Aviation Week & Space Technology

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.

The German air force is seriously interested in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as the central node of its future networked strike complex, which includes unmanned surrogates.

Phantom Express to demo reusable launch; NASA seeks funding for low-boom X-plane; Rocket Lab makes it to space, but not orbit; NASA develops design tools for eVTOLs

Aviation Week's guest evaluation pilot Tim Wuerfel is an A320 captain at Lufthansa and previously a Boeing 737 captain. Listen in as he discusses his first impressions after flying Airbus’s popular A321neo.

Aviation Week’s evaluation pilot flies Airbus’s popular A321neo and finds a re-engined aircraft with more power, less fuel burn and emissions, and several system changes and refinements.

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In this week's Washington Outlook: Lawmakers may have to clean up 2018 budget request—if they can pass a bill; U.S. airline advocates try to stem expansion of Gulf carriers; and Trump’s NATO demands.

As a connecting partner, Juneyao adds 38 routes from Shanghai, including 33 in mainland China, that no Star carrier is flying.

SuperJet International has named Stefano Marazzani CEO. He succeeds Nazario Cauceglia, who has been named president and board chairman. The company sells and supports the Sukhoi Superjet 100.

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While the immediate financial outlook for the airline industry appears positive, experts warn of problems on the horizon.

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

U.S. authorities are asked to decide whether offering launch pricing to influential airlines years after an aircraft is launched is subsidy-enabled price dumping or just an extension of established industry practice.

The latest defense budget prioritizes readiness and repair over modernization but invests in key areas.

While most of Trump’s first NASA budget mimics the Obama administration’s, there are some important differences in emphasis, such as climate science.

Detail design of a Sino-Russian widebody airliner should be completed by the end of 2018, by which time the partners will have chosen major suppliers.

IATA’s base is weakening. It should embrace low-cost carriers because, legacy or low-cost, carriers face common problems.

Boeing’s “iterative innovation” strategy pays off as it secures a new future for the Eagle, Super Hornet and Growler programs against the odds.

The Defense Department needs to budget for its intellectual-property rights requirements and train procurement personnel not to overreach.

Boeing wins missile defense kill-vehicle contracts, UK’s RAF Fairford to host RC-135 Rivet Joint, North Korea’s latest missile test and the Swedish military buys satellite connectivity service.

Airbus has provided aircraft design know-how to the U.S. team bidding to retain the America’s Cup, the ultimate prize in yacht racing and the world’s oldest international sport.

The Trump administration’s budget plan for FAA “privatization” appears to give back more in tax breaks than it would bring in.

The F-35A flying display aims to attract attention as the global marketplace grows more and more intense.