Aviation Week & Space Technology

A long-awaited pickup in mergers and acquisitions in the industry appears to be arriving.

Readers write about the financialization of aerospace, sustainable aviation fuel mandates, prospects for an airframer triopoly, and stop-fold tiltrotors.

Trade conflicts would prolong industry’s supply chain disruptions and inflation, ultimately resulting in higher prices for airlines and the flying public.

If we do not start establishing complementary and alternative systems now, we merely increase the expense and prolong the dangers to lives and property.

Despite decades of accident-free flying, pilot reports pointed to the risks of a collision between helicopters and commercial aircraft in Washington airspace.

A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.

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

President Trump’s first administration launched the Artemis program to send humans back to the Moon. His second term may pivot the focus to Mars.

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

A new blueprint for Marine Corps aviation doubles down on a long-term trend that favors carrier-based F-35s over an amphibious-capable variant.

The startup is promoting three military uses for its short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft: tactical transportation, special ops and temporary command post.

Airbus is adapting an A320 airliner to help ready a family of Eurofighter AESA radars.

The narrowbody shortage is easing, and the carrier is considering accelerating its widebody plans.

The slow progression of battery technology has prompted Airbus to halt its eVTOL project.

The highlighting of Mars in a presidential inauguration speech–and an omission of any mention of lunar missions–has the space industry abuzz.

The Jan. 29 collision of an American Airlines CRJ-700 with an Army UH-60L Black Hawk was the worst aviation accident in the U.S. since 2009. Aviation Week editors discuss potential contributing factors and the consequences for future flight operations around DCA.

After buying new helicopters, Norway’s energy giant Equinor is supporting a newcomer to the offshore market.

Middle East defense spending trends are shifting as increases in Algeria and Israel skew the overall budget picture.

Engineers spend only about 50% of their time on engineering work in aerospace and defense, according to a study.

Results from a high-speed transport study will inform the NASA supersonic-hypersonic research road map and future development strategy.

If SAF is to account for the majority of aviation’s decarbonization, the two industries need to improve mutual understanding.

Even if the Middle East is no longer the only game in town for defense exports, it still has ample appetite for advanced equipment, from drones to transports.

Preliminary findings offer a plausible explanation for the emergency belly landing, but many questions remain.

The nature of the military pilot-training market is changing, driven by the exceptionally high cost of the process.

Lower-cost e-SAF; storing hydrogen in SAF; Chinese large cargo UAS; and supersonic prototype plan.