Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Guy Norris
Boeing’s incorporation of touch screens in the 777X cockpit will mark the first time this technology is used in a commercial transport’s fixed displays.
Air Transport

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris
Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg sat down with Aviation Week before the Farnborough Airshow to discuss the 737 MAX family, KC-46A tanker, supplier issues and much more.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Interim fix for A400M gearbox issues are in sight.
Defense

By Guy Norris
The first clear picture is beginning to emerge to show where Boeing’s evaluations are going and what kind of family may be developed.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau, Michael Bruno, Graham Warwick, Guy Norris, Bradley Perrett
The industry has known it was coming for years, but now it is getting real: the much-described end of the duopoly in the narrowbody segment is near. The most concrete near-term consequence is likely to be another bitter trade dispute over government funding.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Airbus faces the daunting task of ramping up single-aisle production to unheard-of rates. At the same time, CEO Fabrice Bregier is confident the company will overcome A320neo delays.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
As the A320neo and 737 MAX meet for the first time at a major air show, Airbus and Boeing take the battle to new levels with improvements and upgrade plans.
Air Transport

Aerospace Calendar July 8-10—Royal International Air Tattoo 2016. RAF Fairford. Gloucestershire, England. See airtattoo.com July 9-Dec. 3—AOPA Flight Instructor Refresher Course. Various Locations. See a opa.org/forms/event-calendar/ FIRC_ONSITE

The British people have spoken, and their decision has caused reverberations around the world. The U.K.'s aerospace sector is the largest in Europe and second largest in the world. What does the Brexit vote mean for the future of the sector?

By Graham Warwick
Never an agency to be deterred by past failure, DARPA las launched another attempt to demonstrate a turbine-based combined-cycle engine capable of powering an aircraft from zero airspeed to Mach 6 and back.
Aerospace

By Bradley Perrett
Long March 7 can loft a 13.5-metric-ton payload to low Earth orbit, making it the most powerful Chinese rocket so far and close to the SpaceX Falcon 9 in capability.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
BrahMos flies from a Sukhoi fighter; Russia to receive modernized Buk missile system; Indonesia, Malaysia ground Super Puma helos; U.S. Navy tests new radar with manned/unmanned teaming.
Defense

Airbus Group has appointed Paul Eremenko chief technology officer for the corporate technology office. Eremenko currently heads the A3 Innovation Center based in San Jose, California. Maj. Gen. Stayce Harris (see photo) has been promoted to lieutenant general and appointed assistant vice chief of staff and director of the air staff for the U.S. Air Force. Harris commands the Air Force Reserve’s 22nd Air Force at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.

C. Donald Bateman has dedicated his life to boosting aviation safety and mentoring the next generation of Honeywell safety engineers and intends to do the same post-Honeywell.
Air Transport

Industry insider offers advice; colonize the Moon to get to Mars; companies urged to invest in the long game rather than quick profits; AOA advice
Feedback

By Angus Batey
More than 100 British companies are lending engineering and manufacturing expertise to the multinational F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The importance of combat aircraft within European air arms has increased in light of Russia’s aggressive stance in Ukraine and elsewhere. Over the next decade, the majority of Europe’s air arms will be reequipped or be beginning the process.
Farnborough Airshow

NASA is ready to help Elon Musk land a Dragon capsule on Mars, and is taking a wait-and-see approach to sending its own expensive instruments along.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Across Europe, NATO air arms are preparing or paving the way for new fighter jets.
Defense

By Byron Callan
Initial post-Brexit stock reactions suggest investors view U.S. and some European defense issues as safe havens.
Defense

Raytheon has completed a key test milestone in developing the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation GPS OCX, proving the ground control segment’s ability to securely transfer information between government agencies.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Curiosity rover detected the unexpected mineral while sampling during its methodical climb of Mount Sharp.
Space

By Jens Flottau
The flight tests for Embraer’s 190-E2 are off to a promising start. Now the aircraft has to prove it meets performance targets set by the manufacturer.
Air Transport

The first article in a series, this is a primer on stealth technology, review of the radar cross-sections of fighter aircraft and analysis of how the differences affect detection ranges against state-of-the-art threat radars.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Boeing has tested an approach to active helicopter rotors it says avoids the performance-sapping drawbacks of previous designs.
Aerospace