Aviation Week & Space Technology

Abu Dhabi’s national airline awaits government guidance on its future direction, and that may take more time than it wants.

DLR’s converted autogyro, nicknamed Air Dolly, will prove cargo concept.

Providers are reshaping the passenger experience by using what they can find out about everything from entertainment preferences to food tastes.

SpaceX’s Block 5 is optimized for rapid reusability and multiple reflights, designed to meet the needs of its U.S. government and commercial customers.

The EuroMALE unmanned air system is a testbed for multinational cooperation on a fighter jet.

China’s mandatory technology-transfer policy is having a deleterious effect on its aerospace development strategy.

The small, expendable decoy BriteCloud is being deployed on the UK’s Tornado fleet.

Lange Aviation develops a unique fuel-cell-powered surveillance aircraft with long endurance, high redundancy and reliability and low operating costs and emissions.

Dubai-based Jetex Flight Support commits to installing a charging network to support private flights using Wright Electric’s planned nine-seat electric aircraft.

Israeli companies have miniaturized combat aircraft technologies to protect the Israeli Air Force’s growing fleets of UAS.

Research and development efforts envision highly integrated, easier to use flight controls.

The delayed ramp-up means most of the C Series orderbook still lies ahead, although new sales have remained slow.

New European fighter will maintain Europe’s industrial capability but come with a hefty price tag. Cover photo: Tony Osborne/AW&ST

The Trump administration’s new policies on conventional arms transfers and unmanned aircraft system sales are intended to ease commercial sales.

Russia’s unmanned helicopter, Fly Airbus, drive Audi; Aeryon’s defense drone, DLR’s new flying testbed, and insurer backs safer drones.

The rising demand for small satellites is aligning with rapid growth in companies such as Virgin Orbit, Vector, Rocket Labs and others. Plus, Aviation Week editors assess prospects for sending humans to suborbital space this year.

A former space shuttle astronaut helps us see that what happens in orbit makes a big difference to people’s lives on the ground.

To support a higher flight rate, the company sought out and adopted manufacturing processes and personnel from other industries.

In a region where at times widebodies are used for intraregional services, crossover jet OEMs must change Middle East carriers’ mindset.

Dynetics to demonstrate the airborne launch and recovery of volleys of low-cost UAS under a DARPA program to expand the potential uses of unmanned aircraft.

The U.S. Homeland Security and Justice departments seek congressional grant of authority to defend against rogue drones.

New mega-constellations of satellites are forcing a rethink about how to manage traffic in low Earth orbit.

DARPA cancellation of an ambitious VTOL X-plane program underlines the challenges facing industry in developing hybrid-electric and distributed-electric propulsion systems

Malaysian company hawks Turkish UAV, MDA’s missile-hunting software endeavors, UK company wins Indian border-watch contract, and Mexico cleared to buy Sikorsky MH-60Rs.

More SS2s are in production as The Spaceship Co. broadens its portfolio to include other aerospace and transport products.