Lockheed Martin head Marillyn Hewson talks one-on-one about the company’s plans for the future, notably with sixth-gen fighters, hypersonics and the SR-72.
Support from the French government and China’s Avic is reinforcing Flying Whales’ confidence that its project will not be another failure in the airship segment.
Airbus A380 doors, cargo airships, communications satellites –all are early applications of ultracapacitor energy storage. Next step, more-electric aircraft and directed-energy weapons?
The U.K. has proposed cutting one of the air force's five intelligence, surveillance target acquisition and reconnaissance aircraft. But a senior office says all of them are in demand.
New CEOs at top Tier 1 aerospace suppliers Spirit AeroSystems and Triumph Group tackle the competing pressures of meeting high production-rate demands while reducing supply-chain costs.
GOP-controlled House passes language that could block Treasury Department from issuing license necessary to allow sale of U.S. commercial aircraft to Iran.
Market forces point to the A380's demise, sooner rather than later, although Airbus executives say they remain optimistic production will ramp up eventually.
Boeing’s KC-46A tanker has successfully refueled a Boeing C-17 after installation of hydraulic pressure-relief valves in the telescoping boom to alleviate higher-than-expected axial loads that previously prevented refueling of the heavy airlifter.
Peter van der Horst has been appointed managing director of KLM UK Engineering Ltd., based in Norwich, England. The company specializes in maintenance for regional and narrowbody aircraft.
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter finally made its Farnborough Airshow debut this week, impressing visitors to the trade show with its hovering capabilities.
Pros, cons and misunderstanding of multilateration (MLAT) coverage; subsidy debate reemerges with advent of new single-aisle competitors; CG in Raptor aircraft; F-35 skeptics and defenders
In 1916, Bill Boeing declared “we could build a better airplane” then went on to found The Boeing Company. Marcel Bloch (later Dassault) built his first propeller, symbolizing his entry into aerospace and forming what would become a French industry giant. In the same year, the ‘grandfather’ of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine was first published. One hundred years later, all three companies are here at the Farnborough Airshow, celebrating their milestones and looking to the future.
