Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne
Less than a decade ago, Eurofighter partner companies were concerned about the platform’s future. Now production lines are running hot.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
With an eye on future commercial aircraft, Thales envisions a path for certifiable AI in uncrewed systems and air traffic management.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
The 2024 launch rate surpassed the 223 orbital launch attempts in 2023, the previous record.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne, Graham Warwick
Aviation Week editors unpack the design details of two new Chinese combat aircraft and what makes them so odd.
Check 6

By William Garvey
Aviation nonprofits work with conservation organizations to give an aerial view of environmental concerns.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau, Ben Goldstein
Air taxi startups in Europe are in big trouble, calling into question the region’s future position in the growing advanced air mobility industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
As Beijing further weaponizes its control of essential aerospace commodities, the U.S. and its allies must explore slow and costly supplier diversification.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Human brainpower is becoming the era’s chief bottleneck.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Staff
Honoring innovators, achievements and leadership, the winners have made impressive contributions in five industry sectors.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Large geometry model trained on numerical simulation data cuts the time required for aerostructures design.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Artificial intelligence shows great promise, but safety and ethical considerations are a major challenge in aerospace.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton, Helen Massy-Beresford
As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, airlines are seeing opportunity, including in how they price fares and other products.
Airlines & Lessors

By Piotr Butowski
A lawsuit and battlefield images reveal radar availability problems in Russia’s helicopters—and the vulnerability of its aerospace industry to sanctions.
Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
A decade after the A350’s debut with Qatar Airways, Airbus aims to replicate its success in the freighter market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kevin Michaels
The aerospace supplier is a shell of its former self after being “cash cowed” by its parent company for several decades.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Some observers think the coming years could see more industry fragmentation and the rise of up-and-coming middle-market players.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Artificial intelligence for MRO has moved beyond its predictive maintenance origins.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Sustainable aviation fuel is now a necessity for airlines in Europe, but they argue that more needs to be done to increase volumes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Some aerospace students assert that the industry is doing too little too late about sustainability.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Air-breathing systems for supersonic and hypersonic platforms edge closer to flight as scaled ground demonstrators and rig tests progress
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The return of U.S. astronauts to the Moon won’t happen until at least mid-2027, says NASA.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
New orders are rolling in, buoyed by upticks in defense spending and increased demand from the public safety, air ambulance and energy sectors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
As manufacturers continue to come up short, operators will keep leaning on older airframes and engines—and the maintenance providers that keep them in service.
Supply Chain

Aviation Week Network Staff
Readers write about the supply chain, NASA’s Mars sample return mission, New York-San Francisco flight times and CFM Leap engines. Plus: Behind the Scenes on Check 6.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Robert Wall, Craig Caffrey
Collaborative combat aircraft leave their mark on the outlook for defense equipment plans amid a new range of threats to airpower.
Budget, Policy & Operations