Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
Festooned with antennas, the aircraft notably features a large fairing with a dielectric window under the forward fuselage and many blade antennas aft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Adrian Schofield
While Air New Zealand has agreed to a one-year delay for Airbus A320neos, it is preparing to assess new widebody aircraft that will enable new routes.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Leaders of smaller airlines say the biggest ones would benefit from limiting Gulf carriers’ access to the U.S.; can the Pentagon sustain 3-5% budget growth over five years?
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Despite the multiple benefits of a cockpit upgrade, it remains uncertain whether the recent contract for Airbus to retrofit UPS’s A300-600 freighters is signaling a trend.
Optimizing Engines Through the Lifecycle

By Bradley Perrett
As CALT works on the propulsion and structural challenges of a huge Moon rocket, the alternative of multiple smaller launches is also considered.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Airbus’s Silicon Valley outpost says its studies show modular, reconfigurable cabins can increase airline revenue and passenger comfort.
Aerospace

By William Garvey
Rollie Vincent: “I don’t like to be a doomsayer.”
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Airbus negotiating with A400M customers to ease the burden of the program’s financial penalties.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Germany moving Tornados from Turkey to Jordan; China plans more nuclear subs; Senate passes Saudi arms sale bill; BAE wins $180.5 million contract.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The battery system proves the biggest challenge in developing an electric propulsion demonstrator, but other aspects of the X-57 Maxwell are making good progress.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
As manufacturing of the initial 777X production wing gets underway, Boeing ramps up other parts of the new twinjet assembly system.
Air Transport

One Raptor pilot details the crucial role the stealth fighter played in deconflicting operations in the weeks after U.S. airstrikes on Shayrat.
Defense

By Jens Flottau
Scherer is more confident that stable production at 80-85 aircraft per year can continue into 2018.
Air Transport

The imbalance of male-female U.S. astronauts dates to President Dwight Eisenhower’s belief that military pilots were best qualified to fly in space.
Space

Kratos chief Eric DeMarco wants his company to be the very best at a handful of things.
Defense

By Richard Aboulafia
The lessons from the halftime of Boeing's 20-year CMO assessment are simple: the market prefers smaller jets and hates very large jets.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
There is a lot of intriguing activity in the aerospace industry than is not be apparent at first look.
Check 6

By Jens Flottau, Adrian Schofield
Although the global outlook for airline profits remains positive, rising fuel and labor costs could dampen future results.
Air Transport

Lockheed is planning a series of sensor upgrades to keep the Dragon Lady relevant through 2045.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Boeing says model-based systems engineering will be pivotal to the successful development of its NMA.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
NASA advances UTM; Airbus details E-Fan-X; NASA issues draft RFP for supersonic X-plane; C-17 drag reduction; counter-UAS test site.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Hypersonic propulsion has been “around the corner” for decades, but the technology may finally be mature enough for prime time.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

The U-2 reconnaissance aircraft could help solve U.S. Air Force’s battlefield communications problem.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The Stratolaunch satellite launching aircraft is set to begin fuel-system testing, on track for its first launch demonstration in 2019.
Space

His Twitter storms are legend, but sometimes it is what Trump does not say that is alarming.
Defense