Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Garrett Reim
About 50% of advanced STEM degree holders in the U.S. defense industrial base are foreign-born.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Airbus’ February 2025 announcement to delay plans to field a hydrogen-powered airliner sent shockwaves throughout its supply base.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
As Pratt’s current-day problems ease, the engine-maker is closing in on several milestones that will bolster product performance and output.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The urgent need for greater fuel efficiency is driving airline interest in aerodynamic surface treatments.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
CFM is exploring GE Aerospace-owned Dowty’s turboprop propeller experience for a potential role in the Open Fan propulsion system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
For Airbus and Boeing to increase production rates, possibly beyond 100 aircraft per month for each narrowbody program, the industry must scale up automation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Beta begins eIPP demonstrations, South Korea’s hybrid eVTOL plan, DJI first fixed-wing drone and Gulfstream explores SAF and contrails.
Emerging Technologies

By Angus Batey
Vertical Aerospace says data from flights of its eVTOL prototype is validating expectations and paving the way for a smooth run through certification activity.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine, Robert Wall
Listen in as Steve Parker, the CEO of Boeing's Defense, Space and Security business, explains the company's revised approach to bidding for contracts and shares program updates on the F-47, KC-46 and more.
Check 6

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Force is redefining its vision for the National Security Space Launch program by bringing into the fold Impulse Space and its forthcoming kick-stage vehicle.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
U.S. lawmakers have expressed cybersecurity concerns as the competition heats up for the Trump administration’s overhaul of the air traffic control system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
As Rolls-Royce’s Trent 1000XE and XWB-84EP durability packages arrive on widebodies, it polishes the UltraFan 30 concept design for future single-aisles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Rachel Hutchison, Craig Caffrey
Aviation Week Defense Market Analyzer data shows that spending by militaries around the world is set to spike in 2027.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Staff
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Aviation Week Staff
Readers write about Denys Overholser’s legacy and the viability of life on Mars. Plus: Behind the scenes at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
“It’s a different Boeing showing up,” said Steve Parker, Boeing Defense, Space and Security CEO, ahead of major fighter decision.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Business as usual is a vanishing prospect for the aerospace industry.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
In a sign of the times, NATO gets its new flagship aircraft not from the U.S. but from a Swedish system based on a Canadian platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization and Fleet Discovery zero in on the Boeing 747 fleet and usage.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Garrett Reim
Developers are proposing novel satellite concepts to handle launch, power and thermal radiation challenges.
Satellites

By Daniel Williams
What activity has the commercial fleet recorded since Farnborough 2024? Get the picture, with data from Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne
With funding as well as demonstrators taking shape and new partners waiting in the wings, GCAP is moving from ambition to reality.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
NASA is gambling that a $30 million demonstration mission can capture and reboost the Swift gamma-ray telescope.
Satellites