Aviation Week & Space Technology

The big, annual air show in Europe has long been known for new orders of large commercial aircraft. But increasingly, emphasis is on the past and present.

Despite being cut from the budget request by the Trump administration, robotics developed by NASA will still be of great use to the space industry.

By making launch more affordable, SpaceX hopes to open the door to wider experimentation in space.

Delays in development are likely to put the Russian aircraft as the last of the new-generation aircraft in its segment, which will likely limit its market.

U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, call sign Crash, describes what it was like to fly the Raptor on its very first combat mission.

UtopiaCompression says a compact single-camera system that provides passive ranging for automated collision avoidance is ready for commercialization.

To begin air operations quickly, Chinese travel group Tongcheng has chosen Embraer 190s, not 190-E2s.

The defense deals announced during President Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia underscore how the structure of the global defense market is changing.

Boeing’s comments come as the Pentagon is in the midst of a cost and capability analysis between the F/A-18 and F-35, ordered by the White House, that will inform future budgets and force structure decisions.

Robot lands a 737; Toyota backs flying car; unmanned air logistics; Chinese rotorcraft puzzle.

Slow orders and supply-chain delays continue to weigh on aircraft manufacturers, but new models may appear.

Manufacturers of large unmanned aircraft are struggling to get attention from regulators and customers as the small drone market sets the pace.

The European Commission is leading slow changes to ownership-and-control rules that would enable foreign investors to have more say in acquired airlines.

By 2023, Turkey’s centenary, President Tayyip Edogan wants the nation’s aerospace industry to fly its indigenous TF-X fighter. But the new fighter is just the one example, as Turkey is developing a trainer/light attack aircraft, UAVs, missiles, helicopters and a gallium-nitride-based AESA radar.

Aegis Ashore batteries would add an outer layer to Japan’s ballistic-missile defense. Tomahawks on destroyers could hit Pyongyang’s weapons before launch.

A range of 5,500 km would reach the western edge of Alaska and would cover all of East Asia, including the far west of China, with Australia just out of reach

Safran Aircraft Engines CEO Olivier Andries stresses the LP turbine’s design is not at stake and describes the situation as a “temporary logistic disturbance.”

More OEM vertical integration is coming, but so are new opportunities for suppliers, including non-traditional ones.

Tailsitter and tilting ducted fan VTOL concepts join the chase for the Marine Corps’ emerging requirement for a large, ship-based multimission unmanned system.

The stakes are high for General Electric’s GE9X testing program for Boeing’s future 777X twinjet.

India’s Light Combat Aircraft demonstrates missile integration, Israel’s Air Force replaces Sea Scan patrol aircraft with Heron UAVs, a longer-range loitering UAV, and U.S. approves more Patriot missiles for UAE.

Israel’s Airobotics breaks new ground with approval to operate automated drones remotely for missions such as site surveys and security patrols.

Leanne Caret, president of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, discusses the revival of fighter programs, the state of play on the KC-46A tanker, the importance of T-X and more.

Don’t count on a big defense spending increase this year; report finds SLS NASA’s deadline rush cost millions, and the fight over air traffic control continues.

Finding usable water on the Moon would boost space exploration, but extracting it is likely to be a challenge.