There are multiple factors contributing to the current sluggishness, including aircraft program issues, capacity considerations and airline strategy factors.
Substituting procurement spending for personnel, Singapore uses aerostat surveillance and small-crew ships, while preparing to introduce tanker aircraft that need fewer people.
Aurora Flight Sciences demonstrates resupply at the touch of a button by unmanned helicopter under the Office of Naval Research’s Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System program. Photo: John F. Williams/U.S. Navy
‘Coffee, tea or a pancetta-wrapped pork tenderloin with caramelized red onion confit, and a nice glass of Grenache?’ The making of a corporate flight attendant.
In this week’s roundup, India wants a third aircraft carrier, C-130Js arrive in France, the U.S. considers outlawing government purchases of certain Chinese telecom products, and the U.S. prepares to launch a missile-warning satellite
In spite of unprecedented backlogs, major civil aircraft manufacturers enjoy strong airline demand, but Airbus warns it may have to stop the A380 program.
Aviation Week editors and the Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s chief forecaster delve into a record-breaking year and discuss why the show will go on.
The growth in commercial space could allow NASA to hitch a ride to a port in GEO orbit from which to explore the Moon, Mars and the entire Solar System.