Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne
French inventor flies self-developed Flyboard Air vertical-takeoff-and-landing system across the channel.
Aerospace

Even without manned air power, small rebel groups in Yemen can deploy small, long-range UAVs.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Bye and Oxis team on batteries; Wright tests hybrid propulsion; TsAGI’s next-gen regional; DLR’s cargo autogyro; AFRL flies autonomy; DARPA backs flow control.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Italy would be a “great partner” for the UK and Sweden on the future fighter project, says Leonardo’s UK chief.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Ten years after the FAA published a final rule, operators must equip for ADS-B Out by January.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
On Sept. 7, India’s second lunar explorer, Chandrayaan-2, is set to touchdown near the Moon's south pole. We take a deeper look at what the mission aims to achieve.
Space

By Mark Carreau
For the first time, a cubesat is controlled by using light pressure from the Sun.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Boeing’s withdrawal from the competition to replace the Minuteman III risks altering the U.S. nuclear triad.
Defense

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Almost a year into the job, Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith is making fleet decisions that he hopes will boost performance.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Uber remains the driving force behind urban air mobility, focusing its efforts on removing barrier as momentum continues to build.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
Bulgaria reverses F-16 veto; CH-53K scores funding increase; Israel pursues satellite swarm buy and Northrop to upgrade electronic attack pods.
Defense

By Sean Broderick
The anomaly involves erroneous data triggering flight-control inputs.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
A multinational European industry and academic team is in the final preparations for test runs of the first fully superconducting motor prototype.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
Space Development Agency answers critics and questions in industry day event.
Defense

By Adrian Schofield
Pacific island airlines prepare for growth phase as new aircraft types allow them to extend their range and target new tourist sources.
Air Transport

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
Still wanting 20 more fighters, the air force’s interest has drifted away from a repeat order for F-35As.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Boeing 737 MAX operators are betting on late-2019 return-to-service approvals.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Leveraging Europe’s long-running Lapcat program, Stratofly is taking sustainable hypersonic commercial transport research to the next level.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Equipment development, acquisition and maintenance—which traditionally has taken about a third of Chinese defense spending—has shot above 40%.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
XTI picks Catalyst; Continental joins VerdeGo; Vision-assisted autoland; Archinaut makes in space; Sunlight powers LightSail 2
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Feeling mounting threats against its space assets, French government launches dedicated defense effort.
Space

By Helen Massy-Beresford
As electric technology advances, carriers partner with industry to explore its viability and likely effects on the airline business.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Are “HACM” and “HCCW” the missing links in the U.S. hypersonic weapons portfolio?
Defense

Kenneth Watson
Collaboration, commercial metrics and more accountability can ensure the military’s critical weapons are available when needed.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Mosquito aims to bolster air combat mass with a UCAV one-tenth the cost of a manned fighter.
Defense