Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Jens Flottau
Airbus hopes the Hi Fly service will show other carriers how well the aircraft works.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Jefferson Morris
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.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Animal Dynamics’ Stork paraglider selected for UK’s last-mile logistics challenge.
Defense

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

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Business Aviation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Will the man behind major strategy and labor achievements at Air Canada be able to replicate those successes at Air France-KLM?
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Space startup develops larger follow-on 3D metal printer to augment its “Stargate” device.
Aerospace

Martin A. Rottler
Generating student interest in a company or organization is the first step, but must be followed by strong professional development.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
New-generation narrowbody aircraft, led by A321neos, are beginning to arrive in Vietnam as local airlines tap into strong demand.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Certifying SureFly; Towing Perlan; Identifying Drones; Bell’s eVTOL revealed? Environmental airliners; Reconfigurable VTOLs.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
Here is a sampling of some of the major satellite missions being taken on by smallsats.
Space

By Irene Klotz
With crewed flight tests of Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Dragon 2 capsules months away, NASA assigns eight astronauts to begin training. Boeing adds a ninth.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The Parker Solar Probe will study the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the genesis of the solar wind and its far-reaching magnetic field.
Space

By Guy Norris
Tactical boost glide hypersonic developments accelerate as Pentagon ponders space-based surveillance and warning system.
Defense

By Jens Flottau
With the rise of protectionist policies across Europe it is likely EU member states will continue to fund “their” airlines, whether it makes sense or not.
Air Transport

Anna Mracek Dietrich
Rewrite of Part 23 certification regulations for GA aircraft has unlocked the potential to keep up with advances in technology while still ensuring safety.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Technology for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxis is advancing rapidly, but is it making enough progress to enable urban air mobility?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey, Sean Broderick
An airline employee’s fatal flight in a stolen Bombardier Q400 causes airport, airline to rethink security protocols.
Air Transport

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

By Jens Flottau
Ryanair faces a dilemma: It needs to keep costs down in new labor agreements, while avoiding further strikes and disruption for its passengers.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
F-22’s Poland deployment; Lockheed wins Next-Gen OPIR contract; Inside Israel’s networking warfare plans and the first firing of the Philippine navy missile.
Defense

By Tony Osborne, Jens Flottau
Turkey threatens to look for allies elsewhere as it wrestles with unrest at home and spat with U.S. deepens.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
A shortage of executive talent could be the next big workforce shortfall to hit aerospace and defense, and companies are starting to get worried.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steven Grundman
Figuring out the appropriate NATO defense commitment is more complicated than simple division.
Defense