Aerospace and defense companies are being confronted by the twin challenges of unprecedented competitive pressure as well as understandably demanding customers who are seeking greater accountability on program performance.
French company Thales, which continues to pursue big data analytics and other breaking technologies, could get a boost from election of Emmanuel Macron as president.
Lockheed Martin’s potential new arms deals to Saudi Arabia could include integrated air and missile defense systems, helicopters, naval ships, radars, aerostats and space-related “elements”.
The Trump administration’s attempt to opt out of the Restore-L project and transfer its technology to the private sector is raising questions and objections.
Despite doubts about funding for a multibillion dollar lander to seek evidence of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa, NASA is telling those interested in providing instruments for the mission not to lose hope.
Boeing’s comments come as the Pentagon is in the midst of a cost and capability analysis between the F/A-18 and F-35, ordered by the White House, that will inform future budgets and force structure decisions.
Tailsitter and tilting ducted fan VTOL concepts join the chase for the Marine Corps’ emerging requirement for a large, ship-based multimission unmanned system.
Boeing is forging ahead with KC-46 Pegasus FAA airworthiness certification in the hopes of getting the aircraft certified for delivery to the U.S. Air Force by year’s end.
Although rare, the split-elevator scenario in the ATR 42 and 72 can overstress the aircraft’s horizontal stabilizer due to a newly uncovered control system phenomenon.
The six-metric-ton T625 is the result of Turkish program launched in 2013 to locally produce a rotorcraft that could replace hundreds of aging UH-1 Hueys.
The U.S. Air Force has settled on Textron’s Scorpion jet and AT-6 Wolverine turboprop, along with Sierra Nevada and Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano, to face off in a light attack demonstration this summer.
Comac is looking at supersonic speed and unconventional configurations among the technologies for aircraft to follow the widebody airliner it will develop with UAC.
Major aerospace manufacturers aim to provide commercial drone operating and data processing services to large customers beyond the military UAS market.
Aviation Week’s pilot notes Boeing’s Leap-engined 737-8 has bigger displays and refinements such as fly-by-wire spoilers. Only a short training course is needed to upgrade from the 737NG.
Leonardo DRS’s Bill Lynn on the company’s prospects for trainer success, the U.S. defense budget and persistent questions about the sale of the company.
Congressional appropriators unveiled a $1.2 trillion omnibus spending bill on May 1 to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year, including $593 billion for the military.
More than 25% of widebody backlogs are from Middle Eastern orders and a slowdown for the Gulf carriers could have ramifications for the aerospace sector.
Testing on Boeing 787-10, the longest and final stretch derivative of is twinjet family, is a bit ahead of schedule, as the program enters the first phase of stability-and-control evaluation.
Rapid advances in electric propulsion—driven by the automotive industry—are fueling visions of aircraft taking over from cars for the daily commute and short-haul trips.