Aviation Week & Space Technology

n F-35A that caught fire last week—a mishap that prompted a fleetwide halt to flight operations—was one of the newer of the stealthy jets delivered by

Boeing is introducing an automated 737 wing assembly process that is designed to reduce flow time by more than one-third as part of the company’s plan to increase monthly production rates to 47 and beyond, and to prepare for the introduction of the MAX at gradually increasing rates.

An article that appeared on page 30 of the June 23 issue should have said the French state is the largest single shareholder in Arianespace, Europe’s

The U.S. Export-Import Bank, the official export credit agency of America, is in the fight of its life. Established in the Great Depression to create jobs by aiding the export of American products via loan guarantees and insurance, Ex-Im, as it is known, has been rechartered or reauthorized by Congress 16 times. Those extensions have come nearly always by voice vote or unanimous consent of lawmakers.

Scorpion is slated to depart from Wichita July 1 for its long trip to the U.K.

Almost-space tourists with $75,000 to spare will be able to see a view something like this remote-control fisheye photo taken during a 5-hr., 1/10

Marking India’s next milestone in its efforts to establish an effective nuclear triad, sea trials of the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant are

Rolls-Royce is to modify the lift fan systems on already-delivered Lockheed Martin F-35Bs to incorporate changes from flight testing and bring the

An article on page 38 in the June 23 issue incorrectly identified the commander of the space shuttle mission that delivered the Hubble Space Telescope to orbit. The mission, STS-31, was commanded by Loren J. Shriver. Charles Bolden, who is now NASA administrator, was the mission pilot.

Marking India’s next milestone in its efforts to establish an effective nuclear triad, sea trials of the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant are

The search strategy working group (SSWG) investigating the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) has used overlapping results from new analyses

Cessna has received FAA type certification and begun deliveries of the upgraded Cessna Citation X+, with improved Rolls-Royce AE3007C2 engines and new

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has rejected a protest by Raytheon and Norway’s Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace over the Defense

Aerojet Rocketdyne has finished testing the J-2X rocket engine for NASA. But the company probably will have to put the Apollo-heritage upper stage

Without the boost of military funding, large airship builders look for commercial backing

India has long sought to increase its ability to manufacture defense equipment to end its reliance on imported weapons, and newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to build on that goal as well as capitalize on India’s defense export potential.

U.S. defense business will become more intense after Pentagon data mining

Ryanair threatens legal action against French publisher for defamation; in an unrelated matter, the airline defends its national benefits pay-in

Indian army wants its own AH-64 helicopters

Performance-based logistics awards urged by Pentagon

Long-awaited competition for new USAF bomber is underway, with many more questions than answers

With budgets nose-diving, the U.S. Defense Department is searching for strategies to preserve mission readiness. There is no need to look far and wide for a big part of the answer.

Failure to repatriate funds to international airlines puts Venezuela’s connectivity at risk

U kraine’s air force recently suffered its biggest blow since the beginning of anti-separatist operations in the breakaway eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk this spring.

F-35Bs head to U.K. to vet logistics and flight operations overseas