Aviation Week & Space Technology

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.

Carter asserts U.S. right to surveil international waters in the Pacific, senators demand policy on space deterrence and FAA launches pilot mental health study.

FAA sticks with ADS-B-Out deadline, House examines new ways to watch weather, Boeing floats international sales of the Warthog and a defense spending bill advances.

Democrats take a stand on defense spending bill; Qatar Airways CEO responds to U.S. airline allegations; lawmakers respond to commercial space industry concerns; and watchdog group opposes limits on Pentagon’s operational test office.

Sen. Feinstein opposes Air Force’s long-range missile; lawmaker aims to take politics out of NASA policy; the end of the Jim Wright era.

Lawmakers keep A-10 aircraft but cut NASA climate science; the FAA learns of cyber vulnerabilities; and inventors band together.

Boeing and Lockheed Martin together have been lead integrators for 95% of the Air Force’s bomber and strike aircraft.

Deeper dive into Air Force requirements and the competing teams’ capabilities establishes Northrop Grumman as an overwhelming favorite to produce the LRS-B.

We have seen some incredible leaps forward in technical innovation. We also have seen some incredible leaps backward in other areas.

House to fund some Navy unfunded priorities, Virginia lawmaker keeps an eye on Uclass, more support for taking ATC out of FAA and aerospace companies collaborate with government space plans.

House Armed Services Committee stands by the F-35; Republicans want EPA, other agencies to fund Earth-observation; and a gyrocopter lands on the Capitol grounds.

Political and aviation leaders are expressing support for changing the way we organize, fund and deliver the services and infrastructure so vital to our aviation system.

Despite tensions, U.S. and Russia are still cooperating in civil space. Now it’s time to bring China into the fold.

Aviation has achieved its enviable safety record by not dismissing any possibility of failure and working systematically to eliminate risk wherever it can.

A guide to this year’s defense budget season; U.S. resumes aid to Egypt; travelers return to Cuba; and the up-side of the Antares launch failure.

The airlines back the idea of privatizing the FAA’s ATC roles; NASA picks its asteroid direction; McCain sets defense priorities; and Chuck Norris defends the A-10.

Lawmaker considers tweaking last year’s congressional restrictions on RD-180 engine purchases; NASA reschedules big-ticket design reviews after inspector general report; and the FAA is in for a change.

C-130 modernization receives congressional scrutiny, Bolden laments lack of cooperation with China on civil space and senator blasts FAA’s cyber security lapses.

The tremendous margin of technological superiority that the U.S. has typically enjoyed since end of World War II is eroding.

CEOs are often unprepared for their myriad challenges. Pressure to consolidate across borders could ratchet up the pressure.