Aviation Week & Space Technology

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.

ESA has tentatively set a date for launching its first attempt at a spacecraft that can help gather space debris.

The company believes the U.S. Navy could detail a plan to buy “Block 3” Super Hornets as soon as this spring.

Less than four years ago, it seemed USAF was on the brink of developing the first generation of air-breathing high-speed strike weapons. Now a classified report warns that the U.S. may be losing its lead in hypersonics to China and Russia.

Too often the FAA operates like a bureaucratic leviathan instead of keeping pace with the speed of modern innovation.

For the Lockheed/Korea Aerospace Industries team, the advantage is in not having to bury any serious development costs in the bid price.

Beset by sagging profits brought about by intensifying competition, many of Europe’s airlines, old and new, are revising their tactics.

Hypersonic weapons offer advantages in four broad areas, including the ability to project striking power at greater range.

Following the acquisition of Virgin America, Alaska Air Group is facing decisions about what to do with its A320 fleet and orders.

In this week’s Check 6 with Accenture, we talk about President Donald Trump, international trade and the aerospace and defense sector, and impact of the Internet of Things on industry.

SideArm grabs Fury UAV; Clean Sky studies hybrid electric; NASA’s radiosonde glider; TsAGI’s stop-rotor helicopter; Airlander ready to fly; Gilat to develop conformal Ka-band.

Pakistan is considering AESA radar options for the ultimate JF-17 model.

Rather than sit back and await market recovery, Textron Aviation—comprising Cessna and Beechcraft—is moving on up to a neighborhood populated by “heavy iron” jets, a category that has been more stable through the down economy.

Why replace what still works? This ejection-seat company still relies on vintage warbirds to test its products.

DARPA's plan to partner with Space Systems/Loral for repair in space and leave a commercial capability in place under challenge.

Ejection seats have evolved along with the aircraft they serve. Here is a brief history of the changes time and technology have wrought.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: the president meets with airline executives, generals describe a budget crisis without admitting failure, the battle for heavy-launch business and an argument for commercialized space-traffic control.