Aviation Week & Space Technology

Online giants are on a mission to enable widespread use of small unmanned aircraft, with private sector organizations—rather than the FAA—managing airspace operations.

Autonomy, beyond-line-of-sight, multiple vehicles per pilot—Olaeris’s plans to deploy emergency-response UAS in cities across the U.S. goes well beyond what the FAA will allow, for now.

U.S. and Japanese researchers pursue different paths to introducing fuel cells into commercial aircraft propulsion systems.

Electric-aircraft challenge winner; NASA’s extreme-access flyers; blast-containing baggage container; TsAGI quiet supersonic idea.

A look at the obstacles that lie ahead for Lockheed Martin’s mammoth F-35 program, how its limitations with dogfighting is leading other militaries to tout maneuverability and how the U.K. is equipping other fighters with weapons that the F-35 can’t yet use. Amy Butler and Tony Osborne also spend a little time discussing this summer’s tanker blues.

Some Australian politicians say they know the best answer for the country’s submarine needs. They don’t.

A year before its delayed first flight, the largest of China’s new family of space launchers is progressing through testing. The propulsion systems of the two core stages and the booster have now all been fired.

Surf Air founder launches new unlimited flights service between low-volume city pairings, for members who want to bypass commercial flying hassles.

​ Wesley D. Kremer (see photo) has been named president of Integrated Defense Systems at Raytheon Co., headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. He succeeds Daniel J. Crowley, who is resigning and will leave on Dec. 31, after completing a special assignment. Kremer was most recently vice president-Air and Missile Defense Systems for Raytheon Missile Systems. Prior to joining Raytheon in 2003, he had been a U.S. Air Force weapon systems officer for 11 years, flying F-111s and F-15Es.

Speculation over Boeing's T-X trainer program; ruminations on the F-35 program; questioning why identification of washed-up flaperon is taking so long.

Industry needs to work together to advance energy storage, conversion and transmission technology if electric-powered airliners are to become a reality, says Airbus CTO.

U.S. airlines are divided as the government weighs whether to start open skies consultations with Qatar and UAE

Lufthansa is trying to persuade the German government that protectionist policies make sense.

The NTSB’s aviation chief says recent accidents show cockpit videos are invaluable in determining crash causes.

Sen. Nelson wants to shed light on opaque airline fees. NASA buys more launches with Russia. And the Pentagon welcomes a new set of leaders.

A Lockheed Martin aircraft could be carrying a high-power laser in 2020; it’s not the F-35.

U.S. Navy pushes toward railguns, while U.S. Army shows interest.

A shadowy new class of microwave weapon could be used to identify and disable air threats to U.S. cities.

Mobile, practical and lethal lasers may be within reach for land and maritime use.

Lasers, railguns and microwave weapons—it’s not the 1980s, and the goal is low-cost kills on missiles and drones.

KC-46 fuel system set to undergo a round of inspections following embarrassing test mix-up at Boeing.

It is unclear who had the upper hand in a WVR exercise that also tested British-Indian crew cooperation.

While the U.S. talks about lasers and railguns, Israeli companies focus on missile improvements.

Retention of a third Tornado squadron hints at growth of U.K.’s fast-jet fleet.

This is not your father’s aviation industry: video live-streaming and auto-editing platform Trace acquires small-UAV maker Draganfly Innovations to move into commercial and industrial markets.