Aviation Week & Space Technology

A roundup of recent aviation and aerospace and defense industry staff changes.

The long-haul, low-cost airline model remains strongest in Asia, but most have struggled to extend routes to other regions.

The major Asia-Pacific LCC players have placed more than 1,700 orders for narrowbody aircraft, but other constraints could slow growth.

Lockheed concedes defeat in next-gen ICBM competition as Boeing reviews options after LRSO loss.

New multirotor unmanned aircraft are coming onto the market. They combine vertical-takeoff-and-landing ease of use with longer flight times to increase productivity on commercial missions.

NASA spacecraft wraps up 13 years of pioneering fieldwork that shifted ideas of where to look for life beyond Earth. Cover credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The smallest of the three big Gulf carriers is reassessing its plans after the failure of its European investments.

Tax reform, including cuts to U.S. tax rates and a potential to bring back cash from overseas, dominates conversations when it comes to Washington affairs.

NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston remained closed to all but essential personnel Aug. 29, four days after major hurricane-turned-tropical storm Harvey barged ashore on the Texas coast.

U.S. Air Force is exploring ways to use automation and artificial intelligence to ease the workload on Distributed Common Ground System intelligence gatherers.

NASA’s most ambitious space science projects are an essential part of maintaining U.S. leadership in space exploration, an assessment says.

SpaceX successfully deployed the long-delayed FormoSat-5 remote sensing satellite into low Earth orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket.

Patriots, F-16s and attack helicopters are high on Romania’s defense list as Bucharest increases defense spendin

Inadvertently, decades-old restraints on weapons exports are helping China expand its foothold in the unmanned aircraft arena.

Regional aviation suffers from long-standing problems in China, so operators look forward to using larger aircraft.

From delivering critical medical supplies to warehouse inventory management, drones are slowly making inroads into the logistics business

Uncertainties about U.S. defense spending and Congressional actions are complicating planning for contractors.

Microsoft’s AI soars; Near Earth to land Vahana; designing for 24-hr. hover; space-hardened computers

The U.S. OEM giant has focused on bigger aircraft for decades, but sees new potential in the under-50-seat market.

GA-ASI’s jet-powered UAV has been a slow-seller, but that may be about to change.

Developing and demonstrating megawatt-class electric machines and power converters that are light enough and powerful enough for use in aircraft is a key step in enabling electric propulsion for commercial airliners.

Cyber Command unifies, increases industry outreach; San Francisco Airport incident prompts a new safety reminders; and preparing for a government shutdown.

Advanced human-machine interfaces and new technologies are set to make ATC workstations as jaw-dropping as the newest flight decks, if not more so.

Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. has a considerable engineering force, one that has repeatedly created complete aircraft.

Charter operators such as Monarch Airlines and Thomas Cook Airlines are ripping up the rule book, embracing scheduled flights and expanding in long-haul.