Aviation Week & Space Technology

The image of a U.S. president checking for recent payments as a first response to America’s allies being attacked comes across as neither strong nor smart.

Mitsubishi watches past issues in MRJ intro, while Comac struggles for any sales.

Science planners believe the approach would increase the chances another surface vehicle eventually will be able to recover them for analysis on Earth.

India has signed a follow-on order to buy four maritime patrol aircraft from Boeing, worth about $1 billion, to replace the Indian navy’s fleet of Russian-origin Tu-142Ms.

European manufacturers—especially airframers and engine-makers—hope the EcoTitanium project will make titanium procurement less challenging in the future.

Weather satellites are showing that global warming is contributing to heavier rainfalls worldwide.

The FAA as a growth opportunity might be hard to see sometimes. But it isn’t just the FAA that beckons opportunists.

U.S. Air Force officials consider pursuing two separate light-attack aircraft, potentially in parallel, to meet immediate and long-term needs for close-air support.

For Turkish airlines, recent political developments can only be described with one word: disastrous.

The European Commission decision allows the new company to finalize development of the Ariane 5 successor while overhauling Europe’s space industry.

In an Aviation Week interview, Avio Aero CEO Riccardo Procacci talks about future engine development technologies.

European carriers reel from drop in traffic in light of terrorist attacks and other factors that hurt what was projected to be a fairly decent financial year.

Germany hopes to lead from the front on foreign operations and multinational programs.

Etihad Airways and Lufthansa have held preliminary discussions over transfer of Air Berlin’s nonhub routes to its larger rival, industry sources say.

In light of mixed results, including disappointing sales of its Rafale fighter and a softening of the business aircraft market, Dassault is consolidating its workforce.

Modern anti-aircraft weapons being developed and fielded by U.S. foes will increasingly push the B-2 farther away from sensitive military targets.

Facebook’s full-size UAV flies; Airbus debut’s hybrid E-Fan; Flirtey UAV delivers for 7-Eleven; Airbus Perlan glider heads to Argentina; Leonardo to fly active rotor.

NASA and other governments may have an end date for the International Space Station, but private companies are creating their own for commercial purposes.

Congress has allocated to the FAA more time and money to carve out specific regulations for unmanned air system operations.

The use of narrowbody aircraft for long-haul routes has the potential to undermine legacy carriers’ feeder traffic.

Harking back to the U.S. Navy scout-carrying airships of the 1930s, SAIC and ArcZeon propose an airship carrier concept to extend the reach of small- and medium-size unmanned aircraft.

The July 15 coup revealed divisions and vulnerabilities in the Turkish state and its relationship with the armed forces.

Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden argues that airlines have learned how to manage the economic ups and downs for the benefit of customers, employees and investors.

GOP candidate’s comments about NATO draw bipartisan rebukes | New window for reopening Ex-Im for business | Astronaut sidesteps Trump.

Additive Manufacturing specialist EOS recently opened a facility near Austin, Texas, to serve North American customers with an innovations laboratory, a showroom of AM systems and to help bring new ideas to market.