Aviation Week & Space Technology

John Schmidt
The rise of new companies that are more digitally intensive, agile and cost-efficient presents the industry with both threats and opportunities.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall, Jens Flottau
Airframers drove a race to the bottom for their aerostructures suppliers, sending them to seek an exit.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi, Irene Klotz
Kim speaks with Aviation Week as Firefly prepares to enter the lunar and in-space services markets and expand its family of launch vehicles.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A four-year-old concept to adapt uncrewed aircraft to role-play as adversaries during training missions is back in development after a two-year hiatus.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno, Joe Anselmo
Elliott says “the time has come to embrace simplification.”
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
To reignite airline demand and prepare for a new wave of orders, ATR is rejiggering its turboprop development plan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Bird-inspired anti-stall flaps; green flightpaths; deflected-thrust eVTOL; and hydrogen refueling guidelines.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
The air taxi startup has unveiled an aggressive plan for 2030, but whether it can raise enough cash to survive that long is an open question.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
Samples aboard the Perseverance rover may hold evidence of past life on Mars.
Space Exploration

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus, trade unions and consultancies explore how to ensure new hires become productive more quickly.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
The region’s network carriers highlighted cost pressures and aircraft delays, although some saw strong profits.
Airlines & Lessors

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The Defense Department is going shopping in a bid to gain information on everything from loitering attack munitions to Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The secretive agency is hitching its wagons to more commercial companies than ever before to harness emerging capabilities and field new remote sensing layers.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
A new three-runway system is a key factor in orders placed by Cathay Pacific and Greater Bay Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By William Garvey
Some airports say they need the fees to help cover expenses, but the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and Experimental Aircraft Association oppose them.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
How will a second Trump administration affect the defense industry and global alliances? The McCain Institute’s executive director joins our editors to discuss.
Check 6

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. and its allies have yet to reduce reliance on Beijing for materials that are essential to the defense industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Christine Boynton
One of the most successful airline brands in history, Southwest is now working to restore its industry leadership—but where did the business take a wrong turn?
Airlines & Lessors

By Garrett Reim
Salient Motion is working on a “library of certifiable building blocks” for actuators.
Emerging Technologies

Mike Stengel
New aircraft deliveries will not enable fleet age to decline meaningfully, so OEMs, airlines and the aftermarket must prepare accordingly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The airframer’s latest narrowbody enters long-haul service with the Spanish flag carrier Nov. 14 on a Madrid-Boston route.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Canada backs sustainability research; electric Smartflyer rolls out; NASA’s X-59 fires up engine; and tackling hydrogen engine vibrations.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
Top service official says tanker, fighter and Collaborative Combat Aircraft plans are unaffordable without large changes.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
The Wings Club Foundation’s annual scholarships provide financial support to students who have demonstrated academic success in a higher education program.
Maintenance & Training