Aviation Week & Space Technology

With backing from Boeing and JetBlue and now Washington-state, startup Zunum Aero is beginning to build the prototype propulsion system for its planned hybrid-electric regional airliner.

Russia is trying to reform, reorganize and civilianize its military-industry complex to face new geopolitical realities.

NLR probes noise; Boom refines XB-1; Zee breaks cover; TsAGI’s model support; Onera’s electric idea.

The Trump administration has made travel to Cuba stricter, but air service is unaffected

The UAS company is working on national airspace-ready variants based on the Predator.

From advanced cockpits to motherships for swarming drones, General Atomics leaders discuss future technology trends.

In this week's Washington Outlook: Defense committees add more money for military spending than the Senate is likely to pass; the return of the Europa lander; another ATC fight in the works.

Railroad operator works with Rockwell Collins to plug unmanned aircraft into its wireless network to provide robust command-and-control beyond line of sight.

Brazilian export financing could help improve KC-390’s sales opportunities.

Development of the An-132D emerged from a study conducted in Saudi Arabia to examine the country’s national airlift needs.

Oman begins receiving Eurofighter Typhoons, U.S. approves sale of another C-17 to India, IAI wins major IT consolidation contract and Lockheed pumps out GPS III satellites.

General Atomics executives are hoping their version of a carrier-based UAV can revolutionize naval air warfare.

Calt is pursuing three paths to reusable space launch: lifting bodies and, for wingless rockets, parachute recovery and powered landings.

Calt will make Long March 8 with propulsion modules from other space launchers. Long March 5B will omit a module.

Casc’s Xian propulsion institute will lighten its P35 solid-propellant motor, then develop a larger derivative, presumably for a new space launcher

New data-gathering-and-sharing operation will bring benefits to all who participate, Airbus asserts, from carriers to suppliers to financial services.

Qatar Airways’ plan to invest in American Airlines may make commercial sense, but will be hard to implement.

The regional turboprop OEM is meeting with success on a number of fronts, including its advanced vision systems products.

Airbus and startup OneWeb are preparing to manufacture satellites at an unprecedented pace—one per day.

Looking back on a career illuminated by a love of words, science and the sheer excitement of the promise and peril of space exploration.

Low-cost, long-haul carriers examine how cabin connectivity can best keep passengers entertained—and add to the bottom line.

Discussions at Le Bourget revealed a handful of topics that seemed to be on everyone’s minds.

The latest entrants in the burgeoning electric VTOL market come with unconventional designs which raise questions about their viability that can only be answered once they fly.

China and Russia seem to be far ahead on work hypersonic flight and weaponry, perhaps even forcing rethinking of strategic systems.

After a problematic first go-around using Li-ion in airliners, Airbus now quietly has 50 A350s flying with the batteries.