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While significant ongoing structural changes in the industry cannot be denied, broad alliances among European low-cost carriers will not likely be a major theme, except in specific circumstances.

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Considering South Korea’s lack of experience, there is clearly a chance that ADD and Hanwha will at some point ask Elta for assistance beyond the validation work it will be contracted for.

Arizona congressman sees an opportunity to make up for lost ground in missile defense realm.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

China’s air-to-air missile arsenal, Taiwan modifying Chingkuo fighter as a trainer, India’s new AWACS aircraft, Orbital wins military satellite contract and a C295W training services contract for CAE.

The armed services are sounding the alarm over shockingly low readiness rates driven by maintenance backlogs.

Gordon Gekko may have been a fictional movie character, but increasingly he seems alive and well in the boardrooms of U.S. A&D companies—and he could be aiming for a corner office near you, too.

Oxford Performance Materials is making carbon-fiber-reinforced 3-D-printed thermoplastic parts for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner manned spacecraft.

A major solar event knocked out telegraph service in 1859, so imagine what a direct solar storm hit on Earth would do to our wired economies today.

Blackwater founder Erik Prince sat down with Aviation Week editors to discuss his new China-facing transportation services company, Donald Trump and other issues.

The airline is looking to expand its South Pacific network, spurred by forthcoming bilateral talks.

Despite much experimentation over the years, U.S. efforts at hypersonics weaponry have failed to produce an operational system.

The airframer is entering the busiest phase yet of its new-generation twin development plan.

The company believes the U.S. Navy could detail a plan to buy “Block 3” Super Hornets as soon as this spring.

Less than four years ago, it seemed USAF was on the brink of developing the first generation of air-breathing high-speed strike weapons. Now a classified report warns that the U.S. may be losing its lead in hypersonics to China and Russia.

Too often the FAA operates like a bureaucratic leviathan instead of keeping pace with the speed of modern innovation.

Beset by sagging profits brought about by intensifying competition, many of Europe’s airlines, old and new, are revising their tactics.

Hypersonic weapons offer advantages in four broad areas, including the ability to project striking power at greater range.

For the Lockheed/Korea Aerospace Industries team, the advantage is in not having to bury any serious development costs in the bid price.

Following the acquisition of Virgin America, Alaska Air Group is facing decisions about what to do with its A320 fleet and orders.

SideArm grabs Fury UAV; Clean Sky studies hybrid electric; NASA’s radiosonde glider; TsAGI’s stop-rotor helicopter; Airlander ready to fly; Gilat to develop conformal Ka-band.

Pakistan is considering AESA radar options for the ultimate JF-17 model.

Rather than sit back and await market recovery, Textron Aviation—comprising Cessna and Beechcraft—is moving on up to a neighborhood populated by “heavy iron” jets, a category that has been more stable through the down economy.

Has “jetmania” returned as cheaper, used regional jets flood the market? Can they compete with new, more-efficient turboprops? Listen in as our editors discuss.