Aviation Week & Space Technology

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 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

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 Graham Warwick
UK eVTOL flies; Pop.Up no more; Leadership change at Aurora; Radar tracks LEO traffic; Boeing/Virgin hypersonic spaceplane.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
The company is keeping the competitive wraps on the innards of its new micro power unit for smaller jets and turboprops.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. Army expands next tactical missile’s range; what an FVL program may cost; KAI begins building KF-X prototype; France and Germany to sign FCAS deal.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Four contenders are each offering different configurations for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program. A fifth remains under wraps.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
New long-range weapons in development by the Army overtake roles now assumed by the U.S. Air Force combat fleet.
Air Dominance

What aerospace companies can learn from the MAX crisis.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Certification testing specialist promotes the concept of commercially operated civil supersonic corridor for overland flight testing.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Orders for narrowbodies that can fly long-haul routes have recently been promising, but there are differing views on the potential impact for low-cost carriers.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
Off-the-shelf contenders emerge as rivals to a nearly decade-old centerline engine development program for the Army’s high-speed replacement for the UH-60.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
If battery power can be kept to a minimum, parallel hybrid-electric propulsion could provide significant fuel savings over short airline flights.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
With Muilenburg’s demotion from chairman due to the MAX, a whole host of issues at Boeing now face a different cast of decision-makers and new conditions.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Boeing and SpaceX face final key tests as they enter the home stretch in delayed development of NASA’s Commercial Crew program.
Commercial Space

By Adrian Schofield
New Zealand is preparing to overhaul its military aviation capabilities, which will involve replacing core transport, surveillance and naval support aircraft.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The four proposed types, of successively larger size, would have payloads of 0.3-100 metric tons. A fifth is intended to carry a rocket for space launch.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett, Tony Osborne
A naval version has appeared for the Avic Harbin helicopter, which appears to be longer than Sikorsky’s H-60.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Multifan design could boost boundary-layer ingestion performance of otherwise conventionally configured electric-powered airliners.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Recent airline casualties highlight the challenges the industry is facing, with smaller players particularly vulnerable.
Air Transport

By Lee Hudson
The lesson of getting the U.S. Air Force’s Combat Rescue Helicopter effort back on track is a back-to-basics approach to program management.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The hallmark of Karem Aircraft's AR40 active-rotor, winged, compound helicopter is to fly fast.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky's Raider-X, 20% larger than the S-97 prototype, highlights its future growth capability.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Poland will complement its F-35 buy with more F-16s and a loyal wingman unmanned system.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
Future systems may improve pilot and ATC situational awareness during takeoff, landing and taxi phases.
Air Transport