Aviation Week & Space Technology

The Philippine LCC will get its first A321neos in December, so it can upgauge Manila flights, open longer routes and potentially replace older narrowbodies.

India’s Tejas nears operational milestone; Japan’s latest sea-based ballistic missile defense test; Sikorsky’s South American deliveries, and Russian company builds high-tech brain-harnessing helmet.

The industry needs to do a better job of upgrading commercial aircraft avionics, ensuring pilots are kept in the loop and properly trained.

Adaptive-engine deal modified to focus on technology for sixth-generation fighter needs as parts arrive for building GE’s first XA100 demonstrator.

A look at some of the world’s up-and-coming positioning, navigation and timing constellations.

Low-cost carriers have grown rapidly across the Atlantic, but not without some financial pain involved.

The need for new workers—especially technology-oriented employees—and the difficulty in getting them is the talk of the industry.

The air force’s Pegase mission promoted French aircraft exports, as well as sending a message to China about the South China Sea.

Thousands of airliners are capable of using the Ground-Based Augmentation System, but only a few major U.S. airports now have the system.

Airbus Perlan 2 sets soaring record; Airbus spinoff sets sail; Uber shortlists international city contenders; Bell UAS demo for NASA, and JETcopter unveils air taxi concept.

Where the Pentagon is focusing cutting-edge RandD and what Boeing is telling investors about its airplane production crunch are the focus of this week’s discussion.

Phase Four’s RF thruster plan marks progress toward lower-cost electric in-space propulsion.

There could be a space-induced leap in human consciousness as we collectively become a spacefaring civilization.

After a tour of Boeing in Seattle and talks with leaders, analysts maintain confidence in OEM despite 737 glider growth.

Rather than landing back on Earth, ULA Vulcan rockets will parachute just its engines for refurbishment and reflight.

Crossover narrowbodies—whose capacity falls between regionals and single-aisles—are almost all clean-sheet designs and have maintainability “designed in.”

With completion of development flight-testing, the Lockheed Martin-led team provides a deep dive into the engineering effort behind developing the F-35.

KaiserAir, an Oakland, California-based charter outfit, airline, FBO and management firm—and once part of an industrial colossus—is expanding further, very much on its own.

Defense plans outlines modernization through to the 2030s.

Once the workhorse of the U.S. launch fleet, United Launch Alliance’s Delta II heads into the history books.

The F-35B exists because of its commonality with the F-35A and F-35C, but all three variants are better aircraft because of the STOVL version challenges.

Having already felt the bite of U.S. competition, Arianespace counting on new rocket to keep it in the commercial space launch game

Nuclear mission is likely to be a critical element in Brussels’ future fighter thinking.

Pentagon leaders want 3-5% budget growth after inflation. The next White House budget probably won’t give them that.

Lockheed and Tata potentially to make F-16 wings in India; Russia to reengine Su-30SMs; India, Israel to make high-altitude UAV; Sierra Nevada bags A-29 pact.