Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

By Sean Broderick
Insufficient, inconsistent and nonexistent procedures contributed to January’s midair collision near Washington National Airport more than any single mistake.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
Readers write about how to deice blended wing bodies, the defunding of NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program and the Golden Dome missile defense initiative’s viability.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

By Graham Warwick
After losing NGAD to Boeing, Lockheed plans to develop the F-35 to fill the gap.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
After an airline trade association raised concerns about the deadline for secondary flight deck barriers, the FAA granted a one-year exemption—despite union opposition.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
Laser-guided rockets help the U.S. Air Force down drones cheaply, though pilots say it is not as easy as it looks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
When it comes to buying fighters, Jakarta is once again shuffling the deck.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The proposal is to use whatever propellant remains aboard NASA's Juno probe to send it into the most advantageous position to view a visiting object from another Solar System.
Space Exploration

Anthony L. Velocci, Jr.
Combining complex model aviation with an event that offers an engaging entry point to the industry is the kind of inspired recruiting aviation needs to support.
Maintenance & Training

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick
The U.S.-EU zero-tariff aircraft deal is good news, but airlines are assessing whether broader macroeconomic fallout may harm travel demand.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
From radars to fighters, military equipment output in Europe is on a growth trajectory.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
Moving a satellite from the ground to orbit in hours offers a new edge in space deterrence.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Joby-L3Harris hybrid eVTOL; low-boom X-59 taxis; Skydweller three-day flight; collaborative autonomy framework.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Less flight research, fewer wind tunnels and a smaller workforce are ahead for NASA aeronautics.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno, Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
A year on the job, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg appears to be squelching the fires that made the company a burning platform.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
As expanding wind tunnel test capability emerges in China, NASA prepares to mothball similar test sites under pressure from shrinking budgets.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Paradoxically, AI will make human cognitive capital even more valuable to aerospace companies.
Emerging Technologies

By Joe Anselmo, Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
Boeing’s new CEO has been on the job for a year. Melius Research analyst Scott Mikus joins Aviation Week editors to discuss how Kelly Ortberg is doing so far.
Check 6

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Zero tariffs on aircraft and components is good news for manufacturers and suppliers that had feared heavy impact on activities.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
Beijing’s two-year export control campaign has laser-focused on the most important raw materials for the Pentagon.
Supply Chain

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
Following a difficult first half of the year, major U.S. airlines are describing improvements in demand and continued growth in premium offerings.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Michigan’s air mobility testbed; simulating transonic wings; Europe prepares for eVTOLs; and first electric-aircraft propeller.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s first F-15EX unit pushes through the fighter variant’s growing pains.
Emerging Technologies

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is increasingly exploring commercial options to provide space domain awareness on orbit.
Commercial Space