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With their promise of deep magazines and relatively low cost per shot, laser weapons are becoming a battlefield reality.

India and China have agreed to resume direct flights for the first time in more than five years, marking a significant step toward mending diplomatic ties.

Among the standouts of China's eVTOL landscape is Shanghai-based Vertaxi.

China has flown its first full-scale crewed tiltrotor aircraft, developed by state-owned company AVIC.

Increased government involvement in airliner sales will shape the industry in three ways—none of them good.

China has completed the first system-level test of the YF-100K engine for its new Long March-10 rocket, a key vehicle designed for future crewed lunar missions.

Drone manufacturer Red Cat Holdings expects it would significantly benefit from a possible U.S. ban on the use of UAVs made by China’s DJI, the company said.

Poland accounted for more than half of the $11.9 million in export sales in Taiwan’s drone sector recorded in the first half of the year.

Zhanjiang Wuchuan Airport is set to receive scheduled international flights following its inclusion in the international aeronautical information system.

Saudi Arabian property developer Diriyah Co. has signed an MOU with The Helicopter Company, the kingdom’s largest commercial helicopter operator, to explore the integration of AAM.

The lander, dubbed Lanyue, (“Embracing the Moon” in Chinese) performed powered descent, soft landing and ascent tests.

Anduril has delivered the first tranche of Altius loitering munitions to Taiwan in conjunction with the establishment of a local office.

The Pentagon has awarded up to $10 million under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to a subsidiary of critical minerals firm NioCorp to develop a scandium supply chain in Nebraska.

The People’s Liberation Army Navy has dropped its strongest hint yet that flight operations have commenced onboard its newest aircraft carrier Fujian.

As expanding wind tunnel test capability emerges in China, NASA prepares to mothball similar test sites under pressure from shrinking budgets.

China is developing a new twin-tailed jet trainer.

Beijing’s two-year export control campaign has laser-focused on the most important raw materials for the Pentagon.

Emerson Xu, CEO and co-founder of NexAvian, sat down with Aviation Week to share his insights.

Satellite images of China’s vast wind-tunnel complex suggest the existence of a nearly complete cryogenic facility able to test large transonic transport aircraft while NASA is preparing to mothball several sites because of budget issues.

As China and Russia flex their military muscles in space, Western defense officials are becoming punchier in their mindset around those operations.

Taiwan’s military will procure 48,750 drones over the next two years from domestic manufacturers, according to a government tender notice published this week.

ATR is aiming to establish a foothold in China in 2026 as it offers the ATR 42-600 to address the country's vast and varied operating environment.

The U.S. may be losing ground in a global race to develop highly maneuverable spacecraft.

Chinese startup Autoflight’s eVTOL cargo drone, the V2000CG CarryAll, has received airworthiness certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

International air traffic in China posted robust gains in the first half of 2025, with both demand and passenger volume rising more than 20% year-over-year.