What do the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and U.S. Special Operations Command have in common?

Formation Flexrotors; submersible UAVs; miniature missiles for more punch; Lufthansa’s drones for hire; build an assembly robot for Airbus.

Research and test center in Filton, England, will mature technologies for more fuel-efficient next-generation Airbus wings.

Demand for mass-produced smallsats leads Clyde Space to expand its U.K. operations and establish a subsidiary in the U.S., where the defense market beckons.

Over the past few decades, Aviation Week pilots have strapped into the left seat of almost every Western-built commercial jet transport. Aviation Week's digital archives went live earlier this month, allowing us to delve into in-depth pilot reports of some of the first jet and most recent airliners to be built. Take a look at our top picks.

Boeing is still on the hunt for a launch application for its unconventional Blended Wing Body concept, bolstered by positive results from more than two decades of testing at some of the U.S.’s premier research facilities.

NASA’s electric-propulsion X-plane program shows signs the agency is getting back to its aeronautical research roots in “learning by doing”.

Back-to-back landing tests mark rapid pace of private space sector achievements.