Program Management

Reaffirming current protocols and developing new ones are both in the cards.

One number associated with the F-35 program has never changed, and it happens to involve the U.S. Air Force.

Citing concerns about Tropical Storm Arthur, which was passing off the coast of North Carolina on May 18, SpaceX is standing down from its planned May 19 launch of a Falcon 9 rocket to build out its Starlink network, putting the long-awaited flight test of a crewed Dragon spacecraft next on the launch schedule.

Faced with massive cost pressures during the COVID-19 crisis, Mitsubishi cuts back on regional jet investment.

Democratic control of the White House likely will not be negative for defense but would introduce some new factors and issues.

When Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken splash down in the Atlantic Ocean following their SpaceX Demo-2 flight to the International Space Station, it will mark the first time NASA astronauts have landed in the ocean in nearly 45 years.

Boeing formally has decoupled restarting production of the 737 MAX from the recertification effort for the grounded narrowbody, and the OEM and leading supplier

Boeing on May 7 rolled out of its St. Louis final assembly plant the first of two test aircraft to support the F/A-18E/F Block III program, the company said.

Ground trials of fiber-optic-based rotor blade sensing technology could lead to flight trials in the coming years.

The loyal-wingman program with the Royal Australian Air Force is to culminate in an operational demonstration of Boeing’s ATS.

Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, the engine overhaul segment was as strong as any vertical market in commercial aviation.

Ask the Editors: The Pentagon’s hypersonic prototypes rely on a large number of small, boutique companies with highly specialized skills.

FRANKFURT—Airbus plans to increase its research into how health-protection technology inside passenger aircraft cabins can be improved, the OEM’s executive vice president of engineering Jean-Brice Dumont told Aviation Week.

NASA has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a $1.8 billion contract to manufacture 18 additional RS-25 engines to support Space Launch System flights to the Moon.

Both Boeing and Airbus are looking at what they can do to survive COVID-19’s impact, but it may also affect future airliner development.

It is critical that aerospace companies invest in strategic priorities now to ensure their long-term competitiveness.

A review finds a conflict between emergency procedures and maintenance instructions.

IT needs commercial vendors that understand the importance of cybersecurity on the ground as well as in space.

The first crewed flight test in NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is targeted for a May 27 launch.

A Northrop Grumman-supplied cockpit upgrade for the U.S. Army’s UH-60 fleet has passed a key testing milestone ahead of a planned full-rate production decision, the company announced on April 22.

Practically everyone in commercial aerospace is scrambling to figure out how deep, and how long, COVID-19 will affect industry. Two longtime aerospace experts from consultancy Roland Berger, Manfred Hader and Robert Thomson, join Aviation Week senior business editor Michael Bruno on Check 6 to discuss what may occur.

As the airframers go, so goes the aircraft engine industry.

The Pentagon predicts there will be a three-month slowdown for major defense acquisition programs because of impacts related to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The FAA plans to require Boeing 737 MAX operators to replace a poorly designed engine-access door component with an updated version.

NASA and SpaceX are targeting May 27 for a crewed test flight of the Dragon 2 spacecraft to the International Space Station, the first human orbital space launch from the U.S. since the end of the shuttle program in 2011.