Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Jens Flottau
Aviation has always been a political industry, and it has only gotten worse. For IATA, it makes choosing its next director general even more of a balancing act.
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
From the cancellation of RIAT to Turkey's newly announced ICBM, editors navigate the evolving European defense scene.
Check 6

By Thierry Dubois
Airspeed, the relative speed of the aircraft to the air, is vital information to maintain sufficient stall margin.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Aftermarket providers are making acquisitions, investing in new equipment and facilities and adding services to boost their landing gear portfolios.
Marketplace

By Sean Broderick
Boeing did not recognize the significance of an MD-11 problem that led to November’s fatal accident.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Scott Mikus
Editors are joined by analyst Scott Mikus joins to discuss Boeing's strategic position in China following a 200-aircraft order from Beijing that disappointed Wall Street.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
One designer’s thoughts on NASA Aeronautics’ next step.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Space Force leaders say space control, launch capacity and orbital warfare training top the service’s fiscal 2027 investment priorities.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

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

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

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