Aviation Week & Space Technology

Sponsored by Boeing, the three-phase $2 million Go Fly competition is aimed at developing a safe, viable personal air vehicle and encompasses a wide range of parameters.

Air traffic management optimization looks like low-hanging fruit for fuel efficiency, given the results of recent extended arrival management tests in Europe.

Fly/ride range extender; Volocopter flies in Dubai; EasyJet thinks electric; Drone+van delivery; Passenger Drone’s eVTOL.

Uncertainty about the U.S. defense spending forecast and concerns about share prices are part of the explanation.

International Space Station is serving as testbed for critical deep-space travel technologies, including life support, water recycling and trash management.

As airliner connectivity broadens to benefit passengers, a cybersecurity threat may be opening to more crucial aircraft systems.

Lt. Gen. John Thompson is taking the reins at a critical moment for U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center.

Lufthansa and EasyJet both figure to benefit greatly as the result of bankruptcy deals.

Spare parts represent a large portion of aerospace exports and could benefit from the bank’s credit assistance.

Import duties for aircraft cannot be the solution to tackle subsidies in aerospace. The industry and regulators have to define standards acceptable worldwide.

Readers discuss pilotless cockpits, the situation in North Korea, Peacekeeper missiles and express skepticism over the U.S. Air Force's J-Stars position.

In this week's Washington Outlook: Rand report looks at ways to stop proliferation of the world’s fastest weapons; filling top civilian jobs at Pentagon taking longer; Boeing under pressure.

Russia and China each have plans for an engine for the widebody now called the CR929. But they have agreed to cooperate.

Electronics miniaturization coupled with propulsion and airframe upgrades are making smaller unmanned aircraft increasing capable in a widening range of roles.

International planning group envisions human missions to the Moon’s Aitkin Basin, supported by NASA’s Deep Space Gateway.

Beijing could add two or three modules to the planned three-node station if enough countries express interest.

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

Orbital ATK’s sale to Northrop Grumman may—or may not—be the end of an era, but it definitely is for one person.

China’s commercial aircraft builder, Comac, was obviously not ready for flight testing when it flew the C919 for the first time in May.

How many ARJ21s will finally be built remains a matter of speculation, although the manufacturer is planning to deliver the 67th unit by the end of 2020.

DARPA taps Reaction Engines to conduct high-temperature testing of the precooler technology for its proposed hypersonic air-breathing, Sabre rocket concept.

Beyond the KX-46A’s boom unexpectedly extending while fuel is flowing, it could scratch the receiver aircraft; high-frequency radios are also sparking concern.

Erickson has hired Doug Kitani as chief executive officer/director. Christopher J. Davis has been named president of Raytheon International.

Congress may push back on Trump’s Air Force One cost-cutting plan, the Kiowa Warrior’s last flight for the U.S. Army, Raytheon radar clears third test, and Indonesia takes delivery of Airbus helicopters.