Aviation Week & Space Technology

Boeing is about to start an exhaustive effort to transition the U.S. Navy’s carrier air wing to the new-and-improved Block III Super Hornet.

Yates Electrospace is still pursuing ever-higher electric-aircraft speeds, but its first product is a disposable cargo glider.

U.S. Marines, with the Army, are testing responsive resupply of troops in the field using unmanned aircraft of different sizes and capabilities.

UK’s new ‘Lanca’ UCAV; Australia’s naval aviation fleet takes shape; GPS OCX enters new software development phase; Stratcom head assesses plutonium pit status.

Manufacturers diversify spacecraft and operating orbits to keep up with changing markets.

As Europeans build autonomy in space, sharing satellite capacity in a secure network would create an independent communications system for government use.

The aerostructures subsector, responsible for providing airframers the largest subassemblies, could become a lot more intimate in the next few years.

The company aims to put 200 kg into orbit every 72 hr. Photo: Rocket Lab

F-35Bs would be especially useful for Taiwan because China is able to rain air-to-surface, cruise and short-range ballistic missiles on the island’s runways.

With the next-generation jets, Embraer looks to break into segments of the airline market to which it so far has not had access.

With commercial aircraft programs at record production rates, aerostructures OEMs are looking for technologies to produce carbon-fiber components faster.

Blue is aiming to compete for U.S. national security space launch business, putting it in direct competition with one of its first industry partners, ULA.

l“Trade wars are good and easy to win.” Thus tweeted President Donald Trump in early March. But for the jetliner industry, trade wars are a potentially toxic exogenous shock. Jetliners are uniquely vulnerable to retaliation, particularly from China.

As Spirit AeroSystems ramps up to unprecedented production rates, CEO looks ahead to additive manufacturing, composites, supersonic bizjets and air taxis.

Advanced Turboprop rebranding and certification test phase mark key milestones in GE’s strategic push into growing turboprop market.

Containerized cargo aircraft, swarm threat growing, 5G could track drones, triple-hybrid propulsion, and VTOL UAS hunt for fires.

A follow-on order for the Eurofighter Typhoon from Saudi Arabia could give the UK more breathing room as it considers industrial options for a future combat aircraft.

The freighter market is now in a boom cycle and, thanks to e-commerce, it seems likely to continue, judging from Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings’ experience.

M&As that consider a company’s core business model are most successful.

A recent fatal accident is not likely to stop a follow-on order for up to 100 aircraft.

Owned by Google co-founder Larry Page, Kitty Hawk has taken a leading position in the emerging eVTOLl air taxi market by flying full-scale prototypes. Photo: Kitty Hawk

Safran and its suppliers are struggling to cope with Leap engine delivery delays, especially since a steep production ramp-up is looming.

BAE Systems is developing software to enable teams of manned and unmanned aircraft to share a common mission picture and exchange vital information despite jamming.

BRS is promoting its whole-aircraft parachute system to the autonomous UAV market.

Russia confirms ICBM silo ejection test; the new, new Indian-fighter contest; Qatar signs NH90 deal; and the Philippines new UAV.