Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus is making the most of new communications technologies to help carriers share safety information.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris, Steve Trimble
General Atomics accelerates MQ-9B flight-test progress as UK issues airworthiness requirements for Protector RG1 variant.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The Avangard test highlights the looming threat facing NATO from Russian hypersonic weaponry.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The manufacturer is preparing to begin series production in 2019. A separate requirement for attack helicopters has been deferred.
Defense

By Michael Bruno, Joe Anselmo
From reshaping the supply chain to big wins in defense, his actions have reverberated across the industry.
Air Transport

By William Garvey
After recently acquiring WACO Aircraft, the president of the company plans to double worker headcount and production rate of its biplanes.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
New-model deliveries poised to bring a needed boost to a fitter, more focused business-aircraft industry
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Western UAV manufacturers could find a way back into the Middle Eastern UAV market as challenges with Chinese-made models mount.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Training partnerships, facility expansions and simulator sales point to concerted effort to produce pilots.
Connected Aerospace

By Richard Aboulafia
Halfway in, the Trump administration’s effect on the industry is muted, and there are major issues undecided.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
As the Ariane 6 program faces an unfavorable market, Europe’s institutional players have yet to put their money where their mouths are.
Space

Airline fees and NextGen are among the key issues facing new House Aviation subcommittee head Rick Larsen, who represents Washington state's second congressional district.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Boeing expects the plant at Zhoushan, China, to quickly move up to 100 aircraft a year.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Quantum Challenge; flying-car progress; Airbus IDs drones; generative design; Vanuatu drones.
Aerospace

Aviation Week’s 2019 MRO Fleet & Forecast predicts there will $300 billion In engine aftermarket expenditures in the next decade.
Optimizing Engines Through the Lifecycle

By Adrian Schofield
While some Asian carriers will continue turnaround efforts in 2019, others are focused on introducing new aircraft types and deciding on additional orders.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau, Mark Nensel
Infrastructure shortfalls, economic turmoil will burden Latin American airlines in 2019.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay
Expect the number of new transport aircraft deliveries to steadily grow over the next decade, especially in 2019.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Late 2018 fuel-price decline could be a boon for airlines in North America into 2019, if higher fares stick.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick, Bill Carey
Workforce-development challenges lurk as MRO industry continues to grow.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
A wide range of technical, operational and other challenges must be overcome before urban air mobility can become reality.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
But the final frontier remains the playground of only the most adventurous investors—and for good reasons.
Commercial Space

By Bradley Perrett
Naval programs are set to dominate Australia’s equipment budget next decade. A phase of aviation-oriented spending is winding down.
Defense

Ellen Stofan
From physical facilities to reimagined exhibits, the Smithsonian’s Air & Space Museum prepares for an overhaul.
Space

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Fuel costs are just one of the factors making life difficult for European airlines
Air Transport