Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Michael Bruno, Molly McMillin
Boeing has new master contracts with many top-tier suppliers under its Partnership for Success cost-cutting project, but has an inflection point been reached?
Program Management

Though deals for weapons remain sluggish, China is actively courting South American military officials with lavish trips and low-cost loans for military gear.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
New main rotor blade tips and an improved gearbox are in development for Sikorsky’s UH-60 Black Hawk.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
With a simpler retrofit system available, American Airlines has committed to equipping a third of its fleet for ADS-B In operations.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Zipline speeds blood delivery, RemoveDebris cleans up space, mobile robot machines aerostructures, ATARI lands unmanned aircraft, and “Dronionics” market emerges.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Some Latin American governments are nurturing aerospace development, but some established names are struggling.
Defense

Rolf Philipp
If current trends continue, there is a possibility that most small suppliers will not survive.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Artificial intelligence, augmented reality and other new digital technologies are infiltrating aerospace and defense businesses faster than expected, a new report claims. Listen in as we discuss how industry is reacting to new technologies.
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By Irene Klotz
Commerce secretary pushes greater U.S. share of the global space economy.
Commercial Space

By Kevin Michaels
AHM once again is being touted as the next major MRO business, but it will not be a game-changing revenue opportunity in aviation.
Connected Aerospace

By Bradley Perrett
Demand for business aircraft from China is improving, five years after an anti-corruption campaign discouraged billionaires from showing off wealth.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The joint venture will be the sole provider of sustainment services for all Saudi military fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
MHI calls for closer cooperation with Kawasaki, Subaru and Japanese aircraft-equipment builders.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s aeronautics leadership has committed the agency to return to flight research. And that means building and flying X-planes.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
ULA CEO Tony Bruno has bold claims for the company’s space propulsion module, which starts off as an upper stage on ULA’s planned Vulcan rocket.
Space

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

Readers discuss U.S. Air Force purchase of ULA rockets, smallest debris risk, USAF's Joint-Stars choices and efficacy of UAS for firefighting missions.
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Dick Benschop has been named president/CEO of Royal Schiphol Group, the operator of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

RAF Fairford
Lockheed Martin and the JPO are struggling to get maintenance problems under control as the F-35 fleet triples in size.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
Safran’s success in ground-testing a counter-rotating open rotor engine is not enough for Airbus, which sees the concept as one option among others.
Aircraft & Propulsion

RAF Fairford
The director of the Navy’s F-35C integration office sees no “showstoppers,” but challenges remain before the service can field the fighter operationally.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Yes, what happened to the parent company of the aerospace and defense industry’s No. 2 aerostructures provider could happen to your company.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
Uniquely positioned after completing a preliminary design for NASA, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works was the only bidder to build the low-boom flight demonstrator, but NASA praises the quality of its bid.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
System makes use of newly developed wake-vortex categories allow increased aircraft movements at Heathrow.
Connected Aerospace