Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
China’s regulator gives autonomous air taxi developer Ehang permission to begin passenger flights for specific missions at special locations.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Ground and flight tests will pit aircraft and sensors against Swiss requirements for a Hornet and Tiger replacement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Irish air navigation service provider serves as interface between North America and Europe.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Japanese F-35s grounded; industry calls Air Force IP buybacks a mistake; Raytheon helping bridge space tracking gap; Ukraine’s new cruise missile.
Defense

By Fred George
Pilots reveal the inside story on details of new MCAS protection features after Boeing 737 MAX upgrade simulator demonstrations.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno, Sean Broderick, Thierry Dubois
It was never going to be the best year, but suddenly the 2019 commercial aerospace manufacturing outlook is cloudier due to the Boeing 737 MAX production cut.
Air Transport

By Steven Grundman
Defense business strategists would do well to follow the example of Pentagon legend Andrew Marshall by focusing on asking the right questions.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Government and industry see the Tempest as a way of reigniting national interest in high-tech engineering.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Graphene sensors in composites; Safe hypergolic fuels; Space-saving SARsat; Bell UAM in Japan; Automation via 5G.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
Brazil’s hopes for self-sufficiency in space ride on Visiona’s nanosat.
Space

A web of regulations and a lack of standards are major obstacles to the logical development of a market to counter small unmanned aircraft.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Facing an unprecedented grounding, Boeing takes its MCAS upgrade demo on the road.
Air Transport

By Byron Callan
Without adequate funding, the Pentagon is looking at ways to sustain its weaponry for the long term.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Westcott facility for Reaction Engines core testing takes British high-speed rocket propulsion research back to its post-war roots.
Defense

By Guy Norris
High-temperature, Mach 3.3 test paves the way for a hypersonic run for Reaction Engines pre-cooler.
Space

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By Bradley Perrett, John Morris
For the second time this decade, China is disappointing makers of business aircraft. Domestic use of the aircraft, meanwhile, has flattened.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
If the Trump administration can talk with the Taliban and North Korea, surely it can work with the EU and Airbus to end the aircraft subsidy dispute at the WTO.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
Production of Gripen E for Brazil is starting, but selection of an air-to-air missile for the model is still pending.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
UTC’s advanced projects organization and Collins Aerospace lead the charge to develop megawatt-class electric power and propulsion technology
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Studies suggest both the traffic and infrastructure are available to make urban air mobility attractive as a premium service.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick, Bill Carey
Investigators are looking closely at how the ET302 crew reacted, and why they reactivated a system that they identified as central to their problem.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
The time line for the fleet's return to service is not clear.
Air Transport

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