Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Lilium eVTOL advances; Volocopter in Singapore; Hybrid Twin Otter; Safran powers VoltAero; Zipline military deliveries; GKN automates composites; Utah eyes UAM.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
Human-factors elements remain elusive in aircraft design, hazard analysis.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bradley Perrett
The key to the cost reduction will be an efficient production setup and use of hybrid solid-liquid propulsion.
Commercial Space

By Bradley Perrett
The KF-X has cleared its critical design review. A radar technology demonstrator has flown.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

Tom Enders
“Politicians do not have all the right answers,” he argues. “We need to fight for our real business interests and not be shy to lock horns with governments.”
Air Transport

By Fred George
New G700 large-cabin, long-range flagship is a stretch of Gulfstream’s G650ER with the advanced flight deck from the G500/G600.
Business Aviation

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris, Michael Bruno
New Commercial Airplanes unit leader tapped to lead course-correction as MAX return-to-service timeline remains fluid.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. Air Force adversary air providers; European tanker requirements; Russia seeks MiG-35 customers; and the U.S. is now operating polar protected satcom satellites.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
As the U.S. military grapples with the global pilot shortage, the armed services are adopting various retention methods, from incentive pay to retiree recall.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
Amid calls for tangible support to launcher programs, ESA member states to discuss $14 billion budget proposal.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Cyber hardening, environmental sustainability, and development speed and cost are “grand challenges” facing the industry, a new study finds.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
Flight hours alone shown to be poor measure of a pilot’s abilities.
Air Transport

By Antoine Gelain
We must question the norms we have become accustomed to and ultimately refine our individual behavior to spring back to a collectively sustainable state.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey, Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield, Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau
While commercial airlines, in general, are facing a pilot shortage worldwide, the situation varies greatly across regions.
Air Transport

By P. Barry Butler
Equal representation is more than a goal: for the vitality and innovation of the industry, it's essential.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
A new type of miniature munition aims to change the way fighters protect themselves from incoming missiles
Defense

By Guy Norris, Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau
Qantas completes the first trial flight of its proposed “Project Sunrise” ultra-long-haul services, but is yet to decide to officially launch such routes.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
NASA shows off Orion crew survival suit, prototype for lunar spacewalks.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
MBDA’s Anglo-French missile programs are benefitting from joint industry, academic technology research.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
With investments and joint studies, the automotive industry is dipping its toes in the emerging urban air mobility market.
Aerospace

By Bradley Perrett
The AC312E is close to certification, AC332 detail design is almost done, and the AHL should soon be submitted for launch approval.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Successfully run at Mach 5 temperatures, validating for the first time the capability of the novel heat exchanger design to operate at hypersonic flight conditions for atmospheric and space access applications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno, Bill Carey
Honeywell Aerospace sees new leadership as its parent company looks to bring the unit’s business results and digital transformation to Honeywell International.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
To send astronauts to the Moon in 2024, a lunar landing system needs to be ready in less than half the time it has taken to develop Commercial Crew vehicles.
Space