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Editors delve into the winners and losers in the White House’s $1.5 trillion defense spending plan.

The new administrator shakes up the space agency with plans for lunar base and sunsetting SLS.

Aviation Week editors discuss the increase in projected Golden Dome costs and what the fiscal 2027 Pentagon budget request may tell us about the umbrella program.

NASA is under new leadership with Jared Isaacman. Watch or listen as he answers questions from Aviation Week's Irene Klotz after eight weeks on the job in this special episode.

Listen in as Aviation Week's Guy Norris and Graham Warwick report back from their annual pilgrimage to AIAA SciTech.

Editors are joined by Russ Matijevich, space industry veteran and a judge in the Space Tech Challenge Awards. Nominations are now open—could your solution be a winner?

Today’s satellites are cheaper, but hardly cheap. The CEO of a propulsion supplier joins us to explain why.

The DSEI arms expo provided the backdrop for companies to unveil new weapons and for government buyers to drive home a sense of urgency to develop systems at pace.

The Starlink satellite venture’s stunning success has brightened Elon Musk’s bumpy year, but has awakened China.

Editors share what they heard at AIAA's showcase events in Las Vegas and their concerns about what the NASA cuts could mean for U.S. competitiveness in commercial aviation and space.

Listen in for a private tour of the revamped National Air and Space Museum with director Chris Browne who speaks to Aviation Week’s Joe Anselmo.

As the White House pulls Isaacman’s nomination, it wants to cut the space agency’s budget back to pre-Apollo levels. Our editors discuss what it means.

Editors share their impressions of an in-depth conversation with Kelly Ortberg after the Boeing CEO spoke exclusively with Aviation Week.

United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno discusses launch campaign details, the future of Vulcan and the National Security Space Launch program market.

Editors at the 40th Space Symposium discuss everything from threats to NASA's science missions to the Golden Dome air-defense concept.

As the X-37B graces the cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine, editors discuss the unique characteristics of the spaceplane and what its up to as it orbits Earth.

America remains a hotbed of space innovation, but worries mount over China’s rapid advances.

After President Trump signed an executive order for “Iron Dome for America,” editors discuss how an idea that dates back to the Cold War could take shape today.

Even in a duopoly, one company's misfortunate isn't necessarily the other's fortune. Financial analyst Sash Tusa joins our editors to explain why.

SpaceX’s Starship booster “catch” at the launchpad wowed the space world, but big hurdles remain to launching humans to Mars in 2028.

Once known as UFOs, sightings of unidentified anomalous phenomena present a thorny issue for the aviation community.

Listen in as editors explain why a crew vehicle is coming home from the space station without a crew, and what it means for Boeing, SpaceX and two stranded astronauts.

As the AIAA's Aviation Forum and Ascend events come together for the first time in Las Vegas, editors review some of the cutting-edge developments shared there.

Listen in as former Space Shuttle program manager Wayne Hale joins Aviation Week editors to unpack Starship's third flight test.

As the year draws to a close, listen in as editors from across the Aviation Week Network reflect on 2023 and share what they think lies ahead in 2024.