Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Steve Trimble
In a rare move, U.S. military leaders are proactively reversing or reconsidering spending decisions made only two months ago.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Christine Boynton
Allegiant and Sun Country are preparing to weather the latest industry turbulence together with similar, niche models.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Deutsche Aircraft wants to reenter the regional market with its D328eco, seeing broad potential, but building the aircraft after a 20-year hiatus is complex.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Quantum sensing technology that a DARPA official described as the “end of stealth” is moving out the laboratory and into operational testing.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Volta Space Technologies tests lunar power-beaming technology to enable extended surface operations during two-week Moon nights via orbital laser transmission.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
Russia's twin-seat Su-57D fighter completes first flight as UAC targets export markets including India with new variant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey, Robert Wall
Germany has massive defense spending plans. Here’s what they look like.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sash Tusa
Older aircraft engines are typically the most profitable for makers, but in the current crisis, many engines are being retired instead of getting overhauls.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Newcomers enter the German defense industrial landscape as established players pivot to address the country’s surging appetite for weapons.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Aviation Week editors discuss the state of X-planes, how they have historically performed and what challenge the next X-plane program should take on.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Laminar-flow business jet; hybrid-electric tiltwing; Solar Impulse 2 lost; and jet fuel from ethanol.
Emerging Technologies

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick, Fred George, Richard Aboulafia
Vern Raburn’s attempt to mass-produce low-cost airplanes was a flop. Was Eclipse the forerunner to today’s air mobility ventures?
Check 6

Aviation Week Staff
An Aviation Week Intelligence Network performance analysis showed shifts at Miami International and Memphis International airports, but Hong Kong remains at the top.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
In the May 3 occurrence, an arriving Boeing 767 skimmed a light pole and the top of a large truck and damaging the aircraft's fuselage.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

By Graham Warwick
Scaled Composites built the flying-wing UAS under a DARPA project to demonstrate hybrid propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Next-generation proprotor blade and advanced tiltrotor concept show promise.
Emerging Technologies

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

By Guy Norris
Broadening the scope of potential NGAP applications beyond the F-47 may boost the chances of a final breakthrough for variable-cycle engines after four decades.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Readers write about out-of-sequence U.S. military aircraft designations and NASA’s Artemis II mission. Plus: Behind the scenes at Unither.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Sean Broderick
The pilot program that is testing operations vehicle transponders will be expanded.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

By Garrett Reim
China’s megaconstellations threaten to shift the balance of power in space.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
European airlines are welcoming moves to help the sector, but they say more could be done.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren, Sean Broderick
Analysis shows fuel switches were cut off, but no explanation has been given as to why.
Safety, Ops & Regulation