Aviation Week & Space Technology

It is getting harder to find a Western A&D company not undergoing restructuring. Wall Street may be to blame—and it may benefit.

Some member states are disinclined to consolidate their air navigation service providers, often for sovereignty and defense reasons.

The airframer is on a path to fill out its planned 737 MAX derivative family by the end of the decade.

Materials science helps make storing and handling missiles and other rocket-powered munitions safer.

The finalized flight deck features of Boeing’s 777X reveal clear 787 influence and unique wing-fold controls.

Cubesat-building robot contest, Lockheeds SHiELD laser demo, Uber air taxi trial adds L.A. and Horsefly electric van/drone deliveries.

Lockheed Martin’s radar experts in Syracuse are introducing new air surveillance technologies to counter emerging threats from quadcopters to reentry vehicles.

Aviation Week's Guy Norris was invited to fly on a test flight of Auto-ICAS (Automatic Integrated Collision Avoidance System), the world’s first combined air and ground collision avoidance system for combat aircraft.

The F-35 is a “benchmark” in competition to replace the Tornado, German officials say.

As the Islamic State loses territory, U.S. and Russia must work harder to deconflict air operations in a rapidly shrinking battlespace.

While some airlines are close to placing significant orders, others are in the early stages of negotiations.

In this week's Washington Outlook: Defense policy legislation skips the creation of a corps, puts the deputy defense secretary in charge of space spending.

Anglo-French UCAV and Turkish TF-X are preserving British fighter know-how.

With the complexity of aerospace systems threatening to overtake the ability of human engineers to optimize designs, bio-inspired algorithms and machine learning are being drafted in to help.

Cadence is applying the latest advances in commercial electronics system design automation to reduce the time and cost involved in replacing obsolete avionics.

NASA’s Advanced Composites program finally comes to grips with the complexities of designing and certifying carbon-fiber aircraft structures.

Industrial augmented-reality startup Upskill launches new platform aimed at enabling large-scale use of smart glasses in manufacturing and maintenance.

The U.S. space agency is optimistic about a December 2019 launch, but could slip Exploration Mission-1 to June 2020.

The A380 program remains reliant on one customer as the secondhand market fails to take off.

The Oklahoma Republican congressman would become the first professional politician to head the U.S. space agency.

Auto-ICAS integration challenge remains for F-16 as ground collision protection speeds up for F-35.

A look at two important pilot safety issues: one, the mysterious causes of hypoxia-like symptoms in pilots. And two, a new technology that could prevent crashes in the air as well as into the ground.

Aviation Week flies next step in combat aircraft collision avoidance safety. Photo: Christoper Higgins/U.S. Air Force

Malaysia has begun exploratory talks with other Hornet operators about buying surplus F/A-18s. Advanced new aircraft are not currently affordable.

As airlines increasingly cut back on inflight entertainment options—noting that most passengers bring their own devices—JetBlue remains committed to IFE seatback offerings.