The German air force is seriously interested in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as the central node of its future networked strike complex, which includes unmanned surrogates.
Phantom Express to demo reusable launch; NASA seeks funding for low-boom X-plane; Rocket Lab makes it to space, but not orbit; NASA develops design tools for eVTOLs
Aviation Week's guest evaluation pilot Tim Wuerfel is an A320 captain at Lufthansa and previously a Boeing 737 captain. Listen in as he discusses his first impressions after flying Airbus’s popular A321neo.
Aviation Week’s evaluation pilot flies Airbus’s popular A321neo and finds a re-engined aircraft with more power, less fuel burn and emissions, and several system changes and refinements.
U.S. authorities are asked to decide whether offering launch pricing to influential airlines years after an aircraft is launched is subsidy-enabled price dumping or just an extension of established industry practice.
In this week's Washington Outlook: Lawmakers may have to clean up 2018 budget request—if they can pass a bill; U.S. airline advocates try to stem expansion of Gulf carriers; and Trump’s NATO demands.
Boeing wins missile defense kill-vehicle contracts, UK’s RAF Fairford to host RC-135 Rivet Joint, North Korea’s latest missile test and the Swedish military buys satellite connectivity service.
Airbus has provided aircraft design know-how to the U.S. team bidding to retain the America’s Cup, the ultimate prize in yacht racing and the world’s oldest international sport.
The big, annual air show in Europe has long been known for new orders of large commercial aircraft. But increasingly, emphasis is on the past and present.
Delays in development are likely to put the Russian aircraft as the last of the new-generation aircraft in its segment, which will likely limit its market.
