Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne
Vertical Aerospace wants to take on the airlines with intercity services using carbon-free eVTOL air vehicles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Jens Flottau
Some operators of Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered A320neos are facing a new snag—unusually high engine vibration in the climb phase. Pratt indicated a fix may be identified by year-end.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
The first GPS III is scheduled for launch in December, and Lockheed Martin is looking at technologies for a tranche of satellites.
Connected Aerospace

Tim Wuerfel
The industry needs to do a better job of upgrading commercial aircraft avionics, ensuring pilots are kept in the loop and properly trained.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
India’s Tejas nears operational milestone; Japan’s latest sea-based ballistic missile defense test; Sikorsky’s South American deliveries, and Russian company builds high-tech brain-harnessing helmet.
Defense

By Adrian Schofield
The Philippine LCC will get its first A321neos in December, so it can upgauge Manila flights, open longer routes and potentially replace older narrowbodies.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Adaptive-engine deal modified to focus on technology for sixth-generation fighter needs as parts arrive for building GE’s first XA100 demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz, Tony Osborne, Bradley Perrett
A look at some of the world’s up-and-coming positioning, navigation and timing constellations.
Space

By Jens Flottau
Low-cost carriers have grown rapidly across the Atlantic, but not without some financial pain involved.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The need for new workers—especially technology-oriented employees—and the difficulty in getting them is the talk of the industry.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Airbus Perlan 2 sets soaring record; Airbus spinoff sets sail; Uber shortlists international city contenders; Bell UAS demo for NASA, and JETcopter unveils air taxi concept.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
Thousands of airliners are capable of using the Ground-Based Augmentation System, but only a few major U.S. airports now have the system.
Connected Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois, Marhalim Abas
The air force’s Pegase mission promoted French aircraft exports, as well as sending a message to China about the South China Sea.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Antoine Gelain
There could be a space-induced leap in human consciousness as we collectively become a spacefaring civilization.
Space

By Guy Norris
Phase Four’s RF thruster plan marks progress toward lower-cost electric in-space propulsion.
Space

By Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
After a tour of Boeing in Seattle and talks with leaders, analysts maintain confidence in OEM despite 737 glider growth.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
Rather than landing back on Earth, ULA Vulcan rockets will parachute just its engines for refurbishment and reflight.
Commercial Space

By William Garvey
KaiserAir, an Oakland, California-based charter outfit, airline, FBO and management firm—and once part of an industrial colossus—is expanding further, very much on its own.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Defense plans outlines modernization through to the 2030s.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
Once the workhorse of the U.S. launch fleet, United Launch Alliance’s Delta II heads into the history books.
Space

By Graham Warwick
With completion of development flight-testing, the Lockheed Martin-led team provides a deep dive into the engineering effort behind developing the F-35.
Air Dominance

By Graham Warwick
The F-35B exists because of its commonality with the F-35A and F-35C, but all three variants are better aircraft because of the STOVL version challenges.
Program Management

By Bernie Baldwin
Crossover narrowbodies—whose capacity falls between regionals and single-aisles—are almost all clean-sheet designs and have maintainability “designed in.”
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Jen DiMascio
Having already felt the bite of U.S. competition, Arianespace counting on new rocket to keep it in the commercial space launch game
Commercial Space