Aviation Week & Space Technology

A new regulation addresses cybersecurity at defense primes and their suppliers, or better yet, the lack thereof, which has led to problems in the past.

Everyone is waiting to see how the Trump administration will handle this long-simmering controversy.

Raytheon’s Space Factory is winding down production of the EKV as engineers begin developing the next kill vehicle.

Aurora acquisition gives Boeing pole position in initial subsonic X-plane risk-reduction contracts.

Concerns over the speed at which sustainable aviation fuels can be certified and supplies sufficiently produced leave question marks.

With enough additional funding, Raytheon says it could give the Pentagon’s SM-3 interceptor the ability to defeat longer-range ballistic missiles.

Boeing’s complaints about C Series subsidies are getting the media attention, but Bombardier’s willingness to transfer technologies and knowhow to China is at the heart of this trade dispute.

Airbus tests urban eVTOL propulsion, Israel’s IAI demos unmanned helicopter, Cambridge Consultants develops drone that navigates by GPS to user’s smartphone location, NASA tests inflight wing-folding, BAE floats fixed-/rotary-wing adaptive UAV, and NTSB investigates New York drone-helicopter collision

For the first time, the Navy has linked a specific component failure to a surge of cockpit events.

High-bandwidth connectivity inside aircraft and between aircraft and the ground is driving the need to add sensing to systems and share the data.

How high-definition imagery could pave the way to fully automated helicopter landings.

From the International Astronautical Congress to the creation of the U.S. National Space Council, a look at changes in the market.

Flight tests are underway on Airbus Helicopters’ H145 light twin-engine, specifically to test its five-blade main rotor.

John and Domhnal Slattery ended up in different parts of the commercial aviation industry, but both rose to the top.

In this week's Washington Outlook: Vice President Pence directs National Space Council to look at human space exploration; regulatory changes for commercial space and a new security framework.

A specialist in unmanned aircraft and autonomous systems, Aurora Flight Sciences has one of the most diverse and innovative portfolios of research programs in aerospace.

With venture-capital backing from Boeing and JetBlue, startup Zunum takes the wraps off its first product, a 12-seat hybrid-electric regional aircraft for delivery beginning in 2022.

Flights of a modified Airbus A340 are the most representative tests yet of natural laminar flow and will determine if the drag-reducing design is practical.

Aviation Week flew inverted and pulled 9g in the backseat of a Thunderbirds Fighting Falcon.

Russia delivers attack helos to Mali; Australia to buy Aegis Combat System for new frigates; Philippines weighs Super Tucano buy, India allows IPO for HAL., and U.S. prepares a spy satellite for launch.

SpaceX planning to scrap its successful Falcon rocket and Dragon capsule in high-stakes quest to expand humankind to Mars.

Brexit’s devaluation of the pound took a heavy toll on Monarch’s finances, say analysts.

Fearing protests by potentially stranded passengers, the government is looking at mandatory financial standards for airlines.

The Swedish manufacturer is exploring options for a U.S. facility to build the new trainer.

Airservices Australia is looking to Aireon’s space-based ADS-B as the next evolution in air-traffic control surveillance.