Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Guy Norris
With updates and fixes in place, Boeing is targeting first Starliner flight within two months, while SpaceX aims for flight carrying crew to ISS by year-end.
Commercial Space

By Jefferson Morris
Taiwan F-16 buy gets State Department nod; Brazil flies upgraded AEW jet; Ford carrier’s AAG clears milestone; Rafael offers Spike NLOS for UK military helos.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force is taking lessons learned from the plagued B-2 development program and applying it to the B-21 Raider.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
CEO Rupert Hogg and his deputy have resigned in response to Beijing’s concerns, but their replacements will confront a wide range of challenges.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
Original subsystem supplier preserves role as Block 4 upgrade takes shape.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
Pentagon Editor Lee Hudson joined the first tour of Lockheed Martin’s THAAD facility in Troy, Alabama.
Defense

James N. Krebs
From ending premium-class seating to building a Boeing/Airbus short-haul aircraft, the air transport industry needs to consider previously unthinkable options.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Under the Swiss U-space program, authorities activate a drone flight information management system.
Air Transport

By Maxim Pyadushkin, Bradley Perrett
While Craic considers GE and Rolls-Royce to supply an initial engine, Chinese and Russian state companies vie to build the alternative.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Arriving late to the party, Japan finds that it has the second-biggest acquisition plan in the F-35 Lightning program but very little industrial participation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Sweden’s all-electric regional; design challenge winner; Dzyne’s robotic pilot; dissipating wake vortices; active flow-control X-plane.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris, Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau
Slow market uptake and stretched resources are factors behind Boeing’s decision to halt 777-8 work for now.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
50 years after its founding, and in spite of many successes, Embraer is about to enter a new era, giving up control of its commercial jets to Boeing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Daniel Williams
Initially eVTOL will focus on niche markets and retain pilots.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
With much hypersonic defense work focused on boosted glide vehicles, a U.S. Air Force scramjet test shows air-breathing technology is quickly closing the gap.
Defense

By Guy Norris
New techniques reduce risk for SLS as NASA steps up test campaign for Europa Clipper cargo version.
Space

By Piotr Butowski
On the eve of International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS 2019, the Russian aircraft industry is looking for ways to boost production, including exports.
Defense

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Design from the ground up around battery-electric propulsion drove the unconventional appearance of Eviation’s Alice.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Design teams refine technology for high-power electric motors and generators that can be competitive with gas turbines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Changes are already evident in how regulators will scrutinize aircraft certification.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas aims to finalize its ultra-long-haul order, then address other widebody and narrowbody fleet needs next year, says CEO Alan Joyce.
Air Transport

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
The two Koreas are both making strides in ballistic missile technology. The latest North Korean weapon looks similar to, but larger than, South Korea’s KTSSM.
Defense

By Jens Flottau
European airlines are likely to face more environmental taxes soon. They are partly to blame themselves that it has come so far.
Air Transport

By William Garvey
In the mid-1940s, a skywriter by the name of Andy Stinis wanted to get aerial messages out more efficiently.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Eurofighters are benefiting from upgrades provided through national, multinational and industrial approaches.
Defense