Aviation Week & Space Technology

Aviation Week talks with the outgoing FAA Associate Administration for Aviation Safety, Peggy Gilligan, about the most pressing safety challenges and opportunities facing the FAA and the aviation industry.

As the nation’s space mission grows, does the service have enough clout to manage it all?

Seatback inflight entertainment is critical to the cabin experience, but content streaming to personal devices is on the rise.

The transformative V-22 is driving requirements for the Marine Corps’ next-generation rotorcraft fleet.

The probe’s mission will finish with a spectacular plunge into Saturn’s clouds, after a wistful look back at our “pale blue dot.”

Dynetics and General Atomics move to the next phase of a DARPA program to validate air launch and recovery of multiple small unmanned aircraft called Gremlins.

Capability and cost will be important factors in the tiny nation’s decision to replace 54 F-16s with 34 new fighters.

Aerojet Rocketdyne says there is enough manufacturing work in the ground-bases strategic deterrent missile project for two rocket motor suppliers.

The drumbeat for a new Boeing midsize jetliner is growing louder. But beyond the idea of a new aircraft, things get complicated. The 797’s twin-aisle configuration is the big issue.

The UK’s aviation industry had hoped for special priority in EC-UK negotiations around Brexit, but that’s not happening.

Supersonic startup scores funds; Light shines on solar fuels; No end yet for Endless Runway; Bending control for stratospheric UAV . . . and more UAS news

VR could transform airline passengers' experiences, taking them to a new inflight world.

Operators are impressed by the fuel savings achieved a year after entering service. But the PW1100G engine is still causing problems, and fixes are pending.

Women have made great inroads in aerospace finance and management, but they remain woefully underrepresented on the technical side of the industry.

By requiring laptops and other devices with lithium-ion batteries to be put in cargo holds, the Homeland Security Department may be setting up a “perfect storm” of conditions that could lead to an uncontrollable fire.

The two countries will tell each other what they want from a future fighter and what technology they have. Then they will consider studying a joint program.

The Lrwbca is supposed to be a 50:50 split, but the headquarters and engineering team will be in Shanghai, the project leader and possibly the engine Chinese.

French Guianese workers say launchpad construction is not employing enough local workers

The questionable logic that banning laptops from some aircraft cabins makes flying more secure could actually jeopardize passenger safety.

The Italian air force faces rapid change as new aircraft types enter service.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: Deterring plausibly deniable attacks in space may involve actions on the ground.

Aviation Week editors discuss whether the electronics ban will actually accomplish its security goals and how the new rules could cost the Persian Gulf airlines business traffic.

Planning for Europe’s next multiyear aeronautical research program will overlap with negotiations on the UK’s exit from the European Union.

Want to go low and slow and smile? Fly a Cub, and your options now go beyond the original.

Lockheed looks toward deal for 130 F-35s, Leonardo’s new boss, French politicians pitch Rafale fighter in cash-strapped Malaysia and the UK seeks Hellfire missiles.