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Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Thierry Dubois
If SAF is to account for the majority of aviation’s decarbonization, the two industries need to improve mutual understanding.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Craig Caffrey
Even if the Middle East is no longer the only game in town for defense exports, it still has ample appetite for advanced equipment, from drones to transports.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Results from a high-speed transport study will inform the NASA supersonic-hypersonic research road map and future development strategy.
Emerging Technologies

By Sash Tusa
The nature of the military pilot-training market is changing, driven by the exceptionally high cost of the process.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Sean Broderick
Preliminary findings offer a plausible explanation for the emergency belly landing, but many questions remain.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Lower-cost e-SAF; storing hydrogen in SAF; Chinese large cargo UAS; and supersonic prototype plan.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
If last year was rock bottom, 2025 could be the start of recovery for the airframer and large defense prime. But the flight path is cloudy.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
A new executive order seeks to bolster national security by reviving and expanding a massive space- and ground-based missile defense system.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Lessons learned from the XB-1 form the prelude to Boom’s Overture plan as engine development becomes the key pacing item for the supersonic program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
After repeated delays, there is still no fixed start date, but airlines are relieved that the European Commission has decided on a progressive rollout.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson, Christine Boynton
As Delta Air Lines and United Airlines vie for the top spot in U.S. airline profitability, American Airlines is overcoming cost headwinds.
Airlines & Lessors

By Steve Trimble
A crippling lack of key indigenous infrastructure and skills continues to hold back India’s defense industry, despite rising investment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Without a blueprint, startups plan to start small with existing infrastructure then build out vertiports as volume increases.
Advanced Air Mobility

By William Garvey
Bunce, a general aviation champ “writ large,” welcomed rotorcraft-makers, promoted unleaded avgas and opposed privatizing air traffic control.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Shifting geopolitical realities are driving European space leaders to push defense and security up the space agenda.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Even phantom vessels emit signals that satellites can detect.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Novel hydrogen hybrid; NASA eyes cryogenic testing for aviation; Partners promote electric aviation; Clean-sheet firefighter.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
New biomass and e-fuel projects are getting underway, but European SAF volumes still have a long way to go.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
President Donald Trump’s State Department has announced that the U.S. export control system authorized a whopping $318 billion in foreign arms sales in 2024.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
The method’s instruction is based on the observation of risks in operations, making pilots better aware of their performance.
Maintenance & Training

By Tony Osborne
With fighter recapitalization decisions made, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and others turn their attention to helicopter capacity.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
A raid in Yemen inaugurates a new era in U.S. battlefield airborne electronic attack that may be defined by 50 years of continuous evolution.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
As it celebrates its centennial, Delta is focused on building customer loyalty, unveiling new offerings and partnerships to attract and retain membership.
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall
Blue Origin has achieved its goal of becoming an orbital launch player, even as it failed to recover its first-stage booster in the ambitious inaugural flight of its New Glenn rocket.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The revised plan shaves billions from projected program costs.
Budget, Policy & Regulation