Aviation Week & Space Technology

Boeing’s finalized landing gear design for the 737-10 is taller than the other MAX models, but which still fits in the same wheel well. See how this innovatively packaged design was achieved.

Rearranging existing space often means coming up with better ways to serve both passengers and tenants while accepting constraints of an airport’s footprint.

India plans to buy maritime helicopters; quantifying the space force; aerospace wins AI challenge, and Brazil joins space situational awareness team.

NASA aims to leverage commercial satellite technology and industry practices into a power and propulsion module for a lunar-orbiting gateway.

Orders revealed at the Farnborough Airshow have raised questions about their actual status. The lack of clarity is damaging, not least for the manufacturers.

Boomer retirements may portend one of the greatest gold rushes in living memory: small and midsize M&A.

Hypersonic weapons testing and fielding will enhance the B-52H’s long-range strike capability.

The vision of airport innovators is to create a network of labs working collaboratively to serve customers better and increase revenue.

Boeing revives Quiet Technology Demonstrator series to evaluate a new low-drag acoustic liner on a 737-7 testbed.

The top 10 countries account for 87% of world aerospace output, but will face a challenge by China as it tries to assert aerospace dominance.

Coalition airpower has helped deplete the so-called Islamic State terrorist group’s presence in Iraq and Syria.

New urgency, linked to engine sustainability and need for outsize hypersonic weapon launch capability, drives potential acceleration of B-52H reengining plan.

European air transport is currently at the edge. In June, 49% of all flights were delayed on arrival, according to data released by Eurocontrol.

U.S. defense acquisition reform redux,includes a surge of interest in other transaction agreements (OTA) and concern that they can lead to big problems later.

Bye flies StratoAirNet; Singapore’s solar quadcopter; Boeing’s synchronized UAVs; Echodyne’s radar approved; UK BVLOS drone corridor.

The vast amount of China’s intermediate-size cities could bode well for a surge in narrowbody aircraft to serve those destinations.

What the latest acquisitions by Boeing and Lockheed, and a possible sale by Maxar, tell us about the future of LEO, smallsats and geosats.

Aircraft electrical propulsion startups are surging, foretelling possible changes for incumbents in many corners of industry.

Rapid growth of the region’s major carriers has put pressure on airports and air navigation service providers to keep up.

Airbus hopes the Hi Fly service will show other carriers how well the aircraft works.

MDA has even gone as far as to remove the word ballistic from its mission statement to emphasize a broader missile threat spectrum.

Israel lobbies to maintain F-35 engines; Socom wants a new small UAS; Tupolev rolls out an upgraded Tu-22M, and Lockheed Martin hits a GPS III milestone.

Animal Dynamics’ Stork paraglider selected for UK’s last-mile logistics challenge.

GE agrees to abide by new standards, and IATA drops its anti-competitive complaint with the European Commission.

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