Aviation Week & Space Technology

Struggle that started as a consequence of the Arab Spring may be dragging the world’s superpowers into a proxy war with at least a dozen air forces in the mix.

Despite U.S. efforts to integrate missile defenses, Gulf countries buy their own point-defense systems.

The military building boom may be over—or at least downsized—for regional big spenders whose revenues rely on high oil prices.

LRS-B was once deemed a tipping point for Northrop Grumman Aerospace’s future, but the shape of the industrial base is not likely to change soon after the award announcement.

With all the secrecy surrounding the Pentagon’s Long-Range Strike Bomber competition, the winner was hard to predict. But our editors discuss some of Northrop’s strengths that are not readily apparent.

As Cassini probes closer to intriguing Enceladus south pole ice-spray—possible evidence of life-sustaining oceans—space agencies may use that experience as springboard for Europa mission.

The Journey to Mars planning update lacks cost estimates because intermediate steps are still being determined, NASA says; U.S. House Republicans are skeptical.

Commercial software and probabilistic algorithms could trim hours from the cruise missile mission planning process.

Northrop Grumman was one-sixth the size of its rival team but has the experience that counts.

The delivery of next-generation narrowbody aircraft will bring more flexibility to Hawaiian’s fleet and network plans.

American Airlines President Scott Kirby: “Anytime we are competing . . . nonstop-to-nonstop, we’re going to compete and match [other carriers'] prices.”

An analysis of the world airline fleet shows reductions in fuel burn are falling short of ICAO's goals of 2% per year.

There has been no methodical effort to assess the actual risks UAS present to other air traffic.

News from the Aerodays2015 research conference in London Oct. 20-23: MTU runs better GTF; Airbus rethinks cabins; UTRC advances model-based engineering; NASA tests low-noise flaps, gear.

Europeans love diesel power; now they are looking to see if helicopters can run off it, too.

Creating a testbed to prove a wing with drag-reducing natural laminar flow can be produced industrially and operated routinely has taken longer than Airbus and its European partners expected.

Turbofan surprises testers and survives first controlled on-wing test of volcanic ash ingestion, providing data on what happens inside a jet engine flying though an ash cloud.

Aviation Week editors Senior International Editor Bill Sweetman and Naval Editor Michael Fabey break down the issue with the V-22 engine that investigators say brought down an Osprey in May.

Today’s researchers pick up the long forgotten trail of early ice testers who stumbled on high water ice content mystery in 1950s.

DEFENSE Lockheed Martin flew the upgraded F-16V, equipped with Northrop Grumman’s APG-63 active, electronically scanned array radar, for the first time Oct. 21. The -V configuration is being developed to upgrade Taiwan’s -A/-Bs and F-16s operated by other nations.

F-35 official hints Canada’s suppliers could lose work if it opts out of the program; FCC proposes rules that could enable 5G wireless service; foreign investment in aerospace is rising.

The rise of the airliner from humble origins to pivotal economic engine.

Defense Department signals it is weighing how to open up the aerospace sector to encourage broader competition from lower-level players.

Attracting and keeping passengers have been motivating factors in the evolution of commercial aircraft design.

How advances in technology drove the design of better, faster and safer aircraft.