A full stall in a commercial jetliner is an encounter few pilots have had the pleasure or pain of experiencing, but one that all U.S. airline pilots will come to know in a few short years.
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Aviation Week presents presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with a list of aerospace technologies they should champion if elected, to keep the U.S. ahead of its adversaries and competitors.
The board is set for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X next-generation trainer competition, with new peeks at Boeing and Northrop Grumman’s clean-sheet designs.
On the heels of the U.S. Air Force’s milestone decision to declare the F-35A ready for battle, the Pentagon’s DOT&E is raising new concerns about Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation fighter.
Critics of counterinsurgency say it represents the triumph of tactics over strategy. Looking at the Air Force’s mooted OA-X and A-X2 procurement programs, and the A-10 retirement debate, one can see exactly the same issues in play.
While very few are profitable yet, the financial situation of Thai-based airlines is generally improving, allowing them to expand to meet growing demand.
High-profile failures of traditional air data systems—using pitot tubes and angle-of-attack vanes—have ignited a new generation of laser-based replacement systems that offer higher performance, without moving parts.
Nearly a decade of missions and operations have proven that the U.S. Marines’ MV-22 Osprey is a one-of-a-kind aircraft that provides unique flexibility in combat. But the tiltrotor continues to present complex operational challenges.
Designers looking for fuel savings and emissions reductions beyond those possible with today’s conventional tube-and-wing configurations face additional challenges when the aircraft are smaller, such as regional and business jets.
While Boeing has already given plenty of signs that sales of new widebody aircraft have slowed to a crawl, the full extent of the order shortfall is becoming more apparent, thanks to internal figures obtained by Aviation Week.
As the U.S. Navy tests the F-35C carrier variant in its final warfighting configuration aboard the USS George Washington in August, the Pentagon is already looking ahead at what’s next for the fifth-generation fighter jet.
