Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Kim Minseok
The South Korean army rejected the bulky Surion as inappropriate for the attack mission, but the marines regard it as a candidate for the role.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Are London and Paris balking at the high costs associated with the UCAV demonstrator’s development?
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
India tests nuke-capable ICBM; court allows U.S. Army/Airbus sole-source deal; U.S. OKs Belgium F-35 sale; weapons tests on Russia’s most advanced fighter.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Jens Flottau
Boeing needs to be able to offer what is likely to become a small twin-aisle aircraft at a very low price in order to capture some of the market.
Air Transport

By Marhalim Abas
Proposed acquisitions for the Philippines Air Force include fighters, additional light trainers, airlifters and light-attack aircraft.
Defense

The Navy continues to evolve and mature the Fire Scout maritime patrol UAV despite a limited number of deployment opportunities on the Littoral Combat Ship.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
VSR700 program will turn a two-seat training helicopter into unmanned observer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
European Union planning demonstration of unmanned technologies, including naval UAVs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine describes a domain-wide system that would continuously monitor the airspace to identify risks.
Connected Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
Rating commercial crew vehicles on their chance of flight fatality turns out to be a nuanced art and science.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Systems Technology demos a machine-learning approach to maneuvering UAVs on carrier decks by recognizing the same gestures used to direct human pilots.
Aerospace

By Marhalim Abas, Kim Minseok
Jakarta is behind in its contributions to KF-X, known in Indonesia as IF-X, and the finance ministry refused to authorize a payment due at the end of 2017. Photo: Cpl. Casey Gaul/Australian Defense Department
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Byron Callan
The federal deficit and interest rates threaten to constrain the Pentagon’s budget.
Defense

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
There are multiple factors contributing to the current sluggishness, including aircraft program issues, capacity considerations and airline strategy factors.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Boeing leverages X-43, X-51 and XB-70 design legacy to challenge Lockheed Martin for future hypersonic strike/reconnaissance role.
Defense

Warthog pilots,have reported nine hypoxialike events since the beginning of fiscal 2017.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
AirSpaceX eVTOL design taps electric vehicle tech; Zephyr stratospheric UAV for civil use; beefing up AUDS’ combat counter-UAS; reusable hypersonics study.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Airbus chief salesman John Leahy, now that retirement is near, reflects on his career and how the industry has changed.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
With U.S. ferry flights on Russian Soyuz ending next year, pressure is on to get U.S. space taxis flying, without sacrificing safety.
Commercial Space

By Marhalim Abas
Substituting procurement spending for personnel, Singapore uses aerostat surveillance and small-crew ships, while preparing to introduce tanker aircraft that need fewer people.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
A deal could let Boeing improve vertical integration and tap Embraer’s engineering talent and manufacturing capacity.
Connected Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Aurora Flight Sciences demonstrates resupply at the touch of a button by unmanned helicopter under the Office of Naval Research’s Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System program. Photo: John F. Williams/U.S. Navy
Aerospace

By William Garvey
‘Coffee, tea or a pancetta-wrapped pork tenderloin with caramelized red onion confit, and a nice glass of Grenache?’ The making of a corporate flight attendant.
Business Aviation

By Jen DiMascio
In this week’s roundup, India wants a third aircraft carrier, C-130Js arrive in France, the U.S. considers outlawing government purchases of certain Chinese telecom products, and the U.S. prepares to launch a missile-warning satellite
Defense

By Michael Bruno, Mark Nensel, Jens Flottau
In spite of unprecedented backlogs, major civil aircraft manufacturers enjoy strong airline demand, but Airbus warns it may have to stop the A380 program.
Air Transport