Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Bill Carey, Sean Broderick, Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois, Adrian Schofield
Faced with a long-term pilot employment gap, airlines are stepping up recruitment and unveiling new career-path programs.
Air Transport

By Bernie Baldwin
Crossover narrowbody jet manufacturers eye Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and parts of northeast Asia as a key sales battlegrounds.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Graham Warwick
Multi-engine hybrid electric; Transcend picks VerdeGo hybrid; Plummet-proof blimp; Capillary ice protection.
Aerospace

Readers discuss aviation pioneers Robert DeLaurentis and Michael Collins; U.S. Army's artillery modernization plans; FARA/FLRAA program recommendations.
Feedback

By Bradley Perrett
A launcher concept displayed at Airshow China has 21 YF-100 engines for liftoff. Meanwhile, another rocket is being developed from Long March 6.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Longview Aviation Capital entered the picture in 2016, when it was formed to manage a portfolio of long-term investments in the Canadian aerospace industry.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
Nightmarish flight delays underscore vulnerabilities of airlines to a range of operational and regulatory constraints.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett, Steve Trimble
What a new crop of all-wing UAS unveiled in Zhuhai reveals about China’s capabilities.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett, Steve Trimble
Shenyang Aircraft’s stealth fighter proposal has won official support. The air force, not just the navy, wants it.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The CR929 grew during concept design and did so one last time as its configuration was fixed in June, figures supplied by UAC reveal.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Questions surround maintenance actions in the days prior to Lion Air’s Flight 610, which was lost over the Java Sea on Oct. 29.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
A commercial airlock module and an external payload platform will be added to the International Space Station.
Space

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

William Tuccio
Can the NTSB be self-critical enough to identify leading indicators proactively in close-call situations?
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
Initial survey shows planets beyond the Solar System are more plentiful than stars.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Will Australia equip its F-35s with maritime missiles by 2023? UK’s defense budget hole; Czech company to make missile engines, and Elbit to buy IMI.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
Former Boeing executive Pat Shanahan is using his business prowess to implement change in the Defense Department.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Aircraft developers, systems and air traffic management providers respond to NASA’s Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
Engine parts are becoming scarce due to demand for service and a drop in retirements.
Optimizing Engines Through the Lifecycle

By Bradley Perrett
Improvements in the economics, passenger comfort and environmental performance of the shorter MRJ version are being studied.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency looks to balance supporting the country’s aerospace industry with enabling new applications for aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Looking to 2019 and beyond, stock-pickers are betting fortunes in A&D will diverge again. One group is already suffering as investors move their money.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
How expanding roles and threats will shape the future of the U.S. Air Force mobility fleet.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A new strategy delivers desperately needed defensive upgrades for Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve mobility fleet years early.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Skytrac system samples data from 500 parameters on the AW139 and sends exceedance data to engineers.
Connected Aerospace