Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Bill Carey
The agencies are negotiating a memorandum to accommodate noncompliant military aircraft, but security issues are unresolved.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

An F-35 pilot speaks out on the physiological events that led to the fleet's grounding at Luke AFB, Arizona, in 2017.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
What do aerospace and defense companies need to think of now as artificial intelligence spreads across the industry in earnest?
Check 6 with Accenture

By Helen Massy-Beresford
As digital developments in the wider world change passenger expectations of travel, airlines are looking for ways to set themselves apart.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Airbus and Bombardier say their C Series plans, including an assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, for U.S. customers will continue, despite end of tariff threat.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Folding wings in flight; China’s hypersonic biplane; X-57 motor progress; Europe’s radical thinking; Vahana eVTOL slips.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Quadrotor, helicopter and tiltwing designs will help steer NASA research toward key technology challenge areas for future urban air transport systems.
Aerospace

The pilot, who requested anonymity to protect his privacy, immediately recognized the early symptoms of hypoxia he’d experienced during training in the altitude chamber.

Defense

By Kerry Reals
Satellite providers are hosting new satellites and adding high-throughput capacity to existing networks to better position themselves for airlines’ inflight-connectivity needs.
Interiors & Connectivity

Lisbeth Gronlund and Stephen Young
The draft Nuclear Posture Review would lower the bar for a nuclear first strike and seeks to add new types of weapons to the U.S. arsenal.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Marines are used to getting people to move faster. Now a Marine is ordering the aerospace sector to do just that, and it would behoove industry to snap to it.
Defense

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
Speed matters on this week’s podcast as technical editor Graham Warwick talks to senior editor Guy Norris about his story on Boeing’s reusable hypersonic demonstrator concept and the rapidly evolving developments in hypersonics over the past year since he broke the story about the U.S. losing its lead in this increasingly important area of defense technology.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Vertical-lift OEMs warn that the best helicopter safety standards and production processes will be inadequate to ensure success of urban eVTOL air taxi market.
Aerospace

Upcoming aviation and aerospace industry events and Aviation Week Network events

By Tony Osborne
Super Puma replacement may be rescoped for multirole mission as commercial market tumbles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Rocket Lab’s Electron small-satellite launcher blasted off from New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula on Jan. 20 for a second test flight.
Space

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

By Jens Flottau
Emirates new order “underscores Airbus’ commitment to produce the A380 at least for another 10 years,” says departing sales chief John Leahy.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois, Alan Dron
While ATR is working on an advanced vision system, lighter seats and a short-takeoff-and-landing version, it must help customers with a regional pilot shortage.
Air Transport

The U.S. targets China and Russia in its latest defense strategy, but what’s to stop both powers ganging up against Washington?
Defense

Pilot safety, pilot retention and responses to a commentary on President Trump's defense posture dominated the recent reader exchanges.
Feedback

Aviation Partners Boeing promoted Mike Stowell to president and CEO. ManTech International Corp. promoted George J. Pedersen to executive chairman.

By Graham Warwick
Airbus Helicopters prepares to launch a drone-based urban package-delivery trial service developed with partners in Singapore.
Aerospace

By Marhalim Abas
The military has much aging equipment and ammunition that needs to be replaced or upgraded.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
Rotorcraft will become a focus of Thailand’s military imports in coming years.
Defense