Aviation Week & Space Technology

U.S. Navy plans to save by retiring Truman carrier; MDA delays kill-vehicle program; Philippines chooses MBDA missiles, and Australia may buy Amraams.

The contract sheds a little more light on Raytheon’s closely held work developing technology for hypersonic weapons.

Japanese operator Nakanihon Air Service is the latest operator to begin evaluating the potential of the commercial tiltrotor.

He says the super supplier has “hit the ground running,” he is focused on connected aerospace and sees a “huge” future for hybrid-electric propulsion.

While their international divisions have been under pressure, Australasian airlines aren’t deviating from plans to select new long-range aircraft this year.

UTC’s new advanced projects group tackles industry’s need to change its culture and stay competitive.

On time, budget and specification, the program has prepared the aircraft for training pilots of Super Hornets, Growlers and Lightnings.

Airbus and EasyJet confirm interest in fuel-burn potential of Derwent hybrid-electric geared turbofan conversion design.

Heli-Expo orders for new-build Schweizers confirm the market for the 1950s-era training helicopter.

Dassault invests in business-jet maintenance network amid persistently slow sales for new aircraft.

NASA images interacting shockwaves; Goodyear unveils a tire for flying cars; hypersonic X-60 advances; XQ-58 flies; European research project demos recycled thermoplastic parts.

By rejecting a “top-down” approach, the U.S. Transportation Department has allowed a new era of aerospace innovation to flourish.

A former NASA extravehicular system manager for the ISS, Moses discusses her recent suborbital ride aboard SpaceShipTwo for the first inflight assessment of the passenger cabin.

Although Boeing has similar objectives for the Airpower Teaming System unveiled in Australia, the XQ-58A is designed with a very different philosophy.

Eight years after shuttle flights ended, SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule reaches space station for test run, ushering in “new era in space.”

The Airpower Teaming System is a fighter-like unmanned aircraft specifically designed to be exportable globally.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

Airliner retirements were reduced greatly in 2018; new analyst reports suggest the upsides/downsides from fewer aircraft parked in desert holding stations.

Has Airbus really lived up to its potential? And is the group healthy enough today to guarantee that it will still be around 50 years from now?

MD Helicopters will fight for FARA contract; India’s milsat plans; Israel’s customized F-35 upgrades, and the end of the line for U.S. Marine Corps Prowlers.

As SH09 certification approaches, Kopter lays out industrialization plan.

Having won an Australian armed-drone competition, General Atomics urges the customer to buy the latest MQ-9 version.

Other European governments will monitor closely what is happening at Air France-KLM, and consider their own options next time the local airline is in trouble.

Intended to reduce pilot workload and optimize operations, GE’s Connected FMS will extends the flexibility of EFBs

Despite cancellation of Google X Prize, Israeli nonprofit aiming for April touchdown on the Moon.