Latest Commercial Aviation Content by Aviation Week & Space Technology
Nov 20, 2015
Ten milestones on the road to hypersonics, from the first aero-engines to the wedge-shaped lifting body.
Nov 20, 2015
Airplane speeds rocketed ahead in the first 60 years of flight, but today most of the world’s fastest aircraft are in museums. How did that happen?
Nov 20, 2015
Since launching the Leap program, GE-Snecma joint venture CFM has added more engines to support Airbus, Boeing and Comac, partly to reduce risk as production begins.
Nov 20, 2015
General Electric is targeting the general aviation and business turboprop market with an engine using an integrated gas generator and propeller control.
Nov 19, 2015
Photographers submitted about 80 entries in the Commercial category, some with multiple photos. Work from six different nations is represented in this gallery. Overall, we received 293 entries and 637 individual photos for the 23rd Annual Aviation Week Photo Contest. Entries came from all 50 U.S. states and 14 other countries, representing every continent except Antarctica.
Nov 19, 2015
Textron Aviation introduces two new airplanes and Flexjet's surprise order for 20 supersonic jets from Aerion highlight a busy and upbeat show.
Nov 19, 2015
Not all activist shareholders are Gordon Gekko, and not everything they represent is bad for the A&D industry.
Nov 17, 2015
A group of nations led by the U.S. and Germany has submitted a proposal to the World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) in Geneva to extend Ku- or Ka-band spectrum allocated for fixed-satellite services to unmanned aerial vehicles flying long-haul routes.