Aviation Week & Space Technology

Wind-tunnel tests verify CFD predictions and clear Boom Technology to build subscale prototype.

The promise of the Internet of Things is large and the data is available, but airlines are not adopting fast enough.

Testing large tiltrotors; DLR’s big freight drone; Sikorsky advances autonomy; nacelles for next-gen turbofans; and other news.

An effort to break up HAL’s lock on the aerospace business hits a bureaucratic slowdown.

After spending billions in investments in foreign airlines and new aircraft, Etihad’s CEO James Hogan is being replaced. With less appetite for risk and growth, what’s next for the Abu Dhabi-based airline?

Hope that reduced integration costs will free up funding for more frequent capability upgrades is behind industry’s willingness to embrace open avionics standards and increased competition, says U.S. Air Force.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: the SpaceX CEO makes a third trip to talk with Team Trump, why the idea of a wall in Mexico needs an adjustment and a look back at what happens when rhetoric meets reality.

Etihad acquired stakes in many troubled airlines abroad in the hope of gaining size by turning them around. But the financial burdens have proved unbearable; Etihad’s owners are switching course.

MRJ program slippage now totals a remarkable 6.5 years. The obvious explanation for most of the troubles is simple: inexperience. Yet MHI is looking at a successor program.

Extend today’s highway code to the skies or allow vehicles freedom to self-regulate? These are among options for urban unmanned-aircraft traffic control being explored by researchers.

U.S. State Department approves Foreign Military Sale requests, Saudia Arabia inducts F-15SAs into fleet, Indonesian president wants to see final A400M accident report, and Raytheon wins fourth full-rate production contract for SM-6.

As Russia beefs up its military and signals a more aggressive foreign policy, the JSF is essential to guarding NATO's northern flank.

Shark and seal skins, even speed skater’s suits, are inspiring drag-reduction technologies eyed for coating U.S. Air Force transports and tankers to curb jet fuel consumption.

Cathay Pacific has revealed the outlines of its largest restructuring in 20 years, while Malaysia Airlines makes encouraging progress on its more ambitious changes.

Charter operators are embracing the private club concept as way of “democratizing” private aviation.

A small tech company not too long ago, OHB is now set to compete with the bigger satellite OEMs.

Leading aircraft lessor AerCap expects a substantial number of widebody deferrals but argues the market is still strong enough to deal with some turbulence.

Combined, the companies will have a system portfolio spanning the entire aircraft.

President Obama shook up space policy when he took office, and President Trump may be about to do the same.

ESA is planning to outfit the 30-satellite constellation with the same atomic clocks, despite the issues.

First results seem promising from jointly conducted Boeing-Embraer EcoDemonstrator technology test effort using an E170 prototype.

Everyone seems to want to be in on the newly lucrative aircraft financing industry.

United President Scott Kirby is looking to fulfill the airline’s potential with some major organizational moves.

Boeing will soon test an air-launched version of the double-range “Harpoon-ER” anti-ship missile in anticipation of U.S. Navy requirements.

Lockheed Martin X-56A ready return to flight; Aurora LightningStrike vertical-horizontal transition tests; TsAGI ground-effect transport tested; BAE Systems lasers to create atmospheric lenses; U.S. Army tests Hoverbike for rapid resupply.