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Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Jen DiMascio
Eaton buying two Cobham divisions; Pentagon nominee on nuclear weapons; South Korea’s Global Hawk tussle; F-15EX flies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A convergence of cost pressures and operational needs are raising the profile of a once-discarded generation of fighters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Leveraging NMA lessons, Boeing signals industry on firmer development plans for new competitor to the A321XLR.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Acubed collecting and processing millions of real-world images to train a machine-learning algorithm.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
Steppingstones approach to hunt for life on Mars nears the home stretch.
Space

By Ben Goldstein, Sean Broderick, Lori Ranson, Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau, Adrian Schofield, Guy Ferneyhough
Airline sector’s most serious crisis ever is also an opportunity as new airlines worldwide prepare to fly.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Airflow eSTOL; Elroy teams with NASA; DLR scales up fuel cells; South Korean UAM team; Lilium’s Florida expansion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Originally conceived as a commercial communications relay, the MQ-9’s mission is coming full circle under ABMS.
Program Management

By Ben Goldstein, Lori Ranson
After losing nearly $35 billion in 2020, U.S. carriers are confident of a demand rebound. They are just unsure about the timing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Efficient regional transportation, urban mobility, medical delivery and industrial inspection key targets of new UK research projects.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
Flagship Boeing widebody is suffering from production-quality issues forcing time-consuming rework on airplanes most do not need.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
RAF sees unmanned aircraft becoming the backbone of the inventory supporting manned fighters such as F-35, Typhoon and Tempest.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Fearful of an FVL monopoly in Europe in the 2030s, Airbus is turning to Europe to fund studies for a European Next-Generation Rotorcraft.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Shoulder-mounted conformal fuel tanks could be cut after flight testing reveals “challenges.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne, Thierry Dubois
Greece is investing in defense again and new combat aircraft top the list of priorities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Virgin Orbit’s Dutch customer; MDA awards sensor development contracts; BAE to demo PHASA-35; and Spacecom HQ location in flux?
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
GKN Aerospace is leading a UK program to develop a liquid-hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion system for subregional aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Three of the region’s widebody operators are negotiating to cut their debt loads and dispose of some of their aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky-Boeing Takes Wraps Off Defiant X Design For U.S. Army’s FLRAA
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Advanced air mobility in the news: SESAR’s UAM demo; Paris test partners; UK airport link; Orkney test site; Volocopter cert plans.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lori Ranson
Canada’s latest testing requirements could further stymie the recovery for the country’s airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Feedback from Operation Barkhane in Africa has helped confirm the relevance of keeping the Mirage 2000D in service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Europe’s safety regulator goes beyond FAA requirements in lifting the flight ban, a move that illustrates EASA’s bigger role.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
Aviation Week & Space Technology