Latest Commercial Aviation Content by Aviation Week & Space Technology
Jun 02, 2017
Thornberry would spend more on missiles and missile defenses to counter North Korea; Transportation Secretary disperses airport funding; and Raytheon will pursue future multiyear standard missile contracts.
Jun 02, 2017
French company Thales, which continues to pursue big data analytics and other breaking technologies, could get a boost from election of Emmanuel Macron as president.
Jun 02, 2017
Merger will join Safran’s activities in aircraft engines, space propulsion, landing gears and electronics with Zodiac’s cabin interiors and aircraft systems.
Jun 02, 2017
Engine makers jockeying for position in the early contest to power Boeing’s New Midsize Airplane, but wary of investing in the 45,000-lb.-class powerplant.
Jun 01, 2017
High-altitude wake turbulence is often thought of as a bump in the night, but the tale of a Challenger business jet toppled by an A380 in January has the industry taking a second look.
Jun 01, 2017
Developing and testing a new product in secret and then going public or the other way around. Which has a better chance of being successful?
May 31, 2017
Proposal: evaluate each defect noted by repair-station personnel and determine if any are unusual or unknown. If so, the defects are then cross-referenced against the FAA’s SDR-filling criteria for design-approval holders.
May 30, 2017
Thai Airways and its affiliate Nok Air intend to use new-generation aircraft to adjust their fleet to match their network strategies.