Aviation Week & Space Technology

Shark and seal skins, even speed skater’s suits, are inspiring drag-reduction technologies eyed for coating U.S. Air Force transports and tankers to curb jet fuel consumption.

Cathay Pacific has revealed the outlines of its largest restructuring in 20 years, while Malaysia Airlines makes encouraging progress on its more ambitious changes.

Charter operators are embracing the private club concept as way of “democratizing” private aviation.

A small tech company not too long ago, OHB is now set to compete with the bigger satellite OEMs.

Leading aircraft lessor AerCap expects a substantial number of widebody deferrals but argues the market is still strong enough to deal with some turbulence.

Combined, the companies will have a system portfolio spanning the entire aircraft.

President Obama shook up space policy when he took office, and President Trump may be about to do the same.

ESA is planning to outfit the 30-satellite constellation with the same atomic clocks, despite the issues.

First results seem promising from jointly conducted Boeing-Embraer EcoDemonstrator technology test effort using an E170 prototype.

Everyone seems to want to be in on the newly lucrative aircraft financing industry.

United President Scott Kirby is looking to fulfill the airline’s potential with some major organizational moves.

Boeing will soon test an air-launched version of the double-range “Harpoon-ER” anti-ship missile in anticipation of U.S. Navy requirements.

Lockheed Martin X-56A ready return to flight; Aurora LightningStrike vertical-horizontal transition tests; TsAGI ground-effect transport tested; BAE Systems lasers to create atmospheric lenses; U.S. Army tests Hoverbike for rapid resupply.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: why industry experience in government helps the Pentagon get a better deal; McCain’s plans to spend big on the military; a burgeoning space rivalry; and the ongoing attempt to block the sale of aircraft to Iran Air.

A modernized U.S. nuclear arsenal could force adversaries to work toward a stable, peaceful international system.

In this week’s Washington Outlook, Mattis pledges to defend NATO, the continued scrutiny of F-35 costs and the FAA proposes a new way to navigate the East Coast.

Whether you agree with our selection of Carter, Kendall and Work or think it was a bad choice, we’d like to hear why.

The outgoing president has initiated a series of new competitions and contracts, leaving the incoming president with his hands full.

The first American to orbit Earth and the oldest person to ever fly in space was both a straight arrow and a self-promoter.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: Sessions urges more peaceful relations with Russia, American Airlines faces tarmac delay fines and Warren joins the Senate Armed Services Committee.

After selling its cover to advertisers for 25 years, Aviation Week reclaimed the magazine’s most prominent real estate in time for the 1957 Paris air show.

America’s aerospace trade association said it is preparing for a “challenging” policy arena in both Washington and around the world.

Maintaining U.S. aeronautical leadership—and the high-wage jobs that come with it—will depend on investments made today by Congress and the Trump administration.

In this week’s Washington Outlook, outsourcing business seems suddenly unpopular, lawmakers ask for a flyoff between the F-35 and the A-10 and the head of Trump’s NASA transition team is named.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: punting could limit number of KC-46A aircraft ordered this year; and a plan to send humans past Venus and Mars.