Aviation Week & Space Technology

The engine maker is framing its F135 upgrade effort as the first step in a long-term plan for fighter propulsion based on adaptive technology.

New Hawk wing and cockpit could be retrofitted to older models.

Truck-maker goes eVTOL; NASA’s twisting flaps; Energy kite flies; Stratolaunch rolls out.

Airbus Commercial Aircraft President Fabrice Bregier is confident his company can maintain its lead in the market.

As the world’s airline executives gather in Cancun, Mexico, what are the most urgent issues facing the industry?

Airbus expects the H135s to be supplied mainly for police and medical services in Shandong, the province of which Qingdao is the largest city. It has good reason to think they will be.

The U.S., UK and Saudi Arabia are key pillars for BAE Systems, and it is eyeing work in Japan.

Thornberry would spend more on missiles and missile defenses to counter North Korea; Transportation Secretary disperses airport funding; and Raytheon will pursue future multiyear standard missile contracts.

Engine makers jockeying for position in the early contest to power Boeing’s New Midsize Airplane, but wary of investing in the 45,000-lb.-class powerplant.

The country’s push toward manned/unmanned teaming in the air domain is a response to the extreme cost of modern warplanes and advances in autonomous technology.

Cyber and electronics are likely growth areas for expanding Leonardo.

Merger will join Safran’s activities in aircraft engines, space propulsion, landing gears and electronics with Zodiac’s cabin interiors and aircraft systems.

French company Thales, which continues to pursue big data analytics and other breaking technologies, could get a boost from election of Emmanuel Macron as president.

Small European companies with innovative technologies and business models are making inroads into the global aerospace market.

Self-regulation is not a novel idea: The American Medical Association sets rules for doctors; the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority oversees financial services.

High-altitude wake turbulence is often thought of as a bump in the night, but the tale of a Challenger business jet toppled by an A380 in January has the industry taking a second look.

India takes another step toward Make-In-India; Philippines seeks bids for maritime patrol aircraft, bidders queue for Canadian search-and-rescue helicopter competition and Lockheed’s latest training and simulation software release.

Airspace services provider AirMap says the Drone Federalism Act would help industry by harmonizing and limiting state and local rules restricting unmanned aircraft operations below 200 ft.

Developing and testing a new product in secret and then going public or the other way around. Which has a better chance of being successful?

The Trump administration’s attempt to opt out of the Restore-L project and transfer its technology to the private sector is raising questions and objections.

Saab bringing to Paris a lineup of new airborne weaponry, from fighter jets to trainers and early-warning and submarine-hunting aircraft.

The U.S., UK and Saudi Arabia are key pillars for BAE Systems, and it is eyeing work in Japan.

A venture development company specializing in commercializing innovations languishing within large OEMs creates a startup to unlock the potential in a C-130 drag reduction developed by Lockheed.

The first KC-46A won’t be delivered until after September because the test program is running behind schedule.

Thai Airways and its affiliate Nok Air intend to use new-generation aircraft to adjust their fleet to match their network strategies.