Aviation Week & Space Technology

Low-cost satellite constellations provide alternative systems for gathering key weather and other data.

Tighter regulations for carry-on electronic devices provide an opportunity for manufacturers of carry-on baggage scanners.

Will large aircraft ever fly with no pilot on board? It is inevitable, our panel says. But what about passenger acceptance?

The Aerospace Industries Association has hired David Silver as vice president of civil aviation. GE Aviation has hired John Mansfield as chief digital officer.

In this week's Washington Outlook: The U.S. can intercept missiles bound for Guam, and it can launch offensive strikes, say Pentagon leaders.

Readers discuss upset recovery article (and cover shot), friction-heated airframes, a call for European nuclear readiness, and correction to GMD Intercept of ICBM Target graphic.

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

Despite sanctions and international pressure, North Korea now possesses an eclectic mix of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles.

The next step for the service’s light-attack capability? Probably a combat trial.

Boeing and JAXA are testing lidar-based turbulence detection systems, which may fly on commercial airliners by the mid-2020s.

Both the airline and the airport look to reap benefits from years of preparation for C Series flights at London City.

Hybrid turbine-electric propulsion will require rethinking of aircraft designs to gain greater efficiency benefits by tightly integrating propulsion and aerodynamics.

Russia and Indonesia move one corporate agreement closer to Su-35 deal, a new Make-In-India manufacturing facility, Battelle updates DroneDefender, and Northrop will modify J-Stars radios.

The OEM used a huge “visual” to make its point, tracing out a giant 787 over the U.S.

The Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, the U.S. Air Force’s next nuclear ballistic missile, will outrange the Minuteman III and can carry heavier payloads.

Three Pacific Rim carriers have big plans for the A321neo, but problems with new Pratt & Whitney engines have pushed back deliveries.

UK Royal Air Force sees new training fleet as opportunity to increase pilot throughput.

Satellite manufacturers expect only 10-12 geosats to be ordered this year, solidifying a trend downward in the sector.

Although United Airlines has had no shortage of growing pains since deciding in 2012 to morph Apple iPads into the perfect electronic flight bag for the flight deck, a less turbulent future is now on the horizon.

The reach of a fully realized technology transfer program can be vast, enabling leaps in learning and the restructuring of organizations.

Excerpts from Aviation Week’s recent podcast debate between an F-35 pilot and a long-time critic of the program.

Though hybrid and electric propulsion holds great promise, the age of the turbofan is far from over.

The agricultural aircraft manufacturer and L3 have teamed to develop Longsword for reconnaissance and light attack.

Airbus Voom hitches ride with Cabify, Ehang plans bigger eVTOL air taxi, SonicBAT tests humidity’s effect on booms, and smallsat launcher testing picks up pace.