Aviation Week & Space Technology

Supply chain squeezes by OEMs and Tier 1s are entering follow-on phases, like Boeing’s PFS 2.0. Older market trends are cementing and new ones emerging.

XTI picks Honeywell power; Russia’s DARPA flies solar-powered Owl; AFRL previews high-speed ambitions; Volocopter is put through its paces

ANA has been diligently expanding its network to the point where it is now Japan's largest international carrier. And it has big plans that heavily rely on one aircraft: the Boeing 787.

Interview of Lockheed CEO critiqued; NATO mission debated; Traveler Pre-Check costs are updated; compare/contrast Russo/Sino Long-range widebody commercial aircraft concept with Boeing's 777-9x

Billions are at stake as the new space race for the next generation of communications is ready to begin.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Successor of the U-2 spy plane, the unmanned TR-X will eventually have a stealthy shape and skin, allowing it to penetrate deep into enemy territory.

This week's Washington Outlook column discusses Raytheon as a big donor in the New Hampshire and Arizona Senate races, Shuster's tight race in Pennsylvania and SpaceX and Blue Origin’s Washington ties.

Jerome Nanty has joined the Air France-KLM group as executive vice president/corporate secretary.

Whether business activity comes to a plateau, soft landing or hard crash, manufacturers will not take notice until order cancellations or deferrals tick up to historical rates or beyond.

Aerospace Calendar Aug. 20-Dec. 3—AOPA Flight Instructor Refresher Course. Various Locations. See aopa.org/forms/event-calendar/FIRC_ONSITE Aug. 20-23—Air Carriers Purchasing Conference. Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel. Atlanta. See acpc.com/

As videos posted on social media immediately after the Emirates Flight 521 landing accident show, many of the passengers were in no particular hurry to leave an airplane on fire.

As U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command toasts delivery of the first Ghostrider gunship equipped with a 105-mm cannon, it now hopes to ride the air branch’s “Highway to HEL” by funding a high-energy laser demonstration on an earlier-model AC-130W.

Our editors discuss what the industry can do to prevent bag-toting passengers from becoming a risk to themselves and those around them during an emergency evacuation.

A North Korean ballistic missile shot will encourage moves in Tokyo to strengthen defenses with imported U.S. systems.

Program execution is re-emerging as a make-or-break factor for companies as the focus shifts from selling to delivering across A&D.

Lockheed may move F-16 production to India; Argentina’s new trainer; helicopter market downturn; Germany increases readiness of Tiger helos.

The next possible addition to Seoul’s defense against North Korean ballistic missiles could involve equipping destroyers with Raytheon SM-3 interceptors.

Dividing the industrial impact of a U.S. presidential election used to be easy. Not anymore; 2016 is raising questions and making for strange bedfellows.

U.S. aerospace and defense companies explicitly plan less around any individual political leader nowadays and more over macroeconomic and sector trends.

Boeing 737 MAX cockpit displays bridge the gap between the “old” infrastructure of the venerable 737 flight deck and the 737NG flight environment.

Restrictive bilateral agreements are limiting Australian market growth for Qatar Airways, Hong Kong Airlines and AirAsia X.

When it comes to sustainability of air travel, the aviation community is lying to itself. There is an elephant in the room and nobody wants to see it.

An advanced instrument in development for NASA’s planned 2020 rover, the ‘rock zapper’ will add range, color and sound.

Astronomers continue to expand our knowledge of the Solar System and beyond with ever-improving instruments. The Hubble Space Telescope continues a process Galileo started that will continue with the James Webb Space Telescope, set for launch in 2018.