Aviation Week & Space Technology

Air cargo continues to battle weak yields and overcapacity as multi-modal transport gains traction.

Commercial lows and military highs help define a challenging time for the rotorcraft industry.

To counter distant threats, Israel has reinforced its “long arm”—first established to deter missile attacks—enabling the military to operate thousands of miles from Israel’s borders.

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Retirements are down, MRO efficiency is up—what’s it all mean for the aftermarket?

In the next 10 years, as major spacefaring nations renew their fleets, the space-launch sector will be molded by the growing popularity of small satellites, increasing commercialization of space transportation, reusable launch vehicles and manned space programs.

Space agencies around the world will spend 2016 doing the spade work for deep-space missions later on.

In 2016, a nasty lawsuit between avionics provider IS&S and Delta Air Lines will play out, potentially leaving aftermarket suppliers and airlines more wary of the “big catch.”

Smaller, more capable satellites enter satcom market as U.S. military demand for new spacecraft stalls.

Government and A&D contractors need to reach out to entrepreneurs, take more risks, be more creative.

Expanded Tables Online Download expanded specifications on in-production and under-development commercial aircraft and search more than 3,100 other systems at AviationWeek.com/specs

Expanded Tables Online Download expanded specifications on in-production and under-development military transports and search more than 3,100 other systems at AviationWeek.com/specs

Expanded Tables Online Download expanded specifications on in-production and under-development launch vehicles and search more than 3,100 other systems at AviationWeek.com/specs

Expanded Tables Online Download expanded specifications on in-production and under-development commercial aircraft and search more than 3,100 other systems at AviationWeek.com/specs

Expanded Tables Online Download expanded specifications on in-production and under-development commercial and military rotary-wing aircraft and search more than 3,100 other systems at AviationWeek.com/specs

Will airline managements in Europe use the current “profit honeymoon” as a fortunate opportunity to prepare for a “return to normal,” more difficult conditions?

EgyptAir and Emirates are two very different airlines, with very different prospects for 2016.

Major airframers face important decisions in 2016, while testing of new models ramps up.

Rolls and other aeroengine OEMs need two types of critical mass: scale in gas turbines to fund ongoing R&D and corporate critical mass to ride business ebbs and flows

Returning to profitability after a successful turnaround, Qantas treads carefully in ordering new aircraft.

Success in recovering the Falcon 9 first stage marks a major step toward the long-sought dream of reusable commercial space launchers.

Saab ships laminar wing Section as Airbus A340-300 moves toward 2017 flight tests; NASA fires 3-D-sprinted rocket motor; Clean Sky tests of advanced business-jet design; Sea-Tac RFP for biofuel study; U.K. pushes out R&D commitment to 2026.

Rapid advances in commercial smallsat launch technology, plus an explosion-prone energetic propellant, cause research agency to drop plans to flight-test air-launched smallsat booster.

Northrop Grumman wind-tunnel tests and tail-sitter VTOL concept for Darpa’s Tern program and hopes for a contract to build a demonstrator for seaborne flight trails