Aviation Week & Space Technology

Sikorsky, Petroleum Helicopters Inc. and Metro Aviation cooperate on real-time rotorcraft health-monitoring developments.

Paying up front will cut Lightning costs, says the program office. So will a steady production ramp-up—and multiyear orders.

Shoreham Airshow crash investigation shines spotlight on regulatory and organizational failings of air display events.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn is one among many launch companies that will lend a hand to companies eager to send spacecraft into orbit in a market where technological change can be faster than the pace of production. Listen in as our editors discuss the key takeaways from this week's Satellite 2017 conference in Washington, D.C.

Under pressure from airlines and lessors, Boeing moves toward development of new midsize widebody, but important questions remain unresolved.

A pilot program that has increased space awareness for the U.S. military and satellite operators should become a permanent part of the military’s Joint Space Operations Center.

In this week's Washington Outlook, European satellite manufacturers stand to benefit if Trump’s trade policies alienate U.S. export customers; cruise missiles assessed; security tradeoffs crop up.

Link 16, electronic countermeasures and state-of-the-art self-defense systems might be in 60-year-old Stratotanker's future.

The takeover and criticisms of it show modern capitalism at its best and worst.

Germany buys three MQ-4 Tritons, U.S. begins THAAD deployment to South Korea, Delta IV engine problem delays U.S. Air Force Launch

A move toward consolidation and the expected entry of a new player could mean significant changes for Japan’s LCCs.

UK startup Windhorse is designing a one-way drone to deliver food and medicine to disaster areas while keeping relief aircraft safe from hostile action and preventing technology falling into enemy hands.

New technologies from Thales use physiological data from pilot research to develop systems that help reduce human factors errors in the cockpit.

NASA, other stakeholders still pursuing ideas for commercial enterprises in space, which have so far proven elusive.

While building a lander to put humans on the Moon and elsewhere looks possible in 4-5 years, the financial commitment needed to do so is much less certain.

Amazon founder and Blue Origin owner says the concept for reusable launch vehicles will grow the launch industry to a “new equilibrium.”

Proposed ducted-fan vertical-takeoff-and-landing business aircraft switches to hybrid-electric propulsion to reduce cost and attract investment.

Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin teams are offering business jet platforms; Boeing is offering a modified 737-700-based airframe.

Jeff Bezos and others are focusing on bases on the Moon as jumping-off points for deeper-space exploration.

Lockheed Martin is completing preliminary design of the QueSST low-boom flight demonstrator for NASA. The latest configuration for the X-plane is undergoing high-speed tests in NASA Glenn’s 8 X 6-ft. supersonic wind tunnel.

Moving the needle on autonomous aircraft, Airbus showcases a modular ground/air vehicle concept it has jointly developed with automotive design house Italdesign.

Get ready for the mother of all lobbying battles. U.S. aerospace and aviation industries queue to lobby President Trump in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to set federal policy for open skies and other issues.

The two manufacturers are trying to quickly eliminate root causes of a rash of engine replacements in the A320neo fleets of IndiGo and Go Air.

Hybrid engines and augmented reality cockpits shape Bell’s vision for the helicopter of the future.

Militants in Iraq and Syria are adapting consumer drones and micro-UAVs for surveillance missions and deadly strikes.