Aviation Week & Space Technology

Nothing extraordinary is expected heading into 2018, but the status of the business jet industry looks a lot better than it has for most of the last decade.

If retailers and customers need new skills to use drone delivery, the idea could have difficulty taking off, so Alphabet’s Project Wing is working with real-world users of its planned service.

Northrop Grumman buys SpaceX launch for a U.S. government customer, U.S. State Department clears Greece for an FMS of F-16 upgrades, Indonesia receives Panther helicopters, and Embraer sells six Super Tucanos.

Details on the benefits of business aircraft departments were released near simultaneously to GE’s grounding of its jets.

The core is the common element of the company’s plan to make a step change in efficiency with two engine families, the Advance and the UltraFan, for the 2020s.

The Apollo 11 command module, Columbia, has left its Smithsonian home for a new mission—a traveling exhibit commemorating the upcoming 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s touchdown on the Moon.

The Airbus-Bombardier arrangement will set off a chain of action and reaction that establishes a new order of dominance, extinction and relationships.

With clear standards and an emphasis on the basics, the UK Defense Ministry hopes to protect the security of its industrial base.

Tarmac Aerosave has found its bread and butter in the aircraft storage business, primarily for leasing companies.

September was a busy month at several high-profile companies, and it could be a good indication of what is to come for the industry as many of them adjust to market conditions.

After a hiatus of more than 50 years, NASA plans a trial run of a full-scale nuclear-fission power system designed to produce 1 kW of electricity.

Sonic booms should not pose a barrier to speeding progress in aviation technology.

Scaled flies Model 401; Yamaha goes multicopter; Flirtey flies defibrillators; Spike tests supersonic design; DARPA taps Aerojet for TBCC; Dubai’s firefighting UAV.

MBDA’s missile programs are benefiting from a joint research initiative that involves participants from industry and academe.

Performance-based navigation and runway improvements are crucial to airline night operations at a New Zealand airport surrounded by mountains.

In being acquired by Boeing, Aurora Flight Sciences sees a path to turn its research into products, which had eluded the innovative but small company.

Despite mitigations deployed, the number of reported runway incursions each year has remained stubbornly steady, or some say, on the rise. Safety advocates and industry want to find out why.

The MBDA Meteor and Diehl IRIS-T missiles will equip the KAI KF-X, which is also getting a two-seat version. Aircraft dimensions have expanded.

The service will double down on the development of next-generation missiles, combat vehicles and rotorcraft to regain warfighting advantage.

Aviation Week had a first-hand look at a required navigation performance departure from Queenstown and an arrival at Auckland. Adrian Schofield, Asia-Pacific air transport editor, rode in the jump seat on the Air New Zealand flight.

Asia-Pacific Air Transport Editor Adrian Schofield takes a closer look at some of the challenges to Queenstown night operations, and how they are being addressed with technology in the air and on the ground.

Dassault’s Falcon 5x development faces another delay related to problems uncovered during tests of Safran’s Silvercrest engine.

The National Business Aviation Association show in Las Vegas was subdued, but behind-the-scenes activity gives reason for optimism.

Brexit is just one of the issues British budget and leisure airlines must overcome, along with cost pressures and terrorism.

In this week's Washington Outlook: The Eastern European nation is rebuilding its industrial base, Pentagon acquisition chief will cede power to services, another spat about how open the skies should be, and a way to form national regulations for UAS.