Aviation Week & Space Technology

Musk’s company worked with the U.S. government to develop the Autonomous Flight Safety System that will prompt the launch vehicle to destruct if it flies off course.

Latin American airlines, LCCs as well as mainline are looking to offer lower fares in the market.

New vertical-takeoff-and-landing drone has twin rotor systems to provide full-authority control in rotary-wing mode, and a swept wing to provide speed and range in fixed-wing mode.

A debate that began with the Obama administration is continuing under Trump: when to head for Mars and how to leverage cislunar efforts toward that goal?

If recent comments are any indication, engine-makers are more willing to consider each other’s core architecture, and all see the services end of their business evolving in a decade.

Supersonic laminar flow; laser strike protection; drone-carrying Land Rover; Airlander design changes; and the NLR’s composite engine pylon.

Dedicated unmanned air traffic management systems must be developed quickly to meet rising demand for UAV operations.

Availability of Australia’s Airbus attack helicopters is improving—but maybe not quickly enough to stave off early disposal.

Can the millennial generation revitalize general aviation?

Ten down, 65 to go: Aireon has successful power-up and aircraft tracking for its first batch of satellite-based surveillance satellites.

Sikorsky, Petroleum Helicopters Inc. and Metro Aviation cooperate on real-time rotorcraft health-monitoring developments.

Paying up front will cut Lightning costs, says the program office. So will a steady production ramp-up—and multiyear orders.

Shoreham Airshow crash investigation shines spotlight on regulatory and organizational failings of air display events.

Under pressure from airlines and lessors, Boeing moves toward development of new midsize widebody, but important questions remain unresolved.

A pilot program that has increased space awareness for the U.S. military and satellite operators should become a permanent part of the military’s Joint Space Operations Center.

In this week's Washington Outlook, European satellite manufacturers stand to benefit if Trump’s trade policies alienate U.S. export customers; cruise missiles assessed; security tradeoffs crop up.

A move toward consolidation and the expected entry of a new player could mean significant changes for Japan’s LCCs.

UK startup Windhorse is designing a one-way drone to deliver food and medicine to disaster areas while keeping relief aircraft safe from hostile action and preventing technology falling into enemy hands.

Germany buys three MQ-4 Tritons, U.S. begins THAAD deployment to South Korea, Delta IV engine problem delays U.S. Air Force Launch

Link 16, electronic countermeasures and state-of-the-art self-defense systems might be in 60-year-old Stratotanker's future.

NASA, other stakeholders still pursuing ideas for commercial enterprises in space, which have so far proven elusive.

New technologies from Thales use physiological data from pilot research to develop systems that help reduce human factors errors in the cockpit.

While building a lander to put humans on the Moon and elsewhere looks possible in 4-5 years, the financial commitment needed to do so is much less certain.

Amazon founder and Blue Origin owner says the concept for reusable launch vehicles will grow the launch industry to a “new equilibrium.”

Proposed ducted-fan vertical-takeoff-and-landing business aircraft switches to hybrid-electric propulsion to reduce cost and attract investment.