Aviation Week & Space Technology

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Can the NTSB be self-critical enough to identify leading indicators proactively in close-call situations?

Initial survey shows planets beyond the Solar System are more plentiful than stars.

Will Australia equip its F-35s with maritime missiles by 2023? UK’s defense budget hole; Czech company to make missile engines, and Elbit to buy IMI.

Former Boeing executive Pat Shanahan is using his business prowess to implement change in the Defense Department.

Aircraft developers, systems and air traffic management providers respond to NASA’s Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge.

Improvements in the economics, passenger comfort and environmental performance of the shorter MRJ version are being studied.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency looks to balance supporting the country’s aerospace industry with enabling new applications for aviation.

How expanding roles and threats will shape the future of the U.S. Air Force mobility fleet.

Looking to 2019 and beyond, stock-pickers are betting fortunes in A&D will diverge again. One group is already suffering as investors move their money.

Engine parts are becoming scarce due to demand for service and a drop in retirements.

A new strategy delivers desperately needed defensive upgrades for Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve mobility fleet years early.

The Skytrac system samples data from 500 parameters on the AW139 and sends exceedance data to engineers.

Route fragmentation that is killing large quadjets is also badly hurting medium-large twin-aisles.

What now? That was the reaction of U.S. airplane manufacturers after a ceasefire ended World War I on Nov. 11, 1918.

Baseline standards for avionics, communications, life-support, power, robotics, rendezvous operations and thermal systems expected this year.

The FAA is readying new rules and technologies to accommodate increasing launch and reentry operations by commercial space operators.

Wright advances electric plans; Ignite will test electric drives; RemoveDebris images orbital junk; SESAR launches UAS demos; Vanuatu eyes vaccine delivery by drone.

Fleet renewal programs at Delta, United and American indicate new aircraft are boosting premium traffic at the first two carriers. American vows it will catch up.

The engine OEM should be celebrating a year of record production. Instead the end of 2018 cannot come soon enough. Listen in as our editors discuss Rolls’ production delays and its long-term future.

If the plan holds, production should begin in 2028. The defense minister suggests the Future Fighter should enter service in the early 2030s.

Joint development program is in the offing, but Japan has not landed a straightforward foreign order for complete equipment.

Canada releases draft request for future fighter proposals; UTC adds capability to sensor camera; Gripen fires first missile test; IAI Wins Sky Capture Competition

Unmanned experimental aircraft fitted with highly flexible wing shows flutter can be actively suppressed, potentially saving weight and drag.

Senior executives from Thai Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Korean Air and Japan Airlines discuss fleet acquisition plans.