

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

U.S. officials may decide to enforce the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act law inconsistently.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

Readers discuss merits of Nexus' UAM, ramifications of SpaceX layoffs, reasons behind thin profit margins on some A&D programs, clarify Taiwan's status.

Superbly engineered but environmentally and economically flawed, Concorde is a key source of lessons learned for today’s supersonic aircraft developers as the design icon marks its golden anniversary.

The proposal’s co-sponsor may be ill-informed on aviation’s benefits and accomplishments, but the industry needs to read the tea leaves and move fast.

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

The shaky financial conditions of some of India's largest airlines could complicate the nation's plans for rapidly growing its aviation sector.

Company takes on Iridium, GlobalStar with cheap narrowband communications via nanosatellites.

Aerion sees low noise and emissions as key to the return of supersonic air transport.

Operators may expect improvements for the pilot, as well as reduced maintenance costs in aircraft systems.

Safety improvements are also leading to benefits in daily operations.