Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

By Irene Klotz
An early customer for BFR puts a meaningful dent in estimated $5 billion development cost of BFR, says Musk.
Commercial Space

By William Garvey
The multipurpose mission will be the second Earth circumnavigation for pilot Robert DeLaurentis.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Israel denies Russian claims and blames Syrian forces for indiscriminate anti-aircraft fire.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
As the International Space Station marks 20 years in low Earth orbit, NASA faces new imperative to expand its commercial realm.
Space

By Tony Osborne
MBDA has begun flight-testing an armed eVTOL aircraft concept.
Defense

By Bernie Baldwin
Designers of the new generation of crossover narrowbody jets have taken into account the cabin crew.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Guy Norris
Revised compressor blade design nears certification as Rolls uses flying testbed to validate durability of Trent 1000 with cracks still in place.
Air Transport

By Maksim Pyadushkin, Jens Flottau
With poor spares availability, Interjet wants to reduce its Superjet fleet, and Brussels Airlines is looking for wet-lease alternatives.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Air Force hits point of no return on multidomain operational strategy.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Thierry Dubois, Guy Norris, Victoria Moores
Boeing’s upcoming decisions will be an indication of how it plans to curb the NMA’s life-cycle cost.
Program Management

By Tony Osborne
Fundamental change for ETPS coming with new fleet and modernized learning processes.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Beijing’s business travelers are likely to prefer Capital International after the new airport at Daxing opens. But airlines see Daxing as having its own market.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost lays out a road map for transforming low-altitude airspace to enable growth in unmanned aircraft and autonomous air taxis.
Connected Aerospace