Aviation Week & Space Technology

L​yle Hogg (see photo) has been named president of Piedmont Airlines, Salisbury, Maryland. He succeeds Steve Farrow, who remains CEO and will retire in early 2016. Hogg was most recently vice president of flight operations for US Airways, which, like Piedmont, is part of the American Airlines Group.

Northrop Grumman takes the oldest Global Hawk flying and shows it can be upgraded to take new payloads using an open system architecture, paving the way to refreshing technology in production aircraft.

Testing combined aircraft tug/passenger bus; volcanic ash ingestion engine tests planned; X-56 continues anti-flutter research; BA reducing A320 noise; Darpa looks for non-GPS weapon seeker.

Our editors discuss why there may have been bigger news this week than at Le Bourget, thanks to Jim McNerney, Tom Enders, Charlie Bolden and One Web.

Soft terminology obfuscates; attention to cycles in aerospace is paramount; in praise of Aviation Week covers; advocating for a large-body bomber; more passenger suggestions for improving air travel.

Remarkable growth trajectories are in play at Flexjet and helicopter lessor Milestone Aviation Group.

Big ideas, competitive selection, rapid demonstrations, sparse oversight—all characteristics of the first projects selected under a NASA “Shark Tank-like” initiative to bring a more entrepreneurial element to its aeronautics research.

Electric propulsion is already changing personal aviation. Could a new NASA X-plane pave the way for a revolution in on-demand transport and a rebirth for commuter airlines?

Despite two years of African regulatory headaches and big losses, CEO plans major growth for nascent airline.

Rock star and airline entrepreneur Bruce Dickinson bets on ACMI to establish an airline in Africa.

Defense contractors should emulate practices of leading commercial tech companies.

After years of financial problems, LOT Polish Airlines reveals an ambitious expansion plan aimed at a turnaround.

Two of Africa’s largest airlines face an uphill struggle to become profitable.

The need to invest in adequate and safe airport infrastructure in Africa stems from the threat from terrorist groups as well as a strong forecasted growth in passenger numbers.

Political tensions with Russia and uncertainty over sanctions are not to blame for slow SSJ100 sales, SJI CEO says, and Western sales will pick up as the commercial market improves.

The aerospace and defense giant comes under new leadership, with big decisions waiting that could remake the company as it heads toward its second century.

U.S. grapples with spending to modernize nuclear capabilities, NextGen chief worries privatizing ATC could disrupt progress, administration official warns of Senate cuts to space laser program and the Pentagon boosts spending on space warfare.

OneWeb contracts with Arianespace and Virgin Galactic for the launch of a 600-satellite Internet constellation starting in 2017.

The two-satellite deal with Arabsat and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology is part of Saudia Arabia’s $650 million investment in modernizing its satcom fleet.

Almost every year since he was appointed CEO of Boeing, James McNerney has sat down with Aviation Week editors to discuss the company’s strategy. We look back at over a decade of interviews with McNerney.

Key decisions on the shape of France and Britain’s joint UCAV will be made this fall.

Warsaw’s selection of Airbus Helicopters for an important military helicopter contract has upset unions and prompted a lawsuit from a losing bidder.

The long-awaited restructuring is at hand, even if the economic and business logic it expresses is defying conventional expectations of how it would unfold.

Senate action to restore funding for space-based Earth science sets up showdown with House climate science opponents, and the pope weighs in.

The U.S. Air Force says Lockheed Martin’s Sbirs redesign will save $1 billion for future early missile warning satellites.