Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Joe Anselmo, Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau
Airbus will again miss its delivery target due to supplier quality problems as Boeing’s turnaround takes another step forward. Listen in as our editors break it all down.
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Aviation Week Network Staff
This year’s winners represent an assortment of first-time entrants and veteran Aviation Week Photo Contest entrants.
Photo Contest

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Reaching its 2025 delivery goal was always going to be challenging for Airbus. Now it turns out it is unachievable.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week Network Staff
With backgrounds in photography, journalism, art and design, our judges bring an appreciation for aesthetics and love of aviation.
Photo Contest

Aviation Week Staff
A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Irene Klotz
After three orbital flight tests, Boeing’s crewed passenger spacecraft still needs work.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Steven Grundman
The author of the 1997 U.S. defense acquisition reform plan critiques Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new strategy.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Staff
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Aviation Week Staff
Readers write about coverage of SpaceX, opinion columnists, inflatable space stations, electric aviation and prospects for U.S.-China space cooperation.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Sharon Devivo
We need clarity about the regulations and access to loan funds for students, to ensure the pipeline of up-and-coming pilots is not slowed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
The Middle East, as the crucible for challenging durability and performance conditions, is the focus for ongoing dust ingestion engine tests.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The agency’s Lift Challenge aims for at least a fourfold increase in drone payload-to-weight capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
A sense of urgency led member states to fuel ESA with record funding.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The controller would transition to a supervisory role, no longer dealing with routine operations such as frequency changes, automation promoters say.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne, Brian Everstine
Strategic decisions loom for some of the biggest Western airlift programs.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
X-plane escapes cancellation; China’s hybrid powertrains; Modular cargo UAV, India’s indigenous aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Inexpensive, mass-produced cruise missiles could ensure that the U.S. and allies have enough firepower to deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Powertrain demonstrators advance under Airbus’ rescoped effort to field a hydrogen-electric commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Steve Trimble
From low-cost drone interceptors to advanced cruise missiles to air-to-air missiles, the United Arab Emirates wants to do it all.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The United Arab Emirates is emerging as a hive for light attack and training aircraft developments with further offers from Calidus and Edge Group.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The United Arab Emirates is shifting its space program focus to economic gains and security, blending civil-military efforts in a bid to become a space power.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Coast Guard is set to receive $24.59 billion through 2029 for fleet modernization, including a controversial $172 million G700 purchase.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Christine Boynton
For Emirates’ long-haul fleet, the challenge is twofold: maintaining aging widebodies while looking beyond their likely life spans to the next big thing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps legacy Hornets will get the safety system in 2026; development is starting for F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers.
Aircraft & Propulsion