Aviation Week & Space Technology

Malaysia Airlines is moving closer to reaching deals for additional leased A330s and a new order for widebody aircraft.

Leonardo and other companies are working to integrate their electronic warfare technologies onto a variety of aircraft.

Generation Orbit Launch Services is preparing for a critical series of hot-fire and captive-carry flight tests of its hypersonic flying testbed.

Analysts say that aerospace manufacturing investments in low-cost countries peaked in the 2008-13 and declined significantly in the past three years.

U.S. Air Force Research Lab prepares for lasers; DARPA wants safe autonomy; Air Force tests diesel aero-engine; Ad Astra advances Vasimr.

President Trump’s military options against North Korea range from offensive cyber to thermonuclear strikes.

Low-cost satellite constellations provide alternative systems for gathering key weather and other data.

Tighter regulations for carry-on electronic devices provide an opportunity for manufacturers of carry-on baggage scanners.

In this week's Washington Outlook: The U.S. can intercept missiles bound for Guam, and it can launch offensive strikes, say Pentagon leaders.

Despite sanctions and international pressure, North Korea now possesses an eclectic mix of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles.

The next step for the service’s light-attack capability? Probably a combat trial.

Boeing and JAXA are testing lidar-based turbulence detection systems, which may fly on commercial airliners by the mid-2020s.

Both the airline and the airport look to reap benefits from years of preparation for C Series flights at London City.

Russia and Indonesia move one corporate agreement closer to Su-35 deal, a new Make-In-India manufacturing facility, Battelle updates DroneDefender, and Northrop will modify J-Stars radios.

The OEM used a huge “visual” to make its point, tracing out a giant 787 over the U.S.

Hybrid turbine-electric propulsion will require rethinking of aircraft designs to gain greater efficiency benefits by tightly integrating propulsion and aerodynamics.

The Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent, the U.S. Air Force’s next nuclear ballistic missile, will outrange the Minuteman III and can carry heavier payloads.

UK Royal Air Force sees new training fleet as opportunity to increase pilot throughput.

Three Pacific Rim carriers have big plans for the A321neo, but problems with new Pratt & Whitney engines have pushed back deliveries.

Satellite manufacturers expect only 10-12 geosats to be ordered this year, solidifying a trend downward in the sector.

The reach of a fully realized technology transfer program can be vast, enabling leaps in learning and the restructuring of organizations.

Excerpts from Aviation Week’s recent podcast debate between an F-35 pilot and a long-time critic of the program.

Although United Airlines has had no shortage of growing pains since deciding in 2012 to morph Apple iPads into the perfect electronic flight bag for the flight deck, a less turbulent future is now on the horizon.

Though hybrid and electric propulsion holds great promise, the age of the turbofan is far from over.

The agricultural aircraft manufacturer and L3 have teamed to develop Longsword for reconnaissance and light attack.