Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Airframe production rate changes, stretched supply chains and durability remain major challenges in spite of rising utilization rates.

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

A group of recently launched startups are bucking the strategy.

As demand remains healthy, airlines are managing capacity challenges amid supply chain woes, engine issues and significant aircraft delivery delays.

As pressure to cut aviation’s environmental impact intensifies, non-CO2 emissions are in the spotlight.

The company capitalizes on M&A deals like none other in aerospace and defense.

Three years on from their commitment, airlines are frustrated, particularly over the hurdles to greater sustainable aviation fuel uptake.

A wave of new orders and investments in capabilities is giving Eurofighter a “golden moment.”

Editors unpack a week that started with a unique media briefing at Boeing's Renton facility and ended with the purchase of Spirit AeroSystems.

The airframer is building production and hopes for more KC-390 orders in defense as its executive aviation branch thrives. Where will it invest next?