Aurora Flight Sciences builds confidence in its XV-24A LightningStrike high-speed VTOL design with subscale flights showing the configuration can convert between vertical and forward flight.
Flight-critical systems are purposefully protected from hackers, but if someone does get through the many layers of security, pilots may want to know about it in their tactical response to an anomaly.
Aviation Week has won top honors in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.
The heart of Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan engine—the power gearbox—is nearing full-scale power trials, the most critical phase to date in Rolls’s push toward future civil powerplants.
The F-15C may still have an undefeated aerial combat record, but the 38-year-old aircraft could be slated for retirement if the U.S. Air Force decides not to fund a major structural life-extension program.
How the F-15 proposal differs from failed attempts to retire aircraft; another request for regulations; a burning disagreement, and F-35 JPO chief retiring.
By helping smaller companies embrace digitization and automation, Quebec’s Aero Montreal aerospace cluster hopes to boost international competitiveness.
A new look at seat design for both short-haul and long-haul low-cost-carrier operations holds out hope for faster boarding and more comfortable flights.
Readers react to F-35 articles, including Pentagon balking about repaired parts, its lack of moving-target capability and Trump's approach to drumming up sales. Also, reactions to a proposal for privatizing ATC.
Strephine Ormand has been promoted to Air France-KLM USA vice president and general manager. New executives at Air Berlin, Safran Landing Systems, Mecaer Aviation Group Inc., Global Jet Capital, Kellstrom Defense Aerospace Inc., Contrail Aviation Support, Travelport and The General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
By Bradley Perrett, Jens Flottau, Adrian Schofield
The promise of China’s expanding market has international carriers, including American, Delta and Lufthansa, forging codeshares with key Chinese airlines.
Space is the only domain where platforms cannot be routinely serviced, repaired and upgraded to keep them operating and up to date with technology advances. Two planned demos, one by NASA and one by DARPA, could change that.
Japan’s next strategy review to look at ability to strike North Korea; UK and France team up on long-range missile program; Finland pursues F-18 replacement, and the U.S. Navy’s plan to buy more Boeing P-8s.
Industry picks up the tab to complete key technology demonstrations begun under Europe’s Clean Sky 1 research program after delays pushed them beyond the end of the public-private partnership begun in 2008.
The failure of the freighter crew to perform a go-around after a flawed instrument approach in Kyrgyzstan in January was not all that uncommon, based on the forensics of approach and landing accidents.
