Aviation Week & Space Technology

Ukrainian company seeks $155 million investment to build a space launch facility in North America.

Low-cost widebody operators gain momentum as they expand their networks and eye European destinations.

Militaries around the Baltic are reconsidering defense plans, reversing years of cuts, as they view more powerful Russian armed forces with modernized weapons

The Pentagon and Air Force still have not released the cost of the weapon known as ICBM-X, but an estimate may be available within months.

Flights of Elbit’s long-endurance Hermes demonstrate potential commercial applications for large UAS in agriculture and infrastructure inspection.

A staunch believer in the ultra-low-cost model, Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi is seeing his vision and patience pay out in Central and Eastern Europe.

Southwest differed from other airlines: Its employees actually seemed happy.

Sonic boom and turbulence; origami morphing structures; damage-indicating paint; interior inspection by UAS; Phantom Eye becomes museum exhibit.

Embraer's E190-E2 flight-test effort stands out from the crowd for not only sticking to schedule but also proving design maturity early in the program.

The space infrastructure on which America’s highly networked armed forces depend is resilient but not invulnerable.

The science of developing reliable sensor systems to warn pilots of engine core icing at high altitudes has made some headway, but is in its relative infancy.

Scott Kirby’s defection to United Airlines will strengthen one of American’s biggest rivals. But American may benefit from the move, too.

Melding the merged units into a coordinated business will be an enormous challenge for the leaders of AECC, since many of the engine factories and design institutes do both military and civil work.

Tests of the L1 adaptive control law will assess its ability to control the VISTA F-16 over a range of flight conditions and simulated failures.

Sutter is credited with leading the development of the first widebody aircraft.

Supersonic combustion in a hydrogen-fueled scramjet—achieved on first flight—is part of India’s long-range plan for an air-breathing reusable launch vehicle.

Failing to sustain the island nation will only accelerate the “China Dream” in which Beijing diminishes all democracies, not just Taiwan.

In this week’s Washington Outlook, presidential hopefuls outline a few Pentagon policies; Florida lawmakers likely to seek fixes for damaged launch pad.

What does the Sept. 1 explosion mean for SpaceX and its customers?

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded at 9:07 a.m. Sept. 1 on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral as it was preparing for a prelaunch test.

Government and industry will likely develop new runway incursion prevention strategies and interventions to reduce the growing potential for a major crash.

NASA is readying its surviving Space Shuttle Main Engines for a last hurrah as the power plant for its new heavy-lift Space Launch System.

The U.S. Air Force is pressing forward with a competition for the early design phase of its new nuclear ICBM program—absent of "Milestone A" approval from the Pentagon—as it revises earlier cost estimates.

Canada buys Blackjack UAS; F-35Bs to deploy to Central Command; CVN 78 carrier under the microscope; South Korea receives Apache pilot trainer.

Despite agreement on broad terms, the clock is ticking to overcome several regulatory hurdles before Airbus and Boeing can sell airliners to Iran.