Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Bradley Perrett, Kim Minseok
Grown in size, the KF-X has arrived at a weight category halfway between the Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
A joint survey conducted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Aviation Week indicates airlines want an aircraft that resembles a more capable successor to the 737 rather than the 757.
Air Transport

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
The head of UTC Aerospace Systems talks about his new combined company with Rockwell Collins, pressures from Boeing and the all-digital future of aerospace.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Some of this advanced—but unrealized—capability that Japan is seeking could come from the radar that will detect and track targets and guide interceptors to them.
Defense

By Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois
The NMA would break new ground for Boeing by being its first airliner to be designed completely interdependently with the production system.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

By Irene Klotz
Reusable spaceplane under development by Boeing aims to launch 3,000 lb. to low Earth orbit for $5 million.
Program Management

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By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Air Force search for a T-X trainer is headed toward a decision by the end of summer.
Farnborough Airshow

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
The hot subject at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Propulsion & Energy conference was electrification—of aircraft, spacecraft and even the surface of the Moon.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Within nine months, the four Western producers of large commercial aircraft decided to combine into two groups.
Farnborough Airshow

By Marhalim Abas, Bradley Perrett
Singapore is in the market for advanced aircraft for sea surveillance; its neighbors mostly want to add simpler types.
Farnborough Airshow

By Joe Anselmo
Former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin says the U.S. needs to reorder its space funding priorities.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Growing U.S. and international interest in low-cost counterinsurgency aircraft has prompted the development of new aircraft derivatives of existing types.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
To better compete with rapidly growing LCCs, France’s smaller airlines are working together.
Air Transport

Readers salute UK Rapid Capability Office, suggest tips to ease boarding woes, defend hypersonic vision and question safety-hobbled approach to space endeavors.
Feedback

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick
Dennis Muilenburg on Boeing’s vertical integration push, NMA, the U.S. trade dispute with China and technologies that are reenergizing aerospace.
Farnborough Airshow

By Tony Osborne, Jens Flottau
As ministers quarrel, aerospace industry is calling for clarity on Brexit deal.
Farnborough Airshow

By Tony Osborne, Michael Bruno, Jen DiMascio, Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau, Arie Egozi
A look at some of key defense contractors and the choices they are facing.
Farnborough Airshow

By Guy Norris
Gear-driven compressor concept could enable path to hybrid “eco” upgrade of current-generation turbofan-powered single-aisle airliners.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Can Europe justify two new fighter aircraft? It may have to.
Defense

The U.S. Air Force will receive the first of its long-awaited Boeing KC-46A aerial refueling tankers in October. The multirole aircraft is capable of air refueling using both boom and hose-and-drogue systems and can carry cargo, passengers and patients.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
As countries modernize their rotary-wing fleets, they are bringing much-needed relief to the helicopter manufacturers suffering from a downturn driven by oil and gas industry woes.
Farnborough Airshow

By Guy Norris
Supersonic airliner developer Boom Technologies has narrowed the choice of candidate powerplants to derivatives of existing low-bypass-ratio turbofans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Responding to a court order, the FAA reiterates that its sees no evidence that airline seat dimensions affect safe evacuations.
Interiors & Connectivity