Aviation Week & Space Technology

Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even contends that helicopters and uncrewed aircraft systems are natural battlefield teammates.

International Airlines Group called off the Air Europa deal due to regulatory hurdles.

Airbus is really excited about an open-rotor engine. Boeing not so much. Here’s why.

The service is contemplating nonkinetic space fires and new roles for its soldiers in a changing era of space-based warfare.

Indonesia, Poland and Saudi Arabia are the F-15EX’s next targets for exports contracts.

As European nations grow increasingly worried about security in the Indo-Pacific region, their air forces explore scenarios for operating there.

A U.S. Army Theater High Altitude Area Defense missile destroyed this Aerotherm reentry vehicle launched by a Coleman Research Hera rocket on Aug. 2, 1999.

The U.S. and Sweden are dangling incentives to secure combat aircraft orders in Thailand and the Philippines.

The Russian aircraft manufacturer is pursuing attack and logistics UAV concepts that have evolved because of the war in Ukraine.

Power-dense motors; controls from high flyers; rechargeable thermal battery; in-space refueling port.

As the AIAA's Aviation Forum and Ascend events come together for the first time in Las Vegas, editors review some of the cutting-edge developments shared there.

Ortberg faces the challenge of fixing not one company but effectively two: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space and Security.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The NTSB probe of the Alaska Airlines 737-9 blowout suggests safety systems work, but not effectively enough to address problems promptly or assuage workers.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

The spacecraft’s propulsion system issues are driving plans to end Boeing’s Crew Flight Test.

Seoul is preparing its future fighter for near-term service and a long-term evolution.

The CODA system automatically translates and standardizes commercially derived data points to support space domain awareness missions.

Questioning of aviation’s net-zero-emissions 2050 target comes as key technologies move toward ground and flight testing.

A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.

Readers write about Aviation Week Farnborough coverage and podcasts, Europan Ocean tidal flexing, pilot training and Miles Aircraft’s legacy. Plus: Behind the Scenes at EAA AirVenture.

But how to return the Perseverance collection to Earth remains to be determined.

New requirements to validate human factors assumptions and the need to comply with a 2013 rule have pushed Boeing down an unfamiliar path to 777X type inspection authorization.

Data from 363 prior missions was key for the speedy return to flight.

CFM International blames high-pressure turbine blade supply issues for Leap 1A delivery delays that are adding to Airbus’ production headaches.