Program Management

In the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill, some speculate that the Joint Strike Fighter’s price will be comparable to legacy aircraft.

Congress has decided not to force the U.S. Air Force to pursue Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization.

A propellant leak during a June test firing of launch abort engines developed for Boeing’s Commercial Crew CST-100 Starliner is delaying the company’s pad abort test at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.

Boeing’s new midmarket airplane plan spurs Airbus to accelerate development of Airbus’ longest-range narrowbody.

Proposed Boeing-Embraer joint venture will go beyond the product-based Airbus acquisition of Bombardier’s C Series, say executives.

Changing threat prompting aggressive time lines for British-led sixth-generation combat aircraft.

The UK is taking a "build it and they will come" approach with Tempest - its vision for a multinational fighter. Watch as Aviation Week's Tony Osborne looks at the technologies on the concept unveiled at the Farnborough Airshow.

France is taking the lead in Franco-German efforts to produce a new European fighter aircraft. The widely expected decision was inked by French and German defense ministers as they moved to further underpin defense industrial relationships between the two countries.

GE Aviation is highlighting its Open Flight Deck concept with the first public showing of an “integrated, open” avionics demonstrator at this year’s Farnborough Airshow.

Reusable spaceplane under development by Boeing aims to launch 3,000 lb. to low Earth orbit for $5 million.

Aerojet Rocketdyne's AR-22 engine, built from spare space shuttle main engine components, has been test-fired 10 times in less than 10 days.

Airbus hopes to secure “several hundred" additional orders for the newly renamed A220—formerly the Bombardier C Series—this year, according to Eric Schulz, Airbus' chief commercial officer.

The Pentagon completed the first comprehensive IOT&E for the Northrop Grumman-manufactured MQ-8C Fire Scout aboard Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado.

UK Rapid Capability Office is speeding up the introduction of new capabilities.

Embraer prepares to present its E2 family at the Farnborough Airshow.

NASA chief puts partisan past behind, shares thoughts on the future of the U.S. space agency.

The USMC has decided to remove the first F-35B short-takeoff-and-vertical landing fighter from its inventory after determining a repair was not justified.

The U.S. Navy has accelerated the requirements process for the MQ-25 Stingray by focusing on two key performance parameters (KPPs), a senior official says.

Facebook is shuttering the development of its solar-powered Aquila flying-wing high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) unmanned system.

The OEM's latest vertical integration move is a bit of a head-scratcher.

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force agree to October initial delivery with remaining 17 aircraft arriving by April 2019.

Turkey’s rapprochement with Russia is making the U.S. uncomfortable about selling F-35s to Ankara

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is pursuing missile defense sensors to address one of the primary threats facing the nation: hypersonic missiles.

Embraer CEO Paulo Cesar Souza e Silva reiterated his complaints about Canadian government funding for the Bombardier C Series at a company event here, as both manufacturers head towards what could be a crucial Farnborough Airshow for that program and the Embraer E-Jet E2.

Boeing HorizonX Ventures has led a $16 million investment on Silicon Valley-based Matternet, an early leader in the emerging urban drone delivery market.