Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois
Electric and hybrid-electric projects abound at Le Bourget as aerospace industry leaders commit to a sustainable future.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
After playing catch-up to boost-glide weapons, scramjets become a viable near-term option.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Airbus collects more A321XLR and A330neo orders from airlines in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
The troubled airliner’s return-to-service timeline is still not established.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne
The manufacturer hopes the fighter can enter service in 2028.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Tony Osborne
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.
Defense

By William Garvey
Small Swiss airframer Pilatus has big success with its highly versatile turboprop and jet business aircraft models.
Business Aviation

By Jen DiMascio
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.
Defense

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

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. startup flies a Cessna 337 Skymaster modified to a testbed for its planned hybrid-electric propulsion retrofit for regional aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Graham Warwick
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.
Aerospace

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

By Graham Warwick, Bill Carey
New partnerships for vehicle development, cabin design, ground operations and launch cities keep Uber Elevate on track.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Bradley Perrett, Maksim Pyadushkin
Among commercial aircraft, the Boeing 737 MAX drama is drawing a lot of attention. But other programs are nearing important milestones or launch decisions as well.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay, Lindsay Bjerregaard
Lim Serh Ghee, president of ST Engineering’s Aerospace Sector, talks global growth plans ahead of the Paris Air Show.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
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.
Space

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

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

Over the coming years, the Rafale will undergo a series of upgrades to add capabilities, weapons and new electronic-warfare systems.

By Michael Bruno
Top-level A&D consolidation is going on afterburner, with the proposal to merge Raytheon and UTC. Will there be more of the same?
Air Transport

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

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

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