Aviation Week & Space Technology

Further cuts to Britain’s defense spending next year could mean the U.K. falls below NATO’s requirement of 2% of GDP, prompting concerns about the country’s defense aspirations.

What could spur Alcoa to pony up maybe $5 billion in less than a year? Aerospace and defense market share

Test flights are getting underway of a Boeing 757 with an actively blown vertical tail and new wing-leading-edge sections, which could pave the way for the wider use of natural laminar and active flow control technology in future airliner designs.

A new problem may have emerged to push the Long March 7 first flight into 2016.

Commercial fleet operator SES is talking to Lockheed Martin and other suppliers about the potential to service spacecraft in geostationary orbit.

Moth inspires agile thinking; aerospike rocket looks for liftoff; tethered UAVs for safer cities; Amazon a step closer to delivery drones and other unmanned news

Giving up Sikorsky is shortsighted and could prove to be more of a disservice than a boon to investors.

European ANSPs highlight progress on SES through common controller definition being developed jointly across four countries.

FAA’s deep dive into historical airline figures reveals how radically the industry has restructured over the past 20 years.

Elytron Aircraft plans to begin flight tests this summer of a two-seat, proof-of-concept tiltwing aircraft designed to take off and land like a helicopter but operate from point to point at fixed-wing speeds.

Driving down the costs of electronically steered phased arrays opens up new commercial and military opportunities.

The Airbus story is inextricably linked with John Leahy’s career.

Aviation Week has presented a lifetime achievement award to David Thompson, President & CEO of Orbital Sciences.

Aviation Week editors discuss how private sector money and technological advances are revolutionizing space telecom.

Seeing a potentially major new market, rocket and spacecraft builders are positioning themselves to appeal to designers of small satellite constellations.

Despite political headwinds, the U.S. Army is pushing ahead with a restructuring designed to protect investment in future rotorcraft.

Sikorsky has a full plate of helicopter programs, but they are just not profitable enough for parent United Technologies.

Reader disagrees with earlier reader’s assessment of the space shuttle’s worth; U.S. aerospace coalition takes issue with recent editorial on airline subsidies; pilot shortage solutions cited; another pilot shortage suggestion offered; a call for A-10 replacement and mission reassignment

European safety agency proposes three-tier framework for regulation of civil unmanned aircraft operations based on the risk they pose.

Lawmaker considers tweaking last year’s congressional restrictions on RD-180 engine purchases; NASA reschedules big-ticket design reviews after inspector general report; and the FAA is in for a change.

Greg Morris recognized early in the game just how important additive manufacturing would become. His vision and drive helped spur GE Aviation on a mission that culminated in 3-D printing in its latest engines.

Despite challenges from LCC expansion at its home base, Brussels Airlines seems poised to achieve profitability after investments and management improvements coordinated by its largest shareholder, the Lufthansa Group.

Two winners took home Aviation Week’s Innovation Laureate for 2015—Raytheon and Saab pursued different routes to achieve the same outcome—introducing gallium nitride power electronics to military radar and electronic-warfare systems.

The European Space Agency was awarded Aviation Week’s 2015 Space Laureate for getting up close and personal with a comet—landing a robotic space probe on its surface and gleaning a wealth of information.

With the F-35 development program 60% complete and two years to go, the test program is operating at a high pace.