Aviation Week & Space Technology

Automation has helped GE Aviation’s compressor-blade manufacturing plant in Quebec to grow from producing parts for five CFM engines a year to five a day.

Smooth development of the 737-9 is a key part of Boeing’s competitive strategy against the Airbus A320neo family.

Larger and higher-density MAX variants could help Boeing make further inroads into Asia-Pacific low-cost carrier sector

Testing on Boeing 787-10, the longest and final stretch derivative of is twinjet family, is a bit ahead of schedule, as the program enters the first phase of stability-and-control evaluation.

An Australian professor argues that pooling resources for a bounty would get around a classic economic problem.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: Navy’s trainer pilots report symptoms of hypoxia, outlook for defense budget showdown, ways to scuttle aircraft sales to Iran and appointees to the Ex-Im Bank.

F-35 to fly with British Typhoons, Dutch F16s and USAF F-15s during UK deployment.

Rapid advances in electric propulsion—driven by the automotive industry—are fueling visions of aircraft taking over from cars for the daily commute and short-haul trips.

The first test firings of MBDA’s Sea Venom are planned for later in 2017.

Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Cargo have been in restructuring mode for several years and are now beginning to experience an upturn.

India prepares to export its light combat aircraft and an Indian-manufactured Advanced Hawk, U.S. aims to keep airborne brigade in Alaska, BAE and DRS team up on missile warning system, and the Navy provides more money to MQ-25 aspirants ahead of a request for proposals.

Precision-guided smart bombs have irreversibly changed modern warfare. But what weapons will define the future?

China Southern plans for its Xinjiang passenger numbers to reach 18 million a year by the end of 2020 from the current 10 million.

Silicon Valley garage startup can update its imagery of every spot on Earth, every day.

The annual European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition overflows with new and notable moments. This year it will be presided over the EBAA’s new CEO.

What drives up defense spending may not be as obvious as what seems like a higher level of threat.

After 18 years, three companies still have the Indian Army’s $5.8 billion contract for short-range air-defense systems in their sights.

Using ground stations and its SkyTerra 1 satellite, Ligado Networks believes it has the secret sauce for UAS beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations.

Germany gauges the critical size at €100 million annually, but France lacks that scale with 170 of GIFAS’s members at a combined turnover of a mere €3 billion.

Eurofighter continues hunt for orders, as production reaches 500-aircraft milestone.

Ideas fly at Airbus; Bell’s anti-torque fan; Europe researches detect-and-avoid; Canada advances drone deliveries; Verizon tests flying cell site.

Rupert Hogg will be responsible for implementing current CEO Ivan Chu’s transformation plan.

Trump pledges to appoint two reform-minded bank board members.

The Raytheon-made Tomahawk is still the Pentagon’s weapon of choice, but the U.S. Navy has long wanted to stop building new ones in favor of developing a next-generation cruise missile.

Hypersonic developments in China and Russia suggest the U.S. could easily lose its lead.