China

By Graham Warwick
Shenyang Aviation Industries Group has reached out to Italy's Manta Aircraft to partner on a V/STOL design that could now be developed and manufactured in China.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Airshow China comes Nov. 11-14 to Zhuhai, the stage for a biennial showcase of the country’s ever-expanding aviation and space industries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The A&D industry’s critical minerals supply chain is in a precarious position given its reliance on Chinese imports, panelists say at the Zero Gravity summit.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Another BWB challenger, flying wind turbine, large uncrewed freighter, and automaker flies eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Vivienne Machi
The acquisition agency is procuring 160 remote modular terminals (RMTs).
Satellites

By Matthew Fulco
This event coincided with a worrying escalation by Russia in its 33-month war against Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Adrian Schofield
Chinese international demand remains sluggish for most overseas carriers, as projections for a rebound have generally proven too optimistic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
In mid-October, the S500 BAT clocked its highest operating altitude yet, rising to 500 m (1,640 ft.) above ground.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned two Chinese firms that are producing drones in China used by Russia in its war with Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Air White Whale has rolled out the W5000 uncrewed cargo aircraft, a twin turboprop larger than the Cessna SkyCourier.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Taipei is scaling back its industrial ambitions in ending its pursuit of a homegrown fifth-generation fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
United Aircraft has completed the production of its first R6000 6-metric-ton tiltrotor drone.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Commercial remote sensing capabilities are proliferating around the world, but U.S. restrictions could limit its global influence.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz, Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
Nelson talks with Aviation Week about the role private companies will play and his concerns about China’s ambitions on the Moon.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The Chinese air transport sector has seen its largest-ever volume of passenger movements over the week-long National Day holiday, better known as Golden Week.
Airlines & Lessors

By Matthew Fulco
Co-production with allies and partners is increasingly intertwined with U.S. efforts to revitalize the defense industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
The MOU was signed during a trip to Taiwan this week by an Oklahoma delegation led by Gov. Kevin Stitt.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The TMS-3 was displayed by Tianmukongka Intelligent Technology Sept. 25 at a trade expo in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Interests for long- and ultra-long-range business jets in north China remains largely stable, despite changing economic sentiments in the country.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Sept. 28 unveiled the country’s third-generation spacesuit, which will be used for lunar missions in the 2030s.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
Aurora’s Liberty Lifter; stratospheric HAPS; Radian’s subscale spaceplane; and GAC plans winged eVTOL air taxi.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Graham Warwick
China’s nascent electric air taxi industry is forging tighter links with the country’s automative manufacturers and its massive electric-vehicle supply chain.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The ministry of defense said the Rocket Force launched an ICBM carrying a dummy warhead on Sept. 25 at 8:44 a.m. Beijing time.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The threats to space systems from directed energy weapons is going to grow, the head of U.S. Space Command warns.
Operations & Safety