Aviation Week & Space Technology

With large carriers focused on rebuilding their networks, Breeze sees opportunity to fill in some blanks.

White House opts to stay the course in space exploration.

Almost two decades after Concorde retirement, United’s Boom Overture order is strongest signal yet for commercial supersonic revival.

U.S. Navy cancels JSOW-ER; SM-6 misses target; Brazil’s Air Force may cut KC-390; USAF buys jet for BACN; GA-EMS cross-link contract.

Four years after entering a prototyping phase, the Pentagon is ready to move an expanding group of hypersonic weapons into production.

Customer order to convert King Air fleet to autonomous flight capability indicated growing maturity of the technology.

NASA lays out transition plan for future low-Earth-orbit operations.

As Aviation Week launches a new publication dedicated to the AAM ecosystem, technology editor Graham Warwick and senior editor Guy Norris are joined by SMG Consulting’s Sergio Cecutta to discuss the thinking behind the latest update of his AAM Reality Index.

The Rafale ousted Israeli Boeing F-16 and Saab Gripen offers in Croatia’s fighter contest.

The need to boost U.S. cyberdefenses amid the complexity of today’s digitized world could lead to the “civilianization” of defense through technology.

A funny thing is happening on the way to the commercial space race: many legacy government space providers are waiting it out.

Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific are making slow progress in restoring their networks as key border reopenings remain elusive.

Biden’s pending jobs package must include the sector for its ability to boost future innovation.

Airlines have long hoped for restart to transatlantic travel by summer, plans likely on hold as governments slow-walk reopenings.

As non-CO2 effects become a major focus in aviation’s climate efforts, Eurocontrol tests contrail prevention in air traffic management.

Merlin’s autonomous King Air; EHang’s bigger eVTOL; Near Earth on VoloDrone; MagniX’s electric seaplane; OneWeb’s beam-hopper.

All across Europe components for Leonardo’s Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor are coming in readiness for year-end final assembly.

Special Operations Forces face a difficult decision on the A/MH-6 replacement, depending on the Army’s choice for FARA.

She helped to imagine, articulate and execute forward-looking government policies that helped usher in the age of “New Space.”

FALCON DRONES? With the purchase of the F-15EX (April 5-18, p. 45), the U.S. Air Force could resurrect one of the original F-15/F-16 employment

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

SpaceShipTwo returns to suborbital space after 27-month hiatus.

Aerion AS2 suspension dims hopes of commercial supersonic flight but does not dampen business jet appetite for Mach 1-plus capability.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.