Aviation Week & Space Technology

Chairman hopes his idea will speed defense bill passage | Will F-22s resume production? | Key NASA programs in line for more money | Flying without registration

Real-time telemetry was gathered from 22 UAS flying simultaneously at six sites nationwide.

Czech manufacturer Evektor flies first production-conforming EV-55 Outback |

Russia bolsters training aircraft fleet | Air Force tests efficiency benefits of winglets | Raytheon wins Next-Gen Jammer contract | Boeing to upgrade Apache helicopters |

Small and midsize enterprises, with revenue measured in tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, are expected to dominate the M&A and deal-making circuit this year.

Paris and Cairo recently finalized new defense cooperation accords, including a deal for development and construction of a military communications satellite.

How the U.S. Army contends with threats from ballistic missiles to homemade rockets and everything in between.

NASA is encouraging commercial ventures to take control of low Earth orbit research and even profitmaking, sparking a space commercialization boomlet.

Cash-strapped South and Central American nations gain valuable insight into establishing space opportunities on their home turf.

Russia’s Europeanized Soyuz will lift a bevy of low-orbiting satellites on its first launch of 2016 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.

The seven-year mission to asteroid Bennu promises to deliver the first pristine samples from the formation of the Solar System’s inner planets.

European-based turboprop maker ATR predicts there will be demand for about 100 turboprops in Japan through 2025, and the manufacturer aims to win 70% of these sales opportunities.

The aircraft maker has learned from past production issues and is applying those lessons to pick up the pace of its 737-8 certification testing.

An extended flight-test plan for the C919 looks realistic to experts familiar with the program.

The demand for low-cost, rapidly available off-the-shelf countermeasures against small unmanned aircraft systems from both government and commercial customers seems to be growing.

Airlander airship approved to fly; NASA to validate RTCA’s UAS standards; Darpa tests drop-in sense-and-avoid; Armadillo’s Stig returns as Sarge; Rocket Lab moves closer to launch.

National Research of Canada says two new ice-particle detection technologies are ready for transition to industry to tackle the threat of high-altitude ice crystals causing engine rollback or flameout.

Flight simulators need to be upgraded to train pilots to deal with stalls, but upgrading them won’t be easy or inexpensive.

Germany’s E-Volo begins manned flight tests of its all-electric, 18-rotor Volocopter VC200 two-seat aircraft. Is it the vanguard of future personal aviation?

United’s deal with AltAir signals a new level of maturity for the biofuels industry, but advancing biofuels to commercial scale calls for strategic intervention.

Breakthrough Starshot project aims to propel wafer-thin “nanocraft,” using powerful laser beams, toward Alpha Centauri.

Legislation would allow Pentagon to focus on threats; an FAA official prepared to take on the role; and an Air Force general supports the concept.

European airline consolidation has been relatively minor compared to the U.S., and Lufthansa’s move to take on Brussels Airlines is a typical “tiny step.”

Studies to gauge F-35 noise levels will ask residents of the communities around two Dutch air bases for feedback.

The Greater China business aircraft fleet grew just 6.6% last year, but the aircraft are being used more intensively, a sign that orders may pick up.