Aviation Week & Space Technology

New air traffic navigation equipment and procedures that could help handle more traffic are getting a tryout at Charles de Gaulle Airport.

A majority of the spacecraft, 88, are cubesats bolstering San Francisco-based Planet’s growing Earth-observation constellation.

Increasing from three to four the number of astronauts assigned to the station's U.S. segment could double research activities, NASA believes.

Eirik Lie sat down with Aviation Week to discuss the F-35, JSM, Nasams and building Norway's Kongsberg into an international brand.

The close-air-support jet of the future, the F-35, will not be capable of hitting moving targets in Block 3F without new bombs.

Practically everyone involved thinks air traffic issues will dominate FAA reauthorization, but few can say what will happen.

In a giant game of aviation chess, the pieces that will determine the battle for the middle-of-the-market sector next decade are already in play.

Airbus helps yacht race; flying cars on sale; Dubai plans air taxis; Singapore counters drones; Insitu flies Redkite WAMI.

The Air Force requires the fighters to hit the tanker every 30-40 min. during an ocean crossing.

After almost seven decades of development and testing in high-speed flight, the U.S. finally looked set to become the undisputed leader in hypersonics. What changed? Listen in as our editors discuss.

The proliferation of types and versions means the Chinese air force and navy remain quite dissatisfied with the modernity of their fighters, even as successive models are increasingly competitive against the combat aircraft of rival countries.

Saab alone has hopes of snagging fighter contracts of both the Indian navy and air force. Its JAS 39E/F Gripen meets the air force demand for just one engine, and a carrier-based version is in the works.

NASA, Boeing, United, Honeywell live-test new algorithms that optimize spacing between aircraft, boosting capacity at airports.

Aviation Week, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and universities recognize these 20 accomplished students in aerospace fields.

While significant ongoing structural changes in the industry cannot be denied, broad alliances among European low-cost carriers will not likely be a major theme, except in specific circumstances.

Considering South Korea’s lack of experience, there is clearly a chance that ADD and Hanwha will at some point ask Elta for assistance beyond the validation work it will be contracted for.

Arizona congressman sees an opportunity to make up for lost ground in missile defense realm.

China’s air-to-air missile arsenal, Taiwan modifying Chingkuo fighter as a trainer, India’s new AWACS aircraft, Orbital wins military satellite contract and a C295W training services contract for CAE.

The armed services are sounding the alarm over shockingly low readiness rates driven by maintenance backlogs.

Gordon Gekko may have been a fictional movie character, but increasingly he seems alive and well in the boardrooms of U.S. A&D companies—and he could be aiming for a corner office near you, too.

Oxford Performance Materials is making carbon-fiber-reinforced 3-D-printed thermoplastic parts for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner manned spacecraft.

A major solar event knocked out telegraph service in 1859, so imagine what a direct solar storm hit on Earth would do to our wired economies today.

Blackwater founder Erik Prince sat down with Aviation Week editors to discuss his new China-facing transportation services company, Donald Trump and other issues.

The airline is looking to expand its South Pacific network, spurred by forthcoming bilateral talks.

The airframer is entering the busiest phase yet of its new-generation twin development plan.