Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Richard Aboulafia
A smaller new airplane might make more sense for Boeing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Record-setting Solar Impulse 2 to become new class of solar-powered, medium-altitude pseudo satellite.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s diamond shaped LO demonstrator could be the jewel that shapes a future combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
First Take

By Jens Flottau
Emirates Airline’s huge orders remain uncertain, and Etihad and Qatar Airways have changed course.
ShowNews

By Sean Broderick
Lion Air has made changes to address training and maintenance shortcomings.
Air Transport

By Carole Rickard Hedden
O’Neill is the Falcon rocket fleet strategy manager, and Picon works as a mission manager of SpaceX’s Demo-1 and Demo-2 missions for NASA.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
French think tank plots a progressive path for the application of autonomy to reduce demand for commercial aircraft pilots.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
A3 project Wayfinder is developing certifiable autonomy for use across Airbus’ product range from air taxis to commercial airliners.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Airline pilots union endorses Space Data Integrator and Space-Based ADS-B for oceanic airspace.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Project aims for supersonic missile for Russian fighters; collision avoidance for Marine Hornets; and the UAE’s new startup coalition.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
Partnerships with countries, companies are the foundation for growing UAE space program.
ShowNews

By Michael Bruno
The strategic tie-up was anticipated by many observers as Spirit is seen as the most well-off Tier 1 or Tier 2 aerostructures provider and about the only buyer.
Air Transport

By Fred George
Aviation Week pilot gets first-hand experience of the first emergency Autoland system for general aviation.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
As major European airports face growing congestion, research program studies ways to improve runway throughput.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
The UK will need a multilayered approach to protect national infrastructure and events from drone misuse.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Future UltraFan variants could incorporate starter generators as part of more-electric push.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno, Guy Norris, Irene Klotz
Virgin Galactic sees service starting next year and a fleet of five spaceships within five years. Meanwhile, investors and future customers continue to line up.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Unique approach of system integrators competing to attract technology “sprinters” is enabling use of swarming robots on urban missions.
Defense

By Jens Flottau
The MAX crisis is having a deep impact on Boeing’s road map for future aircraft development, but the OEM does not have enough info for an informed way forward.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Airbus backs advanced batteries; VoloDrone; Seaplane becomes ePlane; DARPA’s launch conundrum; GE-powered drone; pilots and drones; Uber Eats’ drone delivers.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
Heritage aerospace primes Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman agree to work under startup Blue Origin in quest to get NASA to the Moon in 2024.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
U.S. officials now explicitly bash the quality and safety of Chinese and Russian weapon systems as doubts spread about U.S. support.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Developed in secret like the Pearl 15, Rolls-Royce’s Pearl 700 has already amassed 1,200 test hours in advance of first flight on the new Gulfstream G700.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Christian Zur, Andy Anderegg and Scott Kordella
It is time to balance the needs of the aviation community with those of the burgeoning space industry.
Commercial Space