Aviation Week & Space Technology

A look at the state of play on the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based aerial-refueling UAV, to the U.S. Air Force’s attempt to replace its Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System and its T-X advanced combat trainer program.

Bombardier’s heavy emphasis on system testing during C Series development and its detailed preparations for service entry have largely paid off.

Nothing extraordinary is expected heading into 2018, but the status of the business jet industry looks a lot better than it has for most of the last decade.

If retailers and customers need new skills to use drone delivery, the idea could have difficulty taking off, so Alphabet’s Project Wing is working with real-world users of its planned service.

Northrop Grumman buys SpaceX launch for a U.S. government customer, U.S. State Department clears Greece for an FMS of F-16 upgrades, Indonesia receives Panther helicopters, and Embraer sells six Super Tucanos.

Details on the benefits of business aircraft departments were released near simultaneously to GE’s grounding of its jets.

The core is the common element of the company’s plan to make a step change in efficiency with two engine families, the Advance and the UltraFan, for the 2020s.

For now passengers on short- and medium-haul flights in Europe largely have to make their own in-flight entertainment when they travel. But this is starting to change as a growing number of airlines make investments in IFE and connectivity solutions for their narrowbody fleets.

The Airbus-Bombardier arrangement will set off a chain of action and reaction that establishes a new order of dominance, extinction and relationships.

With clear standards and an emphasis on the basics, the UK Defense Ministry hopes to protect the security of its industrial base.

The Apollo 11 command module, Columbia, has left its Smithsonian home for a new mission—a traveling exhibit commemorating the upcoming 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s touchdown on the Moon.

Tarmac Aerosave has found its bread and butter in the aircraft storage business, primarily for leasing companies.

September was a busy month at several high-profile companies, and it could be a good indication of what is to come for the industry as many of them adjust to market conditions.

After a hiatus of more than 50 years, NASA plans a trial run of a full-scale nuclear-fission power system designed to produce 1 kW of electricity.

Small unmanned aircraft set new standards for flight endurance as developers push the limits of aerodynamics and propulsion.

Sonic booms should not pose a barrier to speeding progress in aviation technology.

The Aerospace Industries Association has named Eric K. Fanning president and chief executive officer effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Scaled flies Model 401; Yamaha goes multicopter; Flirtey flies defibrillators; Spike tests supersonic design; DARPA taps Aerojet for TBCC; Dubai’s firefighting UAV.

MBDA’s missile programs are benefiting from a joint research initiative that involves participants from industry and academe.

Performance-based navigation and runway improvements are crucial to airline night operations at a New Zealand airport surrounded by mountains.

In being acquired by Boeing, Aurora Flight Sciences sees a path to turn its research into products, which had eluded the innovative but small company.

The MBDA Meteor and Diehl IRIS-T missiles will equip the KAI KF-X, which is also getting a two-seat version. Aircraft dimensions have expanded.

Despite mitigations deployed, the number of reported runway incursions each year has remained stubbornly steady, or some say, on the rise. Safety advocates and industry want to find out why.

The service will double down on the development of next-generation missiles, combat vehicles and rotorcraft to regain warfighting advantage.

Aviation Week had a first-hand look at a required navigation performance departure from Queenstown and an arrival at Auckland. Adrian Schofield, Asia-Pacific air transport editor, rode in the jump seat on the Air New Zealand flight.