Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

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

By Tony Osborne
Like the A380, Airbus’ other four-engine product has had difficulty finding customers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By William Garvey
Colorado-based company offers those seeking a meaningful final disposition of their loved one’s memory the lift of soaring birds, making them one with sky.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky’s helicopter charter subsidiary will operate S-76s for on-demand service Blade in return for data on urban air mobility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Elroy Air aims to extend the reach of express logistics by developing an unmanned cargo aircraft to connect smaller, more remote communities.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
A new plan is forming to solve the plague of physiological episodes for military pilots by monitoring them like engines.
Defense

Bill LaPlante
The U.S. needs to modernize its NC3—the out-of-date and all-but-invisible glue that holds the nation’s nuclear deterrence together.
Defense

By Jens Flottau
2018 was marked by massive air traffic control delays. It looks like 2019 will not be better.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Hurdles to exporting U.S. UAVs, F-35 MRO contracts, India’s naval utility helicopter program progresses, and a joint missile defense exercise.
Defense

By Sean Broderick
Amazon’s 767 freighter fleet serves fulfillment centers, not end customers.
Air Transport

By Angus Batey
This Anglo-Danish startup describes how production, architecture and propellant are working together to drive efficiency.
Space

By Marhalim Abas
After 26 years, the Philippines is back in the air-surveillance business. Thailand and Indonesia are also buying ground-based radars.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
German concerns about defense exports could still rattle the FCAS project.
Defense

By Kerry Reals
ICAO is upbeat about emissions-offsetting program, but some member-states worry that a few major players, like China, remain noncommittal.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The Long March 3A-series program, busier than ever, has probably never performed so well. Replacement is planned, however.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Electric air race, reducing contrails, UK BVLOS UAV corridor, balloon-dropped UAV and the DLR’s integrated deicing.
Aerospace

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways is taking major steps in its investment strategy by buying a stake in Philippine Airlines and ordering new-generation narrowbodies from Boeing and Airbus.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
The likelihood of using air taxis varies significantly among the four locations in which people were surveyed.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. Army is refreshing its aviator training to focus on honing warfighting skills.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Decision nears on Uber Elevate’s international demonstration city as the FAA proves adaptable to novel UAM airspace management.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
Reconfiguring larger CRJ model fits United’s plan and suggests that no pilot-scope changes are coming.
Air Transport

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

By Jens Flottau
If the A380 program is terminated, the real irony would be that an A350 deal ultimately led to the demise of the behemoth.
Air Transport