Aviation Week & Space Technology

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

Some analysts project Iran’s airlines, which operate about 250 aircraft, could absorb as many as 500 new airframes in the next decade or so.

U.S. lawmaker worries about India’s S-400 deal, Canada’s defense investment plan, General Atomics teams with Canadian companies for RPAS program, and Kazakhstan buys Su-30 fighters.

The criminal investigation is closing in on the people responsible, says the Joint Investigation Team.

How Campbell Soup can help defense executives navigate the future.

The French aerospace industry’s lobbying association is pushing for its smaller companies to consolidate for survival.

The business aviation industry gathered in Geneva for this year’s EBACE convention buoyed by an uplift in market conditions. Big players had plenty to announce and show. Listen in as our team on the ground discusses some of the key developments from EBACE 2018.

Return to flight for S-97 Raider and propulsion testing for SB-1 Defiant are approaching milestones in development of a new class of high-speed helicopter.

The primary electro-optical camera for the Skunk Works U-2S is being upgraded to see across 10 optical frequencies.

As low-cost carriers continue to target growth, a new report explores the effect their expansion has had on European leisure, work and study habits.

While large regional jets have been a choice, they did not have the range of new-generation crossover aircraft.

First British Apaches have been sent to the U.S. for remanufacturing to AH-64E standard.

Flying car maker says scarcity of vertiports drives needs for integrated ground and air approach to door-to-door transport.

The chairman and CEO of the parent company of iconic French business aircraft and fighter jet manufacturer Dassault Aviation died May 28 after suffering heart failure at his office in Paris.

Airlines have been enjoying low fuel prices for almost four years. But with costs escalating they must be more disciplined about capacity and yield control. Photo: Aaron Tait/BP

Sikorsky Raider back; Bahaus turbofan concept; Rolls’ new engine research; Cormorant unmanned delivery test; MIT’s Albatross/Sail UAV; Lockheed’s VTOL Stalker.

Today’s military technologies have grown out of the past’s government-sponsored science.

The latest version of Boeing’s attack helicopter looks set to be the most successful so far in terms of sales.

The Israeli Air Force has employed the Lockheed Martin-made aircraft across the Middle East.

Britain is looking to step up its role as an international space power not only commercially, but militarily too.

Aircraft by Tecnam, a small, family-owned Italian company, are reinvigorating small city regionals and serving NASA’s e-flight explorations.

The FAA says it has nearly completed the installation of key systems that comprise the NextGen infrastructure.

Performance margins built into Karem’s Butterfly quad-tiltrotor eVTOL have allowed Uber to show its aerial-ride-sharing requirements can be met with available battery technology.

Lockheed AEHF satellite test; Indonesia wants eight more Apaches; India tests BrahMos life extension; Northrop upgrades Japan’s missile warning infrastructure.

An ICAO mission to North Korea has yielded aviation safety commitments that could lead to airlines resuming flights through the nation's airspace.