Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Michael Bruno
Many experts now believe Boeing may not raise its monthly 737 production rate to 52 new aircraft until next summer and it might put off Rate 57 until late 2020.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Can Britain justify developing a new-generation trainer to go with the Tempest?
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Contrails and climate; Zunum’s funding issues; Gyroplane production deal ; Fan-in-wing eVTOL; Hybrid forging and printing.
Aerospace

By Bradley Perrett
A fourth phase has been added to the China Lunar Exploration Program, to survey polar sites for a 2030s research station.
Space

By Michael Bruno
A lot has changed in the U.S. space industry since the Apollo program 50 years ago, but not everything has.
Space

Mark Sirangelo
The U.S. needs to unite around space exploration to achieve a goal worthy of being compared to the Apollo mission.
Space

By Bill Carey
FAA senior executives reinforced the message that “Remote ID” is a prerequisite for enabling more complex drone operations that are now allowed only by waiver.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
As Emirates focuses on smaller widebodies, Dubai airport wants the airline’s flights to be spread out more evenly throughout the day.
Air Transport

Lance Bush
Today’s students will take humanity to the Moon and beyond, and we need to inspire them to succeed.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky faces the challenge of balancing growth capability with affordability as it tailors its X2 configuration to the U.S. Army’s armed scout mission.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
Fifty years later, solar system science still shaped by results from Apollo missions.
Space

Sanat Kaul
India plans to launch its second Moon mission this month and place humans in Earth orbit by the end of 2021.
Space

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines receives the country’s first Airbus A350, as the airline looks ahead to a big year in 2020.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky prepares to begin data-collection flight testing to support HH-60W Combat Rescue helicopter production decision.
Aircraft & Propulsion

A return to the lunar surface may require the work of multiple nations and companies with competing interests.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The lessons from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, shuttle and ISS wardrobes live on as NASA readies garments for Orion crews and astronauts assigned to low-Earth-orbit activities. And now NASA will have to outfit astronauts for Artemis.
Space

Robin Rand and Michael Fortney
To modernize U.S. nuclear forces, we must ensure rapid development of the ground-based strategic deterrent Minuteman III replacement.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Boeing courts Cora; LeoLabs aids space regulator; H55’s electric trainer; Jet fuel from the Sun; Drone parachutes get nod; Looking into fighter pilot brains.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
With Thales’ new FMS, “open-world” information will be allowed to enter safety-critical applications.
Connected Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Integrating the former Bombardier program into the Airbus organization has been a major focus over the past year.
Air Transport

His pursuit of his vision for a family of Airbus commercial airliners was one of the most important reasons for the company’s success over the decades.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
Boeing hopes software changes will correct the issue, but it’s unclear whether the chip hardware needs to be changed.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick, Michael Bruno
Mitsubishi to acquire CRJ sales and support network to support its SpaceJet regional jet, but Bombardier will end production in 2020.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
GPS outages disrupt Israeli airports; U.S. Army’s first JAGM firing tests; Israel investigating cause of GPS blackout.
Defense

By Steve Trimble, Michael Bruno
With a software-driven product focus, L3 Harris hopes to change the defense industry’s business model.
Defense