Program Management

Despite sanctions and international pressure, North Korea now possesses an eclectic mix of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles.

The U.S. Air Force insists the experiment is not a competition, but rivalry between the four light attack contenders was on full display.

The flying public may not be so interested in it—yet—but pilotless commercial airplanes could be a boon to the aerospace industry and some financial analysts see a natural evolution in that direction coming.

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo “Unity” is closing in on the start of rocket-powered flight tests after completing a gliding sortie.

With the space industry entering a new era of innovation and advancement—driven in no small part by money and energy from the private sector—Aviation Week is establishing a new bureau, our 17th, at Cape Canaveral.

A slew of recent CEO comments confirm how classified or “black budget” work is gaining significance for industry’s bottom line.

Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft, Cosmic Girl, is being readied for a series of ground and flight tests in the build-up towards captive-carry evaluations of the company’s LauncherOne small satellite launch vehicle.

Lower A380 production and continued challenges ramping up the A320neo put Airbus under pressure in the first half of 2017, while the road looked smoother for Boeing.

The subcommittee markup would provide $2.15 billion for the Space Launch System, an addition of $212 million over the president’s request.

Bell Helicopter is about to begin tethered ground tests of its V-280 Valor tiltrotor ahead of first flight in September.

Airports now have the tools to proactively determine if jamming is taking place on their property.

Lufthansa Technik's partnerships with Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Honeywell are shortening repair times.

Gulfstream officials say Boeing’s “room for growth” argument for why the U.S. Air Force should pick a 737 airliner over a business jet for future Compass Call, J-Stars, Rivet Joint and AEW&C missions is “misleading.”

NASA’s Juno mission spacecraft carried out the closest approach ever to Jupiter’s turbulent Great Red Spot late July 10.

Gridlock in Washington has put U.S. manufacturers at a severe disadvantage.

A new report and recent announcements underpin how artificial intelligence capabilities could become a potential business growth driver and competitive differentiator in A&D.

Most suppliers at the air show were buzzing about the big, bold goal for the new Boeing Global Services to reach $50 billion in revenue by the early 2020s.

The PT6 faces competition from GE’s Advanced Turboprop powerplant; J. Mac McClellan’s active retirement.

Brazilian export financing could help improve KC-390’s sales opportunities.

General Atomics executives are hoping their version of a carrier-based UAV can revolutionize naval air warfare.

The House Appropriations defense subcommittee has approved legislation that would boost weapons procurement by $18.6 billion above President Trump’s budget request, adding aircraft across the armed services.

Discussions at Le Bourget revealed a handful of topics that seemed to be on everyone’s minds.

China and Russia seem to be far ahead on work hypersonic flight and weaponry, perhaps even forcing rethinking of strategic systems.

After a problematic first go-around using Li-ion in airliners, Airbus now quietly has 50 A350s flying with the batteries.

The first spacecraft is in storage, awaiting launch in 2018, and the second is integrated and ready for environmental testing, according to Lockheed Martin.