Aviation Week & Space Technology

The new academic year is a great time to reach out to students who could be next-generation employees in aviation and aerospace.

Manufacturers and passenger-to-freighter conversion specialists are confident about air cargo’s long-term prospects.

Lufthansa’s last local rival wants better access to the dominant player’s feeder network, but legal precedents give little reason for optimism.

A rideshare payload launching on an upcoming rocket is due to be the first spacecraft to continuously monitor the space weather environment for solar storms.

Ellsworth AFB is preparing for the stealth bomber, but no arrival date has been announced for the lagging program.

Lunar terrain vehicle designer Lunar Outpost lifts the veil on its Eagle vehicle test and development program as NASA’s selection decision looms.

Hydrogen-powered BWB; carbon fiber from algae; understanding lightning hazards; and storing CO2 in concrete.

Ascendance is testing structure, aerodynamics and propulsion as it develops its hybrid-electric, vertical-takeoff-and-landing regional aircraft.

Editors comb through our archives to discuss the legacy of the atomic bomb missions and the evolution of nuclear power in aerospace to the present and beyond.

DARPA is looking ahead to systems that can bring extremely accurate but fragile quantum sensing to the harsh environments onboard military platforms.

Is free trade over in commercial aviation, or it is all just smoke and mirrors? Watch as analyst Richard Aboulafia joins Aviation Week’s Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau and Dan Williams to discuss.

Is free trade over in commercial aviation, or it is all just smoke and mirrors? Analyst Richard Aboulafia joins Aviation Week editors to discuss.

Readers write about NASA’s budget, the European defense industry, Lockheed Martin F-35 development, midair close calls and corporate accounting priorities.

A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.

The Defense Department’s majority stake in MP Materials raises questions about government ownership in the defense industrial base.

The pioneer of the ultra-low-cost carrier model in the U.S. is up against significant challenges as it tries to return to profitability.

Navy aviation forces await the downselect for the sixth-generation fighter, citing the need for future air superiority and sea control.

Thirty-seven years after the A320 first entered service with Air France, the family is about to become the most successful commercial program.

Advanced rotorcraft have been flown by Changhe and Harbin, helicopter manufacturers within AVIC.

Dozens of startups are racing to develop eVTOL air taxis in China. We pick the leaders.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

Cambridge University’s Aviation Impact Accelerator unveils a blueprint for global contrail mitigation as a research study underlines a need for urgent steps.

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

Following a trio of failed flight tests, SpaceX’s new launch system completed a full-duration demonstration.

Defense companies are bracing for risk as the Pentagon signals it may require self-funded prototypes for space-based interceptors.