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In a series of special podcasts, Aviation Week editors discuss the business of aerospace and defense with John Schmidt, managing director and global A&D lead at Accenture.

By Lee Ann Shay, Guy Norris, Molly McMillin, Bill Carey, Matthew Orloff
Aviation Week Network editors at the NBAA-BACE 2022 discuss market outlook, technology, SAF and more.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Pushed by the drive for sustainability, novel propulsion systems that until relatively recently seemed years away are quickly coming into focus.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio, Joe Anselmo
On Oct. 14, eight renovated galleries of the museum in Washington, D.C., will reopen to the public. Chris Browne, the museum’s John and Adrienne Mars director,
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
The U.S. military services are looking for a range of autonomous aircraft—from expensive high-end aircraft to less costly lower end systems. Aviation Week editors discuss what industry is offering, particularly for mid-range attritable systems, and some of the complications involved with cultivating the new technology.
Aerospace

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Daniel Williams
Nobody wanted a twin-aisle. Now there may not be enough of them. Listen in to find out why.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
Mike Leinbach, the final NASA Space Shuttle Launch Director, shares his thoughts about the finicky fuel and how the Artemis team is managing with the Space Laun
Space

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Graham Warwick
As the aerospace industry gathers in Montreal, the challenges of getting to net-zero are laid bare.
Sustainability

By Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Aviation Week editors Jens Flottau, Guy Norris and Sean Broderick discuss scenarios and future challenges.
Air Transport

By Carole Rickard Hedden, Michael Bruno, Jen DiMascio
Program managers are in the middle of the maelstrom, wrestling with issues many have never dealt with in their careers. Aviation Week editors discuss what they heard at the 2022 Program Excellence Evaluation Team meeting in August.
Aerospace

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick, Richard Aboulafia
Nearly two decades after the Concorde was retired, is the rival of supersonic air travel for real?
Airlines & Lessors

By Joe Anselmo, Sean Broderick, Daniel Williams
FAA okay to re-start deliveries ends a long saga, but now Boeing has a new problem to worry about. Listen in as our specialists break down the situation—and the numbers.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio, Tony Osborne, Chen Chuanren, Steve Trimble
South Korea’s aspirations for building an aerospace and defense industry are gaining validation, with Poland’s announced intent to buy FA-50 light combat aircraft and the first flight of Korea Aerospace Industries’ KF-21 fighter.
Defense

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Daniel Williams
No blockbusters but lots to talk about. Listen in to what our editors saw at Farnborough Airshow.
Farnborough Airshow

By Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne, Guy Norris, Brian Everstine, Angus Batey
On a day of big announcements, Aviation Week editors discuss the latest developments in defense at Farnborough Airshow 2022.
Farnborough Airshow

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
Step behind the scenes with Aviation Week editors to hear about their sit downs with Guillaume Faury and David Calhoun prior to Farnborough Airshow.
Farnborough Airshow

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
As NASA invites bids to build and fly its Sustainable Flight Demonstrator, technology editor Graham Warwick and senior editor Guy Norris hear how this aircraft will differ from the agency’s prior X-planes. They talked to Rich Wahls, NASA’s newly appointed Sustainable Flight National Partnership mission integration manager at the AIAA Aviation 2022 conference in Chicago.
Sustainability

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Daniel Williams
The aircraft manufacturers are short hundreds of engines as suppliers can’t keep pace with demand to build and maintain airplanes. Listen in as we break down th
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio, Michael Bruno, Irene Klotz
Lori Garver, out with a new book, Escaping Gravity, talks to Aviation Week editors about how the space industry ushered in a new era of private spaceflight, how
Defense

By Jens Flottau, Tony Osborne, Thierry Dubois
The main topics at this year's Berlin Airshow—the first since 2018—were increased defense spending and new technologies.
ILA Berlin

By Carole Rickard Hedden, Michael Bruno, Graham Warwick
For new space and advanced air mobility startups, the past two years have been a heady experience of investment, mergers with special purpose acquisition companies and high-risk plays into segments of the aerospace and defense industry that were mere dreams a decade ago. As the economy changes, Aviation Week editors discuss what comes next.
Aerospace

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Byron Callan, Ron Epstein
Boeing’s space business notches a win, but many questions remain about the company’s long-term future. Listen in as analysts Byron Callan and Ron Epstein join the podcast.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
A discussion of the blockbuster movie’s aviation-geek-pleasing details, from the recreation of Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 concept to why Maverick didn’t fly the F-35 and more.
Defense

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick
Listen in as the University of Michigan’s aerospace engineering chair Dr. Anthony Waas and Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick discuss megatrends that are reshaping the industry with host Joe Anselmo.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio, Sash Tusa, Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The war in Ukraine is revealing the vulnerability of attack helicopters to man-portable air-defense systems. Defense analyst Sash Tusa joins Aviation Week editors to discuss options that the U.S. Army will consider at its EDGE 22 exercise, how manufacturers could protect future rotorcraft and whether those ideas make sense.
Defense

By Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
First-quarter 2022 financial reports from Airbus and Boeing were snapshots of the different fates the two leading airframers face. Listen in as Aviation Week editors Jens Flottau, Guy Norris and Michael Bruno discuss the increasingly diverging paths within the duopoly.
Aerospace