Aviation Week & Space Technology

In this week’s roundup: Saudi Arabia on the verge of getting highly advanced F-15s, Russia’s land forces take delivery of an upgraded Buk SAM, Chile buys six S-70i Black Hawks and Russia prepares to export its Alligator helicopter.

A one-time flying boat terminal at LaGuardia Airport will be the U.S. base for a new shared charter service between New York and London.

A top NASA administrator discusses the U.S. space program at what may be an ‘inflection point’ between the old and the new ways of doing things.

With its new Global Services unit, Boeing aims to triple its aftermarket revenue to $50 billion within the next decade.

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is hearing that life-support technology remains a question mark in NASA’s exploration plans.

Ambitious efforts to boost Tokyo airports’ capacity will be spur for long-term airline expansion.

Virgin Galactic has begun glide flights of the second—and significantly improved—SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle after completing a fourth and final captive carriage flight under the WhiteKnightTwo mothership.

Counter-rotating open-rotor interest falters as replacement aircraft for single-aisle aircraft has been postponed.

Elaine Chao, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for Transportation secretary, is the ultimate Beltway veteran, but her positions on current aviation issues are largely a mystery.

GE is also completing key endurance tests of lightweight, heat-resistant ceramic matrix composites that are pivotal to the GE9X meeting performance goals.

UTC Aerospace Systems is expanding its MS-177 "family" to include two hyperspectral configurations with embedded autonomy.

Mods to increase C-17 efficiency; German center funds "virtual aircraft" research; Deutsche Telekom enters drone defense; Gulfstream patents in supersonic work.

B​oeing has promoted Stanley A. Deal to president/CEO of Boeing Global Services, a new unit, from senior vice president-commercial aviation services.

Our editors and artists picked their favorite photos, including commercial jetliners, watery landings, combat aircraft maneuvering and space launches.

The Western A&D sector would do well to take a closer look at Spirit AeroSystem’s relatively new CEO and president, Tom Gentile.

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Vintage aircraft flying above the clouds, a record-setting skydiving jump and a historic space launch are among this year's Aviation Week Photo Contest winners.

Fiscal 2017 U.S. defense budget includes plans to replace Afghan fleet of Mi-17 helicopters.

With more outreach to commercial industry and international partners, the U.S. is expanding the ways it approaches defense.

The latest Chinese air-to-air missile is comparable with a long-range surface-to-air weapon in size and appearance, so its range is probably well over 200 km.

If the German legacy carrier’s pilots don’t compromise on wages or other issues, they may be putting the Lufthansa Group in danger.

You don't have to work in aerospace to be a winner of Aviation Week's Photo Contest, but it helps.

Tailsitting vertical takeoff/landing unmanned aircraft takes shape at Northrop Grumman under DARPA’s Tern warship-based medium-altitude, long-endurance program.

Maintaining U.S. aeronautical leadership—and the high-wage jobs that come with it—will depend on investments made today by Congress and the Trump administration.

Our judges have strong backgrounds in photography, journalism and art and design. They bring an appreciation for aesthetics and love of aviation.