Aviation Week & Space Technology

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury says the airframer will launch its A320 successor in 2030 as planned, welcoming news that Boeing’s competing program may be delayed.

Boeing's CEO believes airlines are more interested in getting current products on time and at quality rather than a next-generation aircraft quickly, but his counterpart at Airbus has a different view.

A decade after the last airborne laser trials in the U.S., Israel’s Elbit Systems plans to start flying a demonstrator aboard a Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter.

The A400M is trying to shed its reputation as a sluggish development program as it pursues new mission capabilities.

Victus Haze put the service’s rapid-response space concept to the test, launching and commissioning a satellite in record time.

In an in-depth interview, a confident Kelly Ortberg sees the company’s financial and cultural turnaround gaining steam.

Some of Spirit Airlines’ fleet of young A320neo aircraft are being snapped up by aftermarket suppliers for teardown, with engines diverted to the spares market.

Almost 10 years ago, Qantas began planning nonstop flights to London and New York. Soon the airline needs to prove that the flights are viable.

Editors explore the U.S. Air Force's award of Collaborative Combat Aircraft production contracts to Anduril and General Atomics.

Near-VTOL maritime stroke UAS; fully superconducting electric motor for aircraft; lithium-air battery advances.

Vaeridion advocates for full electric propulsion, contending that it offers a more manageable technical and regulatory path than hybrid-electric.

Europe inaugurates its most powerful Ariane rocket but still eyes further mission expansion.

Cruise missiles, hypersonics and one-way effectors are all in the mix as Europe races to close a critical strike gap.

How the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is enhancing its new naval capabilities from the seas and the skies.

As air vehicles move to production, the Air Force focuses on autonomy competition.

Laminar flow and cryogenic propulsion top technology lists in the NASA studies.

The Brazilian airframer is working off a position of strength in the regional and small narrowbody markets. But what is next?

The National Air and Space Museum’s 50th anniversary and the 250th of the U.S. invite reflection on self-determination and overcoming challenges.

JetZero has revealed key design changes to its blended wing body demonstrator as it moves toward the first flight readiness assessment at the end of the year.

Editors discuss new details released by the NTSB into the fatal crash of a UPS MD-11 last November including flaws in a Boeing safety analysis.

IndiGo has received three of the long-range narrowbodies, and four more low-cost carriers in the region have placed orders.

Multiple, rigorous and well-aligned pathways are the best way to prepare students for operational environments.

The Pentagon and Congress appear ready to dissolve the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office’s specific authorities in 2027.

Colonizing Mars hinges on an untested assumption that humans can reproduce and thrive on another planet—raising biological and ethical risks.

Aernnova, Daher, Hexcel, Latecoere, Montana Aerospace and Saab are offering new technologies and production processes against a complex market backdrop.