Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin's second New Shepard vehicle flew with a dozen payloads as part of a shakedown run ahead of passenger flights.
Space

By Brian Everstine
To cut mishaps by half, the service is focusing on ground-handling incidents that damage aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
A new defense market reality is emerging in the country as Tokyo seeks to increase its exports.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Reaching the Moon to do something useful there involves preparation—which is now underway as agencies and companies aim to return humans to the lunar surface.
Space Exploration

By Jens Flottau
The advanced air mobility startup has few options left as it urgently seeks fresh funding. A bankruptcy filing has become a more likely scenario.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
As Bell finalizes the design, Army aviators are relearning how to perform the air assault mission at speeds up to 300 kt.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kevin Michaels
“Business aviation as a service” is fueling the latest wave of growth, which is great news for stakeholders.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By William Garvey
Airshowman Sean Tucker’s Bob Hoover Academy at Salinas Municipal Airport helps students achieve a high school diploma—and a solo flight.
Maintenance & Training

By Michael Bruno
Companies being bought lately have one thing in common: They were struggling to varying degrees.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Drag-reducing wake thruster; superconducting motor for Airbus; autonomy for Anthem flight deck; China’s large tiltrotor.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airlines for Europe members want European Commission support for decarbonization and are frustrated by the faltering of airspace reforms.
Airlines & Lessors

By Joe Anselmo, Sean Broderick, Guy Norris, Daniel Williams
It’s been nearly five years since the cutting-edge aircraft first flew, but you won’t fly on one before 2026. Aviation Week’s team explains how we got here.
Check 6

By Chen Chuanren
Taipei is scaling back its industrial ambitions in ending its pursuit of a homegrown fifth-generation fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Landing of the Starship upper stage is targeted for early 2025.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
A Google-backed nonprofit is leaning heavily on deploying artificial intelligence to detect fires.
Satellites

By Adrian Schofield, Helen Massy-Beresford, Christine Boynton
Sluggish demand, Russian airspace closure and growing competition from Chinese carriers are affecting airlines from other countries.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Promoters of competency-based training and assessment are striving to expand the use of the methodology.
Airlines & Lessors

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX racked up its 97th and 98th flights of the year with a pair of Starlink deployment missions, surpassing 2023's record of 96.
Operations & Safety

By Ben Goldstein
A handful of startups are betting that more efficient electric and hybrid propulsion will open up new markets around the world for water-based aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Airline interest in the BWB concept grows as the U.S. Air Force-supported JetZero program primes the pump for commercial and military applications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus wants to extend battlefield connectivity of the Future Combat Air System to its helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Like the rest of the aerospace industry, the firefighting sector struggles to retain and train enough people in the face of increasing demand.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
As the threat of wildfires grows, industry prepares new fleets of modern fixed-wing aircraft to tackle them.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Commercial electronics producers, including those in East Asia, could be vital to the U.S. war effort.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Magnets guide construction of geodesic space structures that could be built larger than launch vehicles.
Commercial Space