Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
In tests in Australia, using a Cessna Caravan iron bird, startup MagniX runs its electric motor with a propeller for the first time.
Aerospace

Some industry watchers are concerned that a provision of a bill clearing the way for the FAA to regulate minimum seat sizes could allow Congress to overstep its bounds.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Transcend Air defines an approach to intercity air travel that combines schedule services with tiltwing VTOL aircraft.
Air Transport

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

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Air Force’s contract for trainers comes on the heels of Huey replacement and carrier-based UAV wins.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
The four-year competition to supply U.S. engine for new Vulcan rocket ends with Jeff Bezos-backed BE-4 toppling traditional supplier.
Space

By Guy Norris, Irene Klotz
Spaceplane drives design of world’s largest additively made liquid rocket engine for Stratolaunch family of vehicles.
Space

By Guy Norris
PGA-powered high-speed vehicle could double-up as stepping stone to Black Ice spaceplane as well as hypersonic flying testbed.
Space

By Jens Flottau
On paper and under the right conditions a merger would make perfect sense, but those conditions are unlikely anytime soon.
Air Transport

By Richard Aboulafia
Japan is one of the world’s most important supplier nations, but events this year show that its position faces major challenges.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Politics ensnares India’s Rafale purchase; Israel’s "special tactics" in Syria; Pilatus PC-21 reports to French Air Force; U.S. Marines to buy shipboard UAVs.
Defense

By Adrian Schofield
Thai Airways and Garuda Indonesia have appointed new CEOs to steer the airlines through the next phase of their recovery plans.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
The FAA-led Spectrum Efficient National Surveillance Radar program would modernize surveillance and weather radar systems.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The Japanese defense ministry hopes to get funding to Subaru to begin production of UH-Xs in the fiscal year beginning in April 2019.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick, Lee Hudson
It could come down to a matter of timing, as the U.S. Army balances its requirements for new armed reconnaissance and long-range assault rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kerry Reals
The surprise move brings together two former archrivals with differing satellite strategies—Inmarsat and Panasonic Avionics.
Connected Aerospace

Tulinda Larsen
Small drone businesses face hurdles with the regulatory process that the FAA needs to remedy.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Looking ahead to a future where drone fleets and air taxis share urban airspace, Mitre Corp. proposes a dedicated drone-to-drone surveillance system.
Aerospace

By Lee Hudson, Jen DiMascio
While analysts like the idea of adding to the force to fight high-end threats, budget realities are likely to get in the way.
Defense

By Bill Carey
U.S. airlines and air traffic controllers are realizing benefits from using text-based messages to supplement radio communications.
Connected Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
GE’s fluidic propulsion tie-up; Astro eVTOL flies in Canada; SureFly buyer sought; XTI advances TriFan; TsAGI’s superconducting eVTOL.
Aerospace

By Kerry Reals
The decision to group five recent acquisitions into one unit should help Avic reach its goal of becoming a major player in the cabin business.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson
Can Lockheed Martin’s global production system meet ambitious delivery, pricing targets?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson, Steve Trimble
Through two phases of its Blueprint for Affordability program, Lockheed Martin has saved $5 billion over the program life cycle with a $250 million investment.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Driven by the F-35 and hypersonic programs, the defense contractor’s largest division sees 50% growth from 2012 to 2018.
Defense