Aviation Week & Space Technology

Long-delayed NASA James Webb Space Telescope to run tests of critical instruments this summer.

Conspiracy theories surrounding MH370 persist because many people do not grasp the difficulties of searching such a vast and desolate area, even given all the state-of-the-art equipment and personnel dedicated to this task.

Boeing hopeful of new business from a resurgent Qantas, looks for growth in military programs.

The FAA is considering changes to data link recording mandate to aid in global tracking efforts.

Taking responsibility for the whereabouts of their aircraft will be a new experience for many of the world’s airlines, and the jury’s out on whether it will be affordable

The FAA may not plan to certify the airworthiness of small UAS, but manufacturers need to pay attention to crashworthiness.

Joint program with University of North Dakota is intended to provide more realistic testing of a command-and-control link for civil unmanned aircraft developed by Rockwell Collins and NASA.

Japan’s next-gen turbofan research; cubesats use GPS to forecast weather; Predator UAV sees, and avoids; nano-layering makes better metals; UAS to search for Amazon archaeology

Decades have elapsed between Rafale leaving the drawing board and landing a foreign sale.

A-10 advocate suggests pairing aircraft with U.S. Marine Corps; Slow defense cycle noted as potential boon for future capabilities; Reader wonders when Aviation Week will be accessible by Android users; U.S. entry into T-X trainer competition is hailed.

President Barack Obama has vowed that the U.S. would be “pushing out into the Solar System, not just to visit, but to stay.”

Aviation Week editors talk about what’s ailing Bombardier in commercial and business aviation and its move to bring in aerospace veteran Alain Bellemare to fix things.

From hedging strategies to equipment choices to routes and capacity, the implications of current fuel prices are not as straightforward as one might think.

Delta CEO Richard Anderson’s recent comments about airline subsidies and 9/11 offended his counterparts in the Gulf.

Mark Buongiorno has been appointed head of the F135 military jet engine program at Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, Connecticut. He succeeds Chris Flynn, who has been named head of quality oversight. Buongiorno was director of domestic and aftermarket business development for the military engines business.

New CEO to focus on program execution and margin improvement as Bombardier moves to increase liquidity and position itself for an uncertain future.

Even if India does not meet its requirement for 1,000 new helicopters by 2020, its military will be ordering a vast number of new rotorcraft.

In the future, most astronauts will select themselves, largely on the basis of their ability to buy a ticket.

Obama administration announces long-awaited new export guidelines for military UAVs.

Seeing an end to its monopoly, ULA turns toward a commercial model.

New program starts are going to be extremely hard-fought and without increased budgets, and extensions of mature lines also may be more difficult.

Annual aircraft shipment counts suggest the general aviation market is recovering, but challenges remain.

The U.S. Air Force is having difficulty explaining how a request for $220.5 million for a “red-air” aggressor aircraft got into the fiscal 2016 budget plan for the T-X sent to Congress.

To grow and improve their financial results, LCCs in Japan must expand into competitors’ hub airports and add international services.

An in-depth study underscores the worsening work conditions for LCC crewmembers, especially pilots, in Europe.