Aviation Week & Space Technology

Prime launcher will use biopropane fuel, enabling lighter architecture and speedier turnarounds for reuse.

With a 7,000 ft.-long grass runway, floatplane-friendly lake and fly-ins for youngsters and oldsters, Triple Tree Aerodrome is an airport like no other.

Under pressure from SpaceX, some members of the European Space Agency are already considering a successor to the in-development Ariane 6 launcher.

Data collected in latest wind-tunnel tests will help improve simulation models and develop flight control laws for NASA’s supersonic X-plane.

Belgium says its F-35 buy will enable it to be a reliable and united partner of the EU and NATO.

The French company’s tablet-based app enables pilots to virtually relive a selected portion of their flight immediately after landing.

Speedy V-280 tiltrotor, predicting flutter in real time, airborne wind power, certifying ScanEagle3, and landing UAVs on ships.

Asia-Pacific airlines can count on continuing traffic growth, but average fares are not increasing fast enough to offset soaring fuel costs.

Sikorsky’s S-76 autonomy testbed flies military mission profiles in preparation for UH-60 demos under DARPA’s ALIAS program.

Comprehensive captive-carry flight-test campaign awaits 747 and LauncherOne combination following successful fit check with rocket and wing pylon.

The big move from Ataturk, which is highly congested, is now envisioned for Dec. 30-31.

The U.S. should plan for the cost of an unbounded missile competition to encourage Russia and China to negotiate new missile controls.

How Stratolaunch is set up to handle the loss of its financier and visionary leader may serve as a role model for kindred space ventures whose billionaire backers are still around.

Finding Earth 2.0 is high on the list of priorities as next-generation space observatories vie for support from astronomers and astrophysicists.

Orkney is already famous for the shortest scheduled commercial flights, but could it now pave the way for a revolution in electric aviation?

The Long March 8 was originally supposed to be a cheap expendable launcher. Somewhere in the Chinese space launch sector, that was not considered good enough.

Defense Department officials continue to lay the framework for a U.S. Space Force and will submit a proposal to the White House in early December.

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

KC-390 nears operational capability; Indian Navy chooses Barak 8; Israel nears heavy helo decision; Indonesia wants a break on KF-X, and Raytheon’s Amraam boost.

Improved safety, noise and efficiency for GA aircraft is the goal of startup VoltAero, led by a former Airbus CTO.

Will this wave continue? The prudent answer is “yes”—but with lots of caveats.

Airbus appeared to be slowly overcoming its production issues but has found itself in the middle of another small crisis—introducing new A321neo versions.

After steadying Air France’s labor conflict, new Air France-KLM CEO Benjamin Smith still faces many other hurdles.

Yearly, China introduces systems to find, track and attack U.S. targets beyond the first chain of islands to its east; and yearly, the deployed numbers rise.

Shipborne rolling vertical landing was developed to yield payload bring-back benefits and reduce engine wear.