Aviation Week & Space Technology

Alitalia, Air Berlin cases show investor money alone won’t save airlines—viable strategies are needed.

Ride-hailing giant Uber held a summit on its Elevate concept for urban air mobility, drawing 500+ people, including manufacturers, regulators and investors.

Alessandro Profumo has been named by the Italian government to become chief executive of the Leonardo aerospace and defense group.

Demonstration flights and limited operational approvals are building experience and confidence in flying drones safely beyond visual line of sight of the operator.

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

Customers needed to counter the threat from small unmanned aircraft face a bewildering array of choices, but bands of capability are beginning to emerge as threats and countermeasures become more clearly understood.

Tianzhou is most like the Japanese HTV cargo craft used to supply the ISS. Tianzhous will burn up on reentry, unlike the similar-sized SpaceX Dragon.

Singapore upgrades Apache fleet, defense spending up worldwide, the latest U.S. ICBM test, and Indian Navy tests land-attack Brahmos

More than 25% of widebody backlogs are from Middle Eastern orders and a slowdown for the Gulf carriers could have ramifications for the aerospace sector.

Swiss emergency procedures get a workout in Northern Canada.

How technical advances are enabling space-based challengers to take on terrestrial internet services.

How ViaSat is pushing the boundaries of satellite connectivity.

When Winter Storm Stella threatened blizzard conditions for the Northeast U.S. in mid-March, American’s response was based in part on a simulation.

With President Donald Trump’s “Buy American” coming at the same time as the U.S. defense industry is expanding overseas, what does it mean?

Economist and NASA adviser’s new book puts the billionaire space investors in a different perspective.

Marine Corps ‘MUX’ gives rotorcraft industry another large-scale VTOL drone opportunity.

Holland’s Ampyx Power is preparing to demonstrate a UAV-based wind-energy system to Germany’s E.ON.

Leaps in information technology help airlines communicate more efficiently with customers to ensure smoother transitions and options after flight delays.

The service wants its legacy airlifters to have laser-based missile defense, modern communications and an engine upgrade.

A top U.S. Army official warns that a year-long continuing resolution would cripple the fledgling Future Vertical Lift effort.

At Arconic, Winston Wolfe is about to meet Gordon Gecko. And the premiere design-and-manufacturing provider could see its strategy changed, along with its CEO.

Lillium flies electric VTOL; Urban talks flying car; Borschberg backs electric propulsion; SingPost joins drone delivery demo; flying cars get cautious nod from public.

Automation has helped GE Aviation’s compressor-blade manufacturing plant in Quebec to grow from producing parts for five CFM engines a year to five a day.

Smooth development of the 737-9 is a key part of Boeing’s competitive strategy against the Airbus A320neo family.

Larger and higher-density MAX variants could help Boeing make further inroads into Asia-Pacific low-cost carrier sector