JPL Director Charles Elachi has spent “a lifetime dedicated to gaining a better understanding of the Solar System."

The mental health of pilots and the privacy of their records and consultations with doctors is back in the news following the report by French air safety investigators on the crash of a Germanwings A320 in the Alps last year. Jim Asker, Jens Flottau and John Croft discuss the issues and what might be done to prevent such tragedies.

At Aviation Week’s 59th annual Laureate Awards in Washington, editors saluted two dozen finalists and then announced a winner in each of six categories: commercial aviation, defense, space, innovation, technology and business aviation.

During John Crichton’s tenure as CEO of Nav Canada, it pioneered the use of ADS-B and made significant improvements in the transatlantic corridors it manages—the busiest oceanic airspace in the world.

Tomorrow’s Leaders’ honors at Aviation Week 2016 Laureates Awards gives recognition to young U.S. service members already excelling in their fields.

Imagine having multiple over-the-horizon goals and achieving them all, as the 2016 Technology Laureate winner did.

The aerospace arm of Canada’s National Research Council creates a unique facility for controlled research into passenger comfort and cabin-crew performance in flight.

Drone delivery services like Amazon’s Prime Air and Google’s Project Wing will reinvent how manned aircraft will eventually fly.