Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Editors explore the U.S. Air Force's award of Collaborative Combat Aircraft production contracts to Anduril and General Atomics.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Near-VTOL maritime stroke UAS; fully superconducting electric motor for aircraft; lithium-air battery advances.
Emerging Technologies

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

By Robert Wall
Europe inaugurates its most powerful Ariane rocket but still eyes further mission expansion.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
Cruise missiles, hypersonics and one-way effectors are all in the mix as Europe races to close a critical strike gap.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
How the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is enhancing its new naval capabilities from the seas and the skies.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
As air vehicles move to production, the Air Force focuses on autonomy competition.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Laminar flow and cryogenic propulsion top technology lists in the NASA studies.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau, Graham Warwick
The Brazilian airframer is working off a position of strength in the regional and small narrowbody markets. But what is next?
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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

By Graham Warwick
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.
Emerging Technologies

By Joe Anselmo, Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
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.
Check 6

By Adrian Schofield
IndiGo has received three of the long-range narrowbodies, and four more low-cost carriers in the region have placed orders.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sharon DeVivo
Multiple, rigorous and well-aligned pathways are the best way to prepare students for operational environments.
Maintenance & Training

By Vivienne Machi
The Pentagon and Congress appear ready to dissolve the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office’s specific authorities in 2027.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

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

By Thierry Dubois
Aernnova, Daher, Hexcel, Latecoere, Montana Aerospace and Saab are offering new technologies and production processes against a complex market backdrop.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
General Atomics sees air-recoverable uncrewed aircraft systems extending the reach of MQ-9 payloads.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Lockheed’s printed attack drone; flying on solid-state batteries; Embraer tests hydrogen; and SAF from cow manure.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton
Public charter operator JSX helped demo Electra’s hybrid-electric ultra short and might buy Electra’s EL9.
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
Aviation Week editors at the ILA Berlin Air Show ask what's next for the German Air Force fighter fleet after the collapse of the multinational FCAS program.
Check 6

By Jens Flottau, Lori Ranson, Mark Pilling, Kurt Hofmann
Airline leaders from around the world converged on Rio last weekend for the IATA AGM at a time when the fallout from the Iran war is hitting the industry hard.
Check 6

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Germany says planning is underway for what comes next after its fighter partnership with France fizzled.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The most outsize effects from SpaceX’s public debut could be in the same industry it already transformed.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A new crew begins training for NASA’s Artemis III flight test in Earth orbit.
Space Exploration