Aviation Week & Space Technology

Beyond technology, the U.S. military should draw lessons from the commercial sector on how to meet its challenges.

Russia’s new bomber to begin production by 2028; SSL ends DARPA robotic-servicing project; Indian missile tests, and an Israeli investigation.

Increasing capabilities of new narrowbody aircraft prompting more airlines to consider using them for long-range routes traditionally flown by widebodies.

Acceptance plans are confirmed for 36 KC-46s in 2019, but Boeing is pushing for additional deliveries.

Hoping for a massive increase in its space safety budget, ESA presses on with a joint asteroid deflection mission with NASA.

Costs appear to be under control, though increasing unit revenues will challenge U.S. carriers.

How India’s aerospace and defense manufacturing base is emerging, one step at a time.

V-280 makes 280 kt.; UK looks at AI, Boeing eVTOL flies, Sweden flies biofuel; Airbus AI challenge.

For Bombardier, the move addresses the fate of its aerostructures unit. For Triumph, the sale is the latest in a string of sell-offs.

The leasing industry continues to attract outside investors as private equity firms mull GECAS takeover.

The little-known Canadian company is poised to take over production and support of one of the most widely used regional-turboprop families, the Dash 8 and Q400.

Embraer hopes the commercial aircraft joint venture with Boeing will kickstart a development that it alone has not yet achieved.

Finding the right balance will be important not just for heritage contractors, but for the Pentagon’s ability to attract new companies to meet its needs.

Allowing corporations to buy naming rights to NASA property and to use astronauts for commercials would cause more harm than good for the American public and for NASA as a public entity.

Commercial funding not only enhances great American research organizations, but it also creates them—just look at the Smithsonian Institution.

A two-type fleet, while expensive, could balance the tension between European and transatlantic partners, says a German thinktank.

Airbus Helicopters has come from virtually nowhere in a little over 15 years to become the third biggest maker of military rotorcraft in the U.S.

U.S. missile architecture, now focused on limited attacks and intercepting targets in midcourse and terminal phases, is being reshaped for a wider range of threats.

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

The Air Force’s acceptance of a new refueling tanker will allow the company to start recovering $3.5 billion in losses incurred during eight years of development.

The first rocket officially named Soyuz was launched in 1966 and has since flown 1,050 times, of which 1,023 were successful.

January was not kind for space businesses. If it is a bellwether for the rest of the year, 2019 might be a year of de-orbiting some expectations.

A near-term capacity crunch and next-generation fighter costs conspired to force the Air Force to reconsider non-stealthy combat aircraft.

The chief of the Airbus Engineering Center in Mobile talks about big changes coming to aircraft cabin interiors.

Airbus launches construction for the Airbus A220 final-assembly line in Mobile.