Aviation Week & Space Technology

Our editors and artists picked their favorite photos, including warbirds, watery landings, combat aircraft maneuvering space launches and more.

Readers discuss nature observations and innovation; hypoxia and hypocapnia in cockpit; need for pilots in the cockpit; means for humans to arrive at Mars safely.

A scope-clause restriction complicates Embraer’s sales effort on the current E175, but the 70-seat version allows the same number of premium seats.

Boeing’s trade complaint is ill-conceived, breathtaking in its audacity and disingenuous in its arguments.

Expansion is not tied to any one particular program but rather to the growth in demand for Boeing and Airbus airliners and in defense work.

For the first time, our judges declared a space photo as Best of the Best. Growing competition and increasing launches are helping this dynamic category.

Our editors brought their expertise to bear on photographs that encompassed commercial, defense, space and just-plain-exuberant flying fields to select the photographs that they found most compelling in their respective fields this year.

Actions by Congress and upcoming elections could change the direction of defense spending, especially if the balance between Republicans and Democrats shifts.

Airbus predicts there is still potential for strong growth in this region for the next 20 years.

Traditionally, Latin America is not a thriving spot for crossover jets, but several forecasters see this changing.

In this week’s roundup, Israel prepares to integrate Israeli weapons and EW systems on its F-35s, Russia flies fifth-gen fighter with a new engine, India successfully tests Akash missile and Singapore receives approval to buy F-15 equipment.

Our judges have strong backgrounds in photography, journalism and art and design. They bring an appreciation for aesthetics and love of aviation.

You don't have to work in aerospace to be a winner of Aviation Week's Photo Contest, but it helps.

The airline industry is confident about 2018 prospects and sees no end to the up-cycle. But there are risks and rising costs. Our editors discuss the IATA outlook.

The U.S. Air Force will seek proposals for basic and applied research into four Grand Challenge areas for its future propulsion strategy.

The demand side of the airline industry equation supports further strengthening of performance, but the picture is beginning to change on the cost side.

The quirky, inventive chief executive of SpaceX wants to fly his Tesla sports car on Falcon Heavy’s debut flight in January.

Smart investors should be ready to place bets on who will win, and potentially lose, as companies race to electrify the airplane.

Internal and external competition and other factors are eroding the lead that this small Middle Eastern state has held since 1985.

Ramifications from the upcoming British departure from the European Union continue to ripple across UK A&D.

Orbital ATK’s eighth NASA-contracted resupply mission to the ISS initiated the ambitious departure phase of a multifaceted, month-long orbital journey.

The global market was creeping toward $350 billion annually in 2016, with less than 25% coming from government budgets worldwide combined.

The future of propeller manufacturing in the UK rests on a government-supported effort to develop the next generation of regional-aircraft propellers.

Boom Supersonic, the U.S.-based Mach 2-plus airliner developer, has forged a strategic partnership with Japan Airlines. Virgin Atlantic and some undisclosed airlines have also committed to aspects of the concept.

If the U.S. Air Force proceeds with the J-Stars program, it will be with Northrop Grumman’s radar.