Aviation Week & Space Technology

The large U.S. helicopter concern Era Group intends to take two AW609s in 2020.

Kopter Group bags biggest order tally at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas, and the market is finally looking up.

Italian carrier Meridiana is rebranding as Air Italy, aiming to compete with growing LCCs and insolvent Alitalia, whose ongoing woes highlight the challenge.

The Falcon 6X retains most of the Falcon 5X’s systems, and Its PW812D engines are new and lighter-weight versions of the PW814GA and PW815GA turbofans.

Bombardier exec talks about C Series plans with Airbus and his take on a potential Boeing-Embraer tie-up.

Portable jamming devices and fixed-site systems that avoid jamming to prevent collateral interference with radio signals are among counterdrone products of interest to early buyers.

Michigan-based Orbion is aiming to fly Hall effect thruster on smallsat in 2019.

Upon merging with American Medical Response, Air Medical Group Holdings will become the largest patient transport operation in the world.

India’s indigenous UAS; L-39NG airframe assembly begins; Italian Air Force’s new Predator training system, and Kratos to upgrade C2 system for Boeing satellites.

The first batch of F-35As will replace Japan’s 51 remaining F-4EJ Kai Phantoms. More could replace some F-15s.

Megaconstellations of broadband satellites are expected to join flocks of cubesats in increasingly crowded low Earth orbit.

Commercial companies are importing dozens of F1s, F-5s and F-16s to meet the Pentagon’s growing demand for aerial combat training services.

HNA’s airlines will become more closely integrated into the Chinese state and be better placed to receive further support in the future, especially subsidies.

TESS expected to find targets for future exoplanet atmospheric studies by James Webb Space Telescope.

As government builds regulations to protect aviation infrastructure, it should work with industry, which is already developing technologies to enhance safety.

The service is readying for a great-power conflict by accelerating development of a next-generation fighter family and redefining battle management.

After a good 2017, major European airlines are planning capacity increases­—but are they biting off more than they can chew?

After fitting a railgun to the bow of a ship, the People’s Liberation Army is pointing to an apparent slowdown in development by the U.S.

Parts for the first 777-9 are arriving from all over the world at Everett, Washington, where preparations for assembly and testing of the first of Boeing’s new-generation 777X twinjet family are in the final phases.

Suburban drone delivery, turbine power for UAVs, automating track inspection, wind-resistant quadrotors and rolling composite parts.

Israeli startup Eviation has selected Kokam to supply batteries to power a nine-passenger, all-electric regional aircraft, to fly by early 2019.

Portugal’s Skytech sees military leasing of Embraer KC-390 as future business model.

Large commercial unmanned aircraft for cargo and passengers are closer than people believe, argues new report from U.S. trade body the AIA, and regulators need to start getting ready.

Orders from China could prove to be a savior in depleted helicopter market. Photo: Anthony Pecchi/Airbus Helicopters

Funding requests on multiple budget lines for fiscal 2019 show how the U.S. Defense Department is moving to boost investment in hypersonic weapons and defenses.