Aviation Week & Space Technology

Readers write about tidal effects of Jupiter on Europa, who should be Boeing’s next CEO, prospects for decarbonizing aviation and defense sovereignty.

ITA Airways has operated as Italy’s national airline since 2021. Can it succeed as part of a larger group?

Two new spaceports in Scotland are preparing to service rockets heading to LEO and polar orbit, positioning the UK as a new player in the small launch market.

Joby Aviation modifies S4 pre-production prototype into a technology demonstrator for hydrogen-electric propulsion.

A Pentagon review finds an 81% cost increase, although officials determine the program must continue after being restructured.

Guillaume Faury is looking to bring more work in-house in order to deal with supplier issues.

Do Airbus and Boeing’s aerostructures reintegrations represent a trend, anomalies or both?

Launch service provider Arianespace’s order backlog totals 29 missions, with the next being planned for December.

Matching NASA’s needs with the ideal contracting mechanism is a challenge.

Mounting losses have prompted greater caution among some defense companies as Pentagon officials stand by fixed-price acquisition strategies.

After a challenging start, France, Germany and Spain’s Future Combat Air System is progressing toward demonstrator flights.

Comparing hydrogen-electric propulsion startups Universal Hydrogen and ZeroAviation reveals companies with quite different business approaches.

After electric air taxis, commercial space and artificial intelligence, is quantum computing the next big thing for private equity?

GE Aerospace now boasts a validated propulsion design that will compete for use in a future class of hypersonic missiles and reusable vehicles.

Defense budgets are undergoing exceptional growth, spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, concerns over China’s global intent and the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Tasked with boosting both production rates and aircraft quality, Boeing is making long-needed changes to its decades-old production protocols.

After years of production delays and shortages, fighter OEMs are investing in in new facilities, manufacturing methods and labor to spark new growth.

An ex-U.S. Air Force civilian employee allegedly transmitted classified information about the vulnerabilities of Air Force aircraft to unauthorized people between November 2020 and March 2021.

Despite obvious historic parallels with the TSR-2, industry partners are confident they can deliver a new-generation combat aircraft in the mid-2030s.

Photonic navigation sensors; Airbus and quantum computing; in-space refueling; alternatives to GPS for PNT.

Frank Kendall has spent his time as secretary working to reshape the Air Force—but will his work outlast him?

In the defense industry, all eyes are on the UK in July for RIAT and Farnborough. We kick off the conversation with a special episode about the British elections and what they (and those in France) mean for A&D.

To simplify its fuel cell engine design, Airbus elected not to use batteries that would have boosted peak power.

A surprising groundswell of single-aisle airliner propulsion systems are under development.

A group of recently launched startups are bucking the strategy.