Aviation Week & Space Technology

NASA high ice water content research flights aim to give pilots better awareness and warning of the poorly understood core engine icing phenomenon.

Nov. 3-5—MRO Asia-Pacific. Singapore. Nov. 3-5—AerospaceDefenseChain. Scottsdale, Arizona. Jan. 21-22, 2016—MRO Latin America. Lima, Peru. Feb. 3-4, 2016—MRO Middle East. Dubai. Feb. 15, 2016—ATW’s Airline Industry Achievement Awards. Singapore. March 3, 2016—Aviation Week Laureate Awards. Washington.

Oct. 27-29—American Astronautical Society Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium. University of Alabama-Huntsville. Huntsville, Alabama. See astonautical.org Oct. 27-29—AHS International Technical Meeting on Rotorcraft Propulsion. Fort Magruder Hotel and Conference Center. Williamsburg, Virginia. See vtol.org/events/ahs-international-technical-meeting-on-propulsion

Researchers from NASA take special precautions to fly through high ice water conditions without endangering test aircraft or crews.

U.S. refusal to allow access to the four key technologies for KF-X has resulted in a political furor in South Korea.

Foreign F-35 operators are being compelled to fund U.S. software laboratories that generate data crucial to the fighter’s ability to identify new radio-frequency threats.

FAA changes position on drone registration, forms task force to expedite new rule.

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.

Lockheed Martin starts building a 60-kW fiber-laser weapon for the U.S. Army, considers growth to 120 kW and sets its sights on Air Force and Navy high-energy laser opportunities.

“The tea leaves are saying it’s most likely next week,” a Northrop Grumman source tells Aviation Week.

NASA reveals more of its thinking for the push to Mars, including a 2026 robotic lander to test landing techniques and a manned mission to Phobos.

Canada’s Liberals didn’t have to go on the record against the F-35. Nobody expected them to win an outright majority. Guess what just happened.

New Pentagon report shows subcontractors vastly outpacing prime contractors’ profit margins.

The SM-3’s North Atlantic missile grab; Boeing, India discuss making helicopters in India; new counter-UAV technology on display in South Korea; proposed $11 billion deal for U.S.-made combat ships.

The wave of counter-UAS systems hitting the market is a visible sign of growing concerns over the threat that consumer drones could become airborne IEDs.

SpaceX’s new respect for the difficulty of the space-launch business might explain why it has decided to reverse the order of payloads scheduled for return to flight, affording a chance to test the rocket’s new and improved upper stage.

The 1,500-kg platform is in an advanced stage of development and is ready to bring to market, where IAI will target low-cost, dual-manifest missions on the SpaceX Falcon 9.

International space conference illuminated the higher aspirations of space exploration while being shadowed by ongoing Earth-bound conflict.

What can we mine in space? And will it really deliver world peace, or just another realm for competition and conflict? Perhaps a look at the immediate past and near future may help us answer some of these questions.