Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand are launching initiatives to identify cost savings, with Virgin cutting staff and considering fleet and network changes.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
After years of discussions, a military plan to automate and distribute command-and-control authority is starting to become tangible.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
ETPS 2019 students will be the first to graduate under EASA rules.
Air Transport

By William Garvey
After a long and tortuous evolution, Epic Aircraft may be soon delivering its single-engine turboprop.
Business Aviation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
With Aigle Azur and XL Airways up for sale and a labor conflict brewing at Transavia, France’s airlines are flying into turbulence.
Air Transport

By Byron Callan
There are a lot of questions in the industry, not least of which are the 2020 U.S. elections.
Defense

By Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick
Environmental targets are key, even though “flygskam” has not yet hurt the carrier’s bottom line.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Adam Konowe
With hundreds and occasionally thousands of exhibitors, small and medium-size enterprises often fail to stand out. Sadly, that is partly self-inflicted.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Norway’s Wideroe going electric; AFRL eyes hybrid-electric UAVs; Solid hydrogen for fuel cells; UK to decarbonize; Gliding from the stratosphere; UK waste-to-fuel.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
Agency completes drone traffic management testing in urban environments.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Advances in hydrogen fuel cells for vehicles are giving aerospace another low-carbon propulsion option.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
Crews from around the world will be involved, a notable shift in the FAA’s process.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
As countries await Trump administration decision on Turkey sanctions, moods split between defiance and caution.
Defense

By Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick
Aviation Week has learned that design changes meant to provide more cabin flexibility are creating operational headaches.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Startup Elroy Air begins flight tests of a large VTOL unmanned aircraft designed for responsive logistics.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
Saab flies Brazilian Gripen; India accepts last C-17; U.S. to sell Japan SM-3 Block IIA missiles; Elbit to equip KC-390 with EW system.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
TyTAN has reduced Typhoon operating costs by nearly 40%; BAE believes it could achieve similar savings on the F-35.
Air Dominance

By Guy Norris
Little hops and huge goals: SpaceX’s Starhopper test flight marks first step on path to next-generation Starship launch family and inter-planetary missions.
Space

Nancy Young
To achieve a 50% net reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050 relative to 2005 levels, the industry is implementing an array of measures.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Mark Carreau
Launch services firms may become the space-based trucking companies of the future as NASA accelerates its Lunar Gateway plan.
Space

By Michael Bruno
While business outlooks have moderated since start of the year, overall growth still is expected, financial analysts and consultants say in latest forecasts.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
As more hydrogen-powered vehicles hit the roads, fuel cells are attracting interest for electric aviation.
Aerospace

By Maksim Pyadushkin
The MC-21’s customer base mainly consists of government-owned Russian lessors. The long-term impact of Western sanctions is likely to hamper its success.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
NASA eyes electric demo; DLR plans electric regional; UK launches Future of Flight; Impossible’s flying battery; ROBOpilot crashes.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
BAE’s Tempest factory will say goodbye to jigs and tooling in favor of introducing robots, digital twins and joining methods.
Aircraft & Propulsion