Single-pilot commercial operations coming; advanced composites institute formed; unmanned news-gathering moves closer; agile manufacturing for ISR; near-zero-power sensors.

Work on air-launch space access projects hits all-time high as test flights loom.

New design tools are intended to help suppliers work with multiple manufacturers in a globalized aerospace industry.

In 2014, no other person has had a more sweeping impact on aerospace and aviation—for better or worse—than Russian President Vladimir Putin. And for all but the most cynical of observers, Putin’s far-reaching impact has definitely been for the worse. Because of this, he is Aviation Week's 2014 Person of the Year.

Green Rotorcraft program is testing fuel-saving diesel-cycle engine, advanced blades and electric tailrotor.

Like most abrupt macroeconomic changes, there are mixed implications for the defense sector from the recent drop in oil prices.

Senior Avionics & Safety Editor John Croft looks at the airliner flight deck of the future, which might feature one seat in the cockpit for a captain and one on the ground, occupied by a “super dispatcher” or first officer.

NASA is moving quickly to develop a system to enable safe and efficient operation of civil unmanned aircraft systems at low altitudes outside controlled airspace.