Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Bill Carey
Rapid growth of the region’s major carriers has put pressure on airports and air navigation service providers to keep up.
Connected Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
Aircraft electrical propulsion startups are surging, foretelling possible changes for incumbents in many corners of industry.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Airbus hopes the Hi Fly service will show other carriers how well the aircraft works.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jefferson Morris
Israel lobbies to maintain F-35 engines; Socom wants a new small UAS; Tupolev rolls out an upgraded Tu-22M, and Lockheed Martin hits a GPS III milestone.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
MDA has even gone as far as to remove the word ballistic from its mission statement to emphasize a broader missile threat spectrum.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Animal Dynamics’ Stork paraglider selected for UK’s last-mile logistics challenge.
Defense

By Sean Broderick
GE agrees to abide by new standards, and IATA drops its anti-competitive complaint with the European Commission.
Air Transport

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Business Aviation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Will the man behind major strategy and labor achievements at Air Canada be able to replicate those successes at Air France-KLM?
Air Transport

Martin A. Rottler
Generating student interest in a company or organization is the first step, but must be followed by strong professional development.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Space startup develops larger follow-on 3D metal printer to augment its “Stargate” device.
Aerospace

By Adrian Schofield
New-generation narrowbody aircraft, led by A321neos, are beginning to arrive in Vietnam as local airlines tap into strong demand.
Air Transport

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
What's the commercial viability of hybrid-electric aircraft? Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss electric propulsion and the Pentagon’s new zeal for hypersonics.
Aerospace

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
First Take

By Irene Klotz
Here is a sampling of some of the major satellite missions being taken on by smallsats.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Certifying SureFly; Towing Perlan; Identifying Drones; Bell’s eVTOL revealed? Environmental airliners; Reconfigurable VTOLs.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
With crewed flight tests of Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Dragon 2 capsules months away, NASA assigns eight astronauts to begin training. Boeing adds a ninth.
Space

Readers discuss viability of SSTO missions, the editorial "Trump's Misfire at NASA and merits of dueling Viewpoints about manned versus unmanned aircraft.
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By Guy Norris
Tactical boost glide hypersonic developments accelerate as Pentagon ponders space-based surveillance and warning system.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The Parker Solar Probe will study the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the genesis of the solar wind and its far-reaching magnetic field.
Space

Anna Mracek Dietrich
Rewrite of Part 23 certification regulations for GA aircraft has unlocked the potential to keep up with advances in technology while still ensuring safety.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey, Sean Broderick
An airline employee’s fatal flight in a stolen Bombardier Q400 causes airport, airline to rethink security protocols.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
With the rise of protectionist policies across Europe it is likely EU member states will continue to fund “their” airlines, whether it makes sense or not.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Technology for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxis is advancing rapidly, but is it making enough progress to enable urban air mobility?
Aircraft & Propulsion