Aviation Week & Space Technology

Calt is pursuing three paths to reusable space launch: lifting bodies and, for wingless rockets, parachute recovery and powered landings.

Calt will make Long March 8 with propulsion modules from other space launchers. Long March 5B will omit a module.

Casc’s Xian propulsion institute will lighten its P35 solid-propellant motor, then develop a larger derivative, presumably for a new space launcher

New data-gathering-and-sharing operation will bring benefits to all who participate, Airbus asserts, from carriers to suppliers to financial services.

The regional turboprop OEM is meeting with success on a number of fronts, including its advanced vision systems products.

Qatar Airways’ plan to invest in American Airlines may make commercial sense, but will be hard to implement.

Airbus and startup OneWeb are preparing to manufacture satellites at an unprecedented pace—one per day.

Looking back on a career illuminated by a love of words, science and the sheer excitement of the promise and peril of space exploration.

Low-cost, long-haul carriers examine how cabin connectivity can best keep passengers entertained—and add to the bottom line.

Discussions at Le Bourget revealed a handful of topics that seemed to be on everyone’s minds.

The latest entrants in the burgeoning electric VTOL market come with unconventional designs which raise questions about their viability that can only be answered once they fly.

China and Russia seem to be far ahead on work hypersonic flight and weaponry, perhaps even forcing rethinking of strategic systems.

After a problematic first go-around using Li-ion in airliners, Airbus now quietly has 50 A350s flying with the batteries.

Dubai air taxis; Eviation’s electric regional; AFRL robotic copilot; Airbus/Safran electric taxiing; Racer’s advanced wing; Boost for Stratobus

Trump administration boosts military space budget by 5% compared to last year’s projections, provides seed funding for six new programs.

There is huge potential in the Indian regional market, and that can only help regional jet OEMs.

By the middle of the Paris show week, the order tally had climbed to more than 325, including 100 from United Airlines.

Lockheed Martin hopes to leave behind the F-35’s troubled past and shift the focus to the battlefield. The Paris display may not silence the critics, but it certainly changed the conversation.

Unwilling to take more risks on a program that may fail, Emirates asks Airbus for a clear answer on the A380's future.

As part of a tradeoff for reduced deliveries, the French Air Force gets a pumped-up combat aircraft.

Airbus Helicopters’ Clean Sky 2 high-speed rotorcraft uses radical box-wing and pusher-propeller configuration.

China’s Reaper lookalike makes its Western debut at the Paris Air Show.

With a clear niche identified in the company’s product lineup between the 737 single-aisle family and its bigger jets, Boeing is saying more than ever about the gap-filling NMA.

Airlines’ survey answers show they mostly want n middle-of-market airliner, but meeting all their desires may be difficult for the OEMs.

Anglo-French FCAS study finally confirms engine selection and planform.