Aviation Week & Space Technology

NASA’s rapid feasibility project demonstrates ultralight cellular structures that can be programmed during assembly to enable a wing to adapt its shape in flight

Precautionary groundings eschew data-driven approach to safety risk analysis.

The contract sheds a little more light on Raytheon’s closely held work developing technology for hypersonic weapons.

U.S. Navy plans to save by retiring Truman carrier; MDA delays kill-vehicle program; Philippines chooses MBDA missiles, and Australia may buy Amraams.

The RAAF’s Wedgetails have been fully operational for only four years, but a midlife update already is due.

From the latest commercial helicopter news to the irresistible growth of eVTOLs and novel hybrid-electric propulsion systems, listen to Tony Osborne and Guy Norris as they discuss the highlights of HAI’s recent Heli Expo 2019 convention from a freezing week in Atlanta.

While their international divisions have been under pressure, Australasian airlines aren’t deviating from plans to select new long-range aircraft this year.

On time, budget and specification, the program has prepared the aircraft for training pilots of Super Hornets, Growlers and Lightnings.

Japanese operator Nakanihon Air Service is the latest operator to begin evaluating the potential of the commercial tiltrotor.

Airbus and EasyJet confirm interest in fuel-burn potential of Derwent hybrid-electric geared turbofan conversion design.

He says the super supplier has “hit the ground running,” he is focused on connected aerospace and sees a “huge” future for hybrid-electric propulsion.

UTC’s new advanced projects group tackles industry’s need to change its culture and stay competitive.

Dassault invests in business-jet maintenance network amid persistently slow sales for new aircraft.

Heli-Expo orders for new-build Schweizers confirm the market for the 1950s-era training helicopter.

NASA images interacting shockwaves; Goodyear unveils a tire for flying cars; hypersonic X-60 advances; XQ-58 flies; European research project demos recycled thermoplastic parts.

By rejecting a “top-down” approach, the U.S. Transportation Department has allowed a new era of aerospace innovation to flourish.

Why did Rolls-Royce say “no thank you” to Boeing’s NMA? How might Airbus respond? Listen in as we discuss the risks of launching a new mid-market airliner.

A former NASA extravehicular system manager for the ISS, Moses discusses her recent suborbital ride aboard SpaceShipTwo for the first inflight assessment of the passenger cabin.

Eight years after shuttle flights ended, SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule reaches space station for test run, ushering in “new era in space.”

The Airpower Teaming System is a fighter-like unmanned aircraft specifically designed to be exportable globally.

Readers discuss merits of bio-fuel; 'dynamic skylines' for drones; Mach cut off; and praise the late George Muellner and philanthropic pilot community.

Although Boeing has similar objectives for the Airpower Teaming System unveiled in Australia, the XQ-58A is designed with a very different philosophy.

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