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The aircraft’s future will be determined by Emirates, not Airbus.

Local governments can require drone users to register and use an app that will make their UAS visible to law enforcement.

Milestone completes Sierra Nevada’s paid NASA Commercial Crew work and sets up critical design review for unmanned station resupply missions. Photo: NASA

It is getting harder to find a Western A&D company not undergoing restructuring. Wall Street may be to blame—and it may benefit.

Materials science helps make storing and handling missiles and other rocket-powered munitions safer.

The airframer is on a path to fill out its planned 737 MAX derivative family by the end of the decade.

Some member states are disinclined to consolidate their air navigation service providers, often for sovereignty and defense reasons.

The finalized flight deck features of Boeing’s 777X reveal clear 787 influence and unique wing-fold controls.

Cubesat-building robot contest, Lockheeds SHiELD laser demo, Uber air taxi trial adds L.A. and Horsefly electric van/drone deliveries.

Lockheed Martin’s radar experts in Syracuse are introducing new air surveillance technologies to counter emerging threats from quadcopters to reentry vehicles.

The F-35 is a “benchmark” in competition to replace the Tornado, German officials say.

Anglo-French UCAV and Turkish TF-X are preserving British fighter know-how.

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Industrial augmented-reality startup Upskill launches new platform aimed at enabling large-scale use of smart glasses in manufacturing and maintenance.

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

Aviation Week's Guy Norris was invited to fly on a test flight of Auto-ICAS (Automatic Integrated Collision Avoidance System), the world’s first combined air and ground collision avoidance system for combat aircraft.

William McCombe is now executive vice president and chief financial officer of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.

Readers address updating nuclear chain of command; supersonic maladies; Airbus/Bombardier/Boeing ramifications, and remotely piloted aircraft.

As the Islamic State loses territory, U.S. and Russia must work harder to deconflict air operations in a rapidly shrinking battlespace.

In this week's Washington Outlook: Defense policy legislation skips the creation of a corps, puts the deputy defense secretary in charge of space spending.

With the complexity of aerospace systems threatening to overtake the ability of human engineers to optimize designs, bio-inspired algorithms and machine learning are being drafted in to help.

The U.S. space agency is optimistic about a December 2019 launch, but could slip Exploration Mission-1 to June 2020.

While some airlines are close to placing significant orders, others are in the early stages of negotiations.

Cadence is applying the latest advances in commercial electronics system design automation to reduce the time and cost involved in replacing obsolete avionics.

NASA’s Advanced Composites program finally comes to grips with the complexities of designing and certifying carbon-fiber aircraft structures.