Aviation Week & Space Technology

America’s aerospace trade association said it is preparing for a “challenging” policy arena in both Washington and around the world.

In an environment where a Tweet can move markets, the head of the Aerospace Industries Association is urging companies to stick to the facts.

Clean Sky is wrapping up wind-tunnel and full-scale ground tests of a noise-shielding U-tail configuration for future business jets.

Following a two-year application process and a heated debate, NAI’s foreign air carrier permit is finally approved by the U.S. Transportation Department.

Airborne Wireless Networks’ “Infinitus Super Highway” replaces LEO satellites with aircraft in a mesh communications network to deliver broadband data.

Tom Kennedy outlines why he thinks the U.S. Air Force will want the kind of low-risk T-X trainer Raytheon is offering.

Whether hand-launched or high-altitude, unmanned aircraft are turning to solar power to extend endurance for missions such as agricultural surveys and pipeline monitoring, as well as communications and surveillance, which need longer ranges and flight times.

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.

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

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

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

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