NASA and other governments may have an end date for the International Space Station, but private companies are creating their own for commercial purposes.
With its latest short-term extension of FAA reauthorization, lawmakers on Capitol Hill gave themselves more time to mull major changes to U.S. aviation policy, such as whether to outsource air traffic management. But too much time also could make things harder.
Concepts for the post-ISS era begin to emerge, including commercial space factories spun off the existing station, and test hardware set for launch in 2017 to manufacture potentially valuable optical fiber that can only be made in space.
Although Lockheed Martin remains committed to selling 100 fighters to Turkey, analysts warn that turmoil in the Turkish military may limit Ankara's ability to buy defense equipment.
Facing an F-16 production gap next year but anticipating new international orders, company officials decide not to shut down the F-16 line in Fort Worth.
The U.S. is trying to keep smallsat, cubesat and nanosat operators viable as they wait for domestic launch-service providers to field dedicated rides to space.
Nuclear weapon watchers agree that the U.S. and NATO must review their forward deployment of B61 nuclear weapons to Turkey in the wake of a failed military coup.
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.
Market forces point to the A380's demise, sooner rather than later, although Airbus executives say they remain optimistic production will ramp up eventually.
