Aviation Week & Space Technology

With the current strategy, it could take 20 years to find wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines 777-200ER.

The Air Force is sending F-22s to Europe, airline pilots prepare for a stopgap FAA bill, Pakistan is making 20 nuclear weapons a year and a blunt solution to unwanted drone flights.

If the FAA can’t keep UAVs away from airports, maybe Congress can. The Pentagon plans more UAV patrols. Air Line pilots prepare for a decision on open skies, and Democrats plead for budget talks.

Human missions to Mars could prove difficult without artificial gravity. Why has the space community not moved forward on this basic principle?

Aviation Week and its readers mourn the loss of a unique voice.

Senator decries added airline fees; geometry helps figure out Ukrainian plane downing; FAA investigates Love Field; and a special exception in American Samoa

The NTSB’s aviation chief says recent accidents show cockpit videos are invaluable in determining crash causes.

Sen. Nelson wants to shed light on opaque airline fees. NASA buys more launches with Russia. And the Pentagon welcomes a new set of leaders.

“Autonomous weapons will become the Kalashnikovs of tomorrow,” a letter from the heavyweights of science and engineering says.

Global competition is forcing the U.S. and allies to pursue smaller, more powerful electromagnetic weaponry.

Michael Donley says that, given the potential for a protest, an extra dose of discipline is needed in selecting who will build the Air Force’s next-generation bomber.

The nation’s manufacturers take on independent billionaires in Ex-Im fight; the Army’s internal war over Apaches; the cost of a heavy-lift launcher.

Congress is moving to prolong dependence on Russia to launch astronauts, undercut commercial space and squeeze aeronautics research.

Despite Iran deal, the Middle East is a hotbed of weapons sales, FAA threatens to downgrade Thai aviation safety, cost of operating the ISS skyrockets and a politician’s home-state advantage.

Will McCain’s proposal to bring service chiefs into weapons-buying process stand? Will Obama side with airlines or airframe makers? And the space economy grows.

The unfolding shift from air traffic control to air traffic management is rife with opportunities and fraught with peril.

Lapse in Ex-Im bank assistance could hurt Boeing in the long term, and the general aviation community sooner; Former NASA chief provides another perspective on SpaceX’s commercial viability.

Why priorities of the Pentagon and its key contractors are not lining up.

Defense contractors should emulate practices of leading commercial tech companies.

U.S. grapples with spending to modernize nuclear capabilities, NextGen chief worries privatizing ATC could disrupt progress, administration official warns of Senate cuts to space laser program and the Pentagon boosts spending on space warfare.

A Senate effort would unwind a major acquisition reform of the landmark 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act; Ex-Im Bank hits deadline.

Senators would grant U.S. access to more Russian engines and cut additional funding for NASA’s Commercial Crew program. The TSA is in a tailspin, and a company helps leaders reach informed decisions.

2016 aerospace legislation faces White House hurdle, the ongoing war over Gulf airline subsidies, U.S.-India draw closer on defense and AIA chooses Melcher as new CEO.

A&D should use production windfall to invest in innovative processes.

Other countries’ efforts led to more financial stability, technological nimbleness and responsiveness to airspace users.