Aviation Week & Space Technology

Has the commercial aviation industry finally vanquished the cycle? Even thinking such a thing sounds hubristic, but it is difficult to argue with the numbers.

This week’s podcast offers a glimpse into the notebooks of Aviation Week editors after a news-rich week at the Air Force Association’s annual meeting.

The $9.2 billion acquisition may test the Trump administration, which has concern over a shrinking defense base and ordered a study and recommendations.

Air Force is looking for “every opportunity” to speed up the next-generation ICBM program.

European Aviation Network to begin commercial service on a British Airways Airbus A321 later this year with service that uses ground and space-based assets.

At least four teams expressed interest in competing for the billion-pound UK contract to provide aggressor training for all three military services.

Areas underserved by rail—including the U.S.—are potential targets for hybrid-electric propulsion regional aircraft.

North Korean missile shows ability to hit beyond Guam; MBDA chief aims for more European defense cooperation post-Brexit; India may pursue satellite to monitor border with China; Canada ups pressures on Boeing.

There are questions about how Doha’s tiny air force will be able to absorb the massive capabilities in which it is investing.

The jury is still out on which business model and network architecture could thrive in the satellite telecommunications market in the near future.

Deal would put Northrop Grumman back in the human spaceflight business.

Chinese pilots previously had to have remarkable eyesight and could not be too short. Now standards have been relaxed.

Only NASA’s Juno spacecraft remains in orbit around a planet beyond Mars, and its days also are numbered.

Stopgap measures such as bonuses must give way to longer-term sustainable strategies to shore up the pilot pipeline. Photo credit: Boeing

Striker 2 helmet could bring augmented reality into the Typhoon cockpit.

The French engine-maker says turbofan improvements will continue while parallel studies of hybrid and all-electric propulsion studies ramp up.

Watch as Aviation Week's Lara Seligman joins Thunderbird No. 7 Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, a career F-16 pilot, as he runs through the Thunderbirds’ best-known maneuvers one by one in the skies over the eastern U.S.

ATRs new marketing efforts are paying off with firm orders in regions where it was previously unsuccessful.

LeoLabs teams with Planet; Swiss demo U-space; fuel cell powers multicopter drone.

The U.S. is ignoring China’s role on the peninsula at its own peril.

U.S. Air Force may consider survivability when evaluating special missions platforms, which could hurt the chances of commercial and business jet derivatives.

Richard Branson’s sale of 31% of his Virgin Atlantic stake is a sign of the times in commercial aviation.

The race to secure new STEM talent is now one of the top workforce concerns of industry, and it should be for investors and shareholders, too.

It is too easy to find the wiggle room in much of the regulations that govern Europe’s airline sector. Tighter rules should be enacted to keep the playing field level for all carriers.

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