Breakthrough Starshot project aims to propel wafer-thin “nanocraft,” using powerful laser beams, toward Alpha Centauri.

Aviation Week has been there at every opportunity to explore space, the final frontier. Here is a collection of anniversary dates from the Aprils of many a year gone by where discoveries and technologies have been charted.

Sales prices for Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s over the past 15 years have barely budged, even as fictional list prices have marched steadily upward.

Covering planetary exploration in detail has been a special draw for Aviation Week reporters and readers for decades. Missions to Mars have always had a special allure. Check out some of the highlights from the 1960s to today as we celebrate our 100th anniversary.

Airbus Group and Siemens have signed a long-term collaboration agreement to develop hybrid-electric propulsion for small airliners, building on work already done on light aircraft.

Darpa contract for Northrop Grumman will develop MEMS-based miniature inertial measurement units to a level where they can replace ring-laser and fiber-optic gyros for guidance of precision weapons when GPS is denied.

Darpa spaceplane heads toward flight; Reusable hypersonic testbed needed; Carter touts faster CarterCopter; Battelle’s DroneDefender proves popular; Local Motors to crowdsource UAV for Airbus; Micro-UAS rules recommended to FAA

Given the scale of the challenges for big aerospace companies, one wonders how anyone succeeds.