Aviation Week & Space Technology

Aviation Week’s Pentagon Editor, Lara Seligman, got a behind-the-scenes look at the U.S. air war in Afghanistan from the back of a KC-135 Stratotanker.

Britain’s F-35 land base is scheduled to be ready for arrival of the first aircraft next summer.

By combining multiple power sources, small manned aircraft could fly almost indefinitely, unlocking new potential.

Questions remain about frictionless, delay-free border controls between Britain and EU post-Brexit.

The U.S. military’s air operations center in the Middle East is reaping the benefits of computer software developed by the Pentagon’s Silicon Valley office.

Textron Aviation is betting a boom in online deliveries will help boost the business aviation market’s nascent recovery—and it is teaming with FedEx to hedge that bet.

Qatar comes closer to buying 24 Typhoons, U.S.-Poland discuss missile and artillery deals, India tests BrahMos air-to-ground missile, and Colombia takes delivery of training system.

Vega has been a great success for Avio, encouraging further innovation for the rocket.

Two key providers of ACARS are at the forefront of rendering it capable of taking advantage of greater internet capacity.

The Alliance for Aviation Across America is impelling farmers, cattlemen, rural voters and others to oppose federal divestiture of the ATC system.

Airbus turns to an outsider for its new sales chief. Our editors discuss the prosperity—and problems—that he will inherit.

Interactive options take another step on the ever evolving road to keeping airline passengers entertained during flights.

The first four of its 27-total F-35 purchase are slated to arrive in Denmark beginning next year.

Key decisions on A380, NMA reaction loom as Airbus changes sales leadership.

Velvet Wasp is an armed drone designed by the UK’s SteelRock to enable soldiers to provide their own close air support.

Aircraft lighting influences birdstrikes, Facebook and Airbus team to advance stratospheric UAVs, Boeing backs new MIT wind tunnel, NASA supercomputers unlock flow secrets, and TsAGI’s air-cushion amphibian for the Arctic.

The aerospace industry lacks adequate policy to manage risks. Efforts show that strides are being made, however.

Boeing subsidiary Insitu says that working proactively with regulators is key to enabling routine commercial beyond-visual-line-of-sight UAS operations.

An optimally located Chinese freight airport should open in 2020 and move 2.45 million metric tons of cargo by 2025. SF Express will be the anchor tenant.

The CST-100 Starliner, one of two U.S. spacecraft in development for NASA International Space Station crew rotation, is on track for a 2018 debut.

The defense ministry says it has not decided on deciding: should it put off considering whether to develop an indigenous combat aircraft?

Hawaiian CEO Mark Dunkerley is retiring after 15 years in leadership roles, although his successor Peter Ingram stresses there will be no change in direction.

U.S. startup’s plans to certify a nine-seat battery-powered regional aircraft by 2020 are based on modifying an already certified turboprop.

F-22 Raptor pilots say Russian fighters frequently fly within striking distance of coalition ground troops.

Gluing detail parts together would reduce mass because the adhesive has little weight and pieces can be thinner than those connected by fasteners.