Aviation Week & Space Technology

Superbly engineered but environmentally and economically flawed, Concorde is a key source of lessons learned for today’s supersonic aircraft developers as the design icon marks its golden anniversary.

Too fast and too slow: lessons learned from two failed and very different supersonic transport ventures.

Fixed engines, V-tails and distributed flight control systems will feature in Leonardo’s tiltrotor tech demonstrator.

Hybrid system would improve autorotation safety and could increase payload capabilities.

Certification program steps up as Bell 525s go north for cold-weather testing.

China’s Insitu look-alike, HAL displays utility helo mockup; the U.S. Air Force’s space force, and Saab may sign on to UK fighter concept.

The proposal’s co-sponsor may be ill-informed on aviation’s benefits and accomplishments, but the industry needs to read the tea leaves and move fast.

U.S. officials may decide to enforce the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act law inconsistently.

Aerion sees low noise and emissions as key to the return of supersonic air transport.

Safety improvements are also leading to benefits in daily operations.

Operators may expect improvements for the pilot, as well as reduced maintenance costs in aircraft systems.

The shaky financial conditions of some of India's largest airlines could complicate the nation's plans for rapidly growing its aviation sector.

Company takes on Iridium, GlobalStar with cheap narrowband communications via nanosatellites.

With orders and deliveries on the up, helicopter OEMs are hoping the worst of the downturn is over.

Oil price slump has resulted in bankruptcies and helicopters being repurposed.

In Airbus’ history, the A380 played a key technological role, enabling the success of the A350 program and other aircraft upgrades.

With the market for large geostationary satellites in a slump, heritage companies expand options for smallsat ride-shares.

The Navy begins prepping for its first F-35C aircraft carrier deployment.

Lured by the prospect of thousands of small satellites needing rides to orbit, private launchers line up.

NASA’s Low-Boom Research Demonstrator is not a prototype, but it may pave the way for a new civil supersonic generation.

Consider the two primary sources of NMA demand: upgauging from single-aisle routes and replacements for current single-aisle jets.

Perhaps the gods of capitalism demanded one real sacrifice on the altar of total shareholder return. If so, let us hope Arconic satiates them.

U.S. Air Force officials say F-15X plan poses no risk to F-35, but some lawmakers and experts fear the opposite.

Ordnance Survey’s mapping HAPS; French airship advances; UAV launch on the move; Siemens powers Sun Flyer; Offshore wind-energy kites.

Like the A380, Airbus’ other four-engine product has had difficulty finding customers.