Aviation Week & Space Technology

Boeing, Lockheed and Raytheon are rallying to develop U.S.’s next-generation Multi-Object Kill Vehicle.

GM unveils an autonomous, fuel-cell-powered vehicle platform as it works with aerospace industry to evaluate technology for quiet, clean power generation.

Training machines to look for missile-launch sites; Greece considers options for F-16 upgrades; the first GPS III satellite is ready for launch, and Russia’s next airborne early warning aircraft

The Ground-Based Interceptor is the central flight component of the Boeing Ground-based Midcourse Defense system and is topped by the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle.

Decades of progress toward free trade in jetliners could be undone in a few years. And Boeing could end up losing a lot in the end.

What are the ramifications of trade complaints by Boeing and U.S. airlines? Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia joins Aviation Week and ATW editors to discuss.

“The next few months may be rather stressful for most deal-makers in the A&D sector,” say some who should know.

More than 100 helicopters may be needed to support offshore wind farms.

The U.S. Air Force has taken the next step in its plan to transition from the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine after issuing a request for proposals (RFP) for co-investment in up to three next-generation launch vehicles.

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.

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