Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne
Initial flights suggest the rotorcraft will easily surpass fuel consumption and performance targets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Federal agencies are scrutinizing whether lucrative credit card programs are fair to consumers and smaller carriers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Quantum inertial navigation; airport hydrogen handling demo; lithium-metal pack tested; and autonomous agricultural helicopter.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
As Europe faces multiple potential axes of attack, more European countries might need to reconsider their ground-based air defense plans.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois, Graham Warwick
Eliminating contrails would cut aviation's climate impact by half, but can it be done? NASA climate scientist Richard Moore joins to share the latest research.
Check 6

By Irene Klotz
The company suggests leveraging NASA’s deep investment in the SLS may be just the ticket to bring back samples from Mars.
Space

Readers write about Boeing and GE leadership, addressing pilot shortages in the U.S. military and the Comac C919’s competitive prospects.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
Launch customer Lufthansa Airlines has added uncertainty to Boeing’s public claims that the 777-9, already five years late, will be certified in 2025.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jens Flottau
The OEM would be capable of building a larger narrowbody, but it is not clear that the company will go for it.
Aircraft & Propulsion

A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Garrett Reim
The startup’s EL-2 Goldfinch test pilot outlines his flight experience with the demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
The 787 faces new quality assurance woes, but the need to add a freighter to the family has eased.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The company’s turboelectric airliner concept would reduce fuel usage, operating costs and contrails.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The conflict in Ukraine is reshaping Poland’s air force, but the service is facing challenges as it grows.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
With FARA canceled and FLRAA’s design changed, U.S. Special Operations Command is adjusting its own modernization goals.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kevin Michaels
A mandate would provide stability and a more even playing field, enabling the aviation industry to cut emissions more quickly.
Sustainability

By Michael Bruno
Another week, another new probe reported at Boeing—and another name supposedly struck from the list of those who could be a future CEO.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Savoie discusses the company’s evolving business strategy amid a tense geopolitical environment.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
A hydrogen fuel-cell-powered helicopter is being eyed for zero-emission delivery of manufactured organs for human transplants.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Without any alternatives, the Air Force would have to depend on the KC-135 if a war occurs before 2028. Is it ready?
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Lori Ranson, Christine Boynton, Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau
Airlines have enjoyed strong demand for the past two years. But with more capacity entering the market, yields are coming under pressure.
Airlines & Lessors

William J. Lynn III and Steve Grundman
In a healthy defense industrial ecosystem, companies occupying the middle ground—between the many small companies and a few large ones—perform important systemic roles.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Air Mobility Command’s goal of fielding a stealthy, penetration tanker aircraft in the mid-2030s faces pressure from tight budgets on its current timeline.
Multi-Mission Aircraft