Aviation Week & Space Technology

With orders and deliveries on the up, helicopter OEMs are hoping the worst of the downturn is over.

Oil price slump has resulted in bankruptcies and helicopters being repurposed.

The Navy begins prepping for its first F-35C aircraft carrier deployment.

With the market for large geostationary satellites in a slump, heritage companies expand options for smallsat ride-shares.

In Airbus’ history, the A380 played a key technological role, enabling the success of the A350 program and other aircraft upgrades.

The A380 is the symbol of Europe’s ambition to become an equal competitor to Boeing. While Airbus reached its target anyway, the program failed.

NASA’s Low-Boom Research Demonstrator is not a prototype, but it may pave the way for a new civil supersonic generation.

Lured by the prospect of thousands of small satellites needing rides to orbit, private launchers line up.

Consider the two primary sources of NMA demand: upgauging from single-aisle routes and replacements for current single-aisle jets.

Like the A380, Airbus’ other four-engine product has had difficulty finding customers.

Ordnance Survey’s mapping HAPS; French airship advances; UAV launch on the move; Siemens powers Sun Flyer; Offshore wind-energy kites.

Eliminating direct access between runways seen as last resort at Toronto Pearson Airport.

Perhaps the gods of capitalism demanded one real sacrifice on the altar of total shareholder return. If so, let us hope Arconic satiates them.

U.S. Air Force officials say F-15X plan poses no risk to F-35, but some lawmakers and experts fear the opposite.

The number of electric-propulsion aircraft projects continues to climb at a staggering rate. 2019 could be a year of many firsts in this dynamic industry. Listen in as we discuss the big changes to come for the aerospace industry.

Colorado-based company offers those seeking a meaningful final disposition of their loved one’s memory the lift of soaring birds, making them one with sky.

Elroy Air aims to extend the reach of express logistics by developing an unmanned cargo aircraft to connect smaller, more remote communities.

Sikorsky’s helicopter charter subsidiary will operate S-76s for on-demand service Blade in return for data on urban air mobility.

A new plan is forming to solve the plague of physiological episodes for military pilots by monitoring them like engines.

2018 was marked by massive air traffic control delays. It looks like 2019 will not be better.

Hurdles to exporting U.S. UAVs, F-35 MRO contracts, India’s naval utility helicopter program progresses, and a joint missile defense exercise.

The U.S. needs to modernize its NC3—the out-of-date and all-but-invisible glue that holds the nation’s nuclear deterrence together.

This Anglo-Danish startup describes how production, architecture and propellant are working together to drive efficiency.

Amazon’s 767 freighter fleet serves fulfillment centers, not end customers.

After 26 years, the Philippines is back in the air-surveillance business. Thailand and Indonesia are also buying ground-based radars.