Aviation Week & Space Technology

Marine Corps is touting the stealthy JSF in training exercises in Japan, South Korea, and Alaska.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s fighter will be twin-engine, but the choice of a powerplant has not yet been made.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Unmanned aircraft in the news: BNSF flies true BVLOS; Satcom for small UAS; Swift flies over water; Snipe nano-UAS delivered; Indago quadcopter upgraded; Redkite wide-area imagery from small UAS.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
Some Wall Street analysts suggest Vought’s insolvency warning might be a ploy to bolster Triumph in negotiations with OEM customers.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Boeing says it remains confident that delivery of the first 737-8 to Lion Air Group carrier Malindo Air will take place by month’s end.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Officials won't offer date North Korea could marry nuclear warhead with ICBM; administration may expand laptop ban; Trump takes aim at carrier launch system.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
An analysis from space industry boosters in Washington seems aimed at the future, but really it is a warning about not repeating the past.
Program Management

By Jens Flottau
Etihad’s management is facing the consequences of a flawed business strategy that saw it throw good money after bad in an attempt to beat rival Emirates.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris, Fred George, Rupa Haria
Last month, Aviation Week pilot Fred George strapped into the left seat of the updated version of the world’s best-selling jetliner. Listen in as he discusses the flight and technical upgrades. Also, our senior editor and resident Boeing expert Guy Norris breaks down the status of the flight test program and on-going inspections of the Leap-1B engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Fred George
Aviation Week’s pilot notes Boeing’s Leap-engined 737-8 has bigger displays and refinements such as fly-by-wire spoilers. Only a short training course is needed to upgrade from the 737NG.
Air Transport

A series of diamond shapes over the ocean—areas where there is no air traffic—signals room for improvement in cruise efficiency for airlines.
Connected Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
Leonardo DRS’s Bill Lynn on the company’s prospects for trainer success, the U.S. defense budget and persistent questions about the sale of the company.
Program Management

Nuclear-powered probe on track to get closest look yet at Kuiper Belt Object.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
BAE Systems and Gulfstream design inceptors that ensure each pilot is immediately aware of any flight-control inputs by the other pilot or the autopilot.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Computational fluid dynamics is the relatively new kid on the development block, but the old standby wind tunnels still play a key role in testing.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
Turkey’s new family of missiles, Egypt asks for Archangel border patrol aircraft, Aerojet’s AR1 rocket engine on track to fly in 2019 and CAE to train UAV pilots in the UAE.
Defense

Contractors are learning to use the new president’s blowhard tendencies to their advantage.
Defense

Whether it is found in our Solar System or another one, discovery of another life form will mean we are not unique in the universe, and probably not even rare.
Space

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways remain on differing fleet and profit growth tracks in updates to midterm plans.
Air Transport

Special Operations Command looks to Future Vertical Lift to help win on the battlefield of 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Richard Aboulafia
Improved export and U.S. orders, the T-X competition and a bridge to future fighter aircraft programs have put the Boeing unit in a better position.
Defense

Congress boosted funding for new aircraft by 15%, but overall defense received a meager increase.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois, Bradley Perrett
The hyper political sensitivity over air safety in China helps to explain the CAAC’s willingness to take the worldwide lead in mandatory HUD installations for airlines.
Flight Deck

By Guy Norris
The adaptive cycle engine as a new class of combat aircraft propulsive system in its own right is edging closer to reality.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
The Tactical Ship-to-Land Missile will supplement the larger Hyunmu 3 cruise missile already deployed on destroyers. Unlike Hyunmu 3, it will be entirely under the control of the navy.
Defense