Aviation Week & Space Technology

China’s domestic capacity has surged back after a COVID-19 spike put the brakes on the country’s busiest travel period.

EHang’s longer-range eVTOL; Aska flying car; Pipistrel cargo UAV for China; Xwing autonomy demo; and ANA flies Wingcopter.

After a successful first flight of the Ingenuity on Mars, Ellen Stofan, under secretary for science and research at the Smithsonian Institution, talks with Aviation Week editors about the historic nature of the mission, coming 117 years after the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The nation needs to declassify technology, rely on private industry and compete for routine space missions.

Long-sought changes have the potential to turn Spirit’s 20th-century-style factories into marvels of digitally driven lean manufacturing.

This webinar took place April 16, 2021 and sponsored by Carlisle Interconnect Technologies. The U.S. Army has been experimenting with new types of

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

With some 100 companies vying to enter the advanced air mobility industry, the competition was bound to get bloody sooner or later.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

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

The clock is ticking for a high-risk, high-reward technology demonstration.

Readers write about cockpit automation, the Mars Perseverance lander, the Boeing 757 and KC-46, and space tourism.

Repairs to in-service, stored aircraft likely.

Aviation Week editors answer questions about the direction of the MRO industry as commercial aviation climbs out of the crisis.

Despite ongoing concerns, MRO providers seeing room to hope as airline traffic rebounds.

Delta TechOps’ new $100 million test cell in 2019 was just the start of its investment and transition.

Startup ABL’s launcher is well-sized for Lockheed’s new satellite bus.

An intense private feud erupted publicly over Air Force objections to Army plans to encroach on long-range strike mission.

Hunt for hypersonic interceptor; Smith wants May 10 budget request; Air Force’s SIAW shift, and Austin scraps European drawdown.

Power unit glitch forces new MAX groundings and adds to quality control woes. But is it a storm in a teacup? Listen in as Aviation Week’s editors analyze Boeing’s latest challenge.

With the end of government support in the offing, French lobbying group GIFAS frets about a transition period for small suppliers.

Racer’s development has involved industry and academia from across Europe.

Analysts say a return to pre-crisis levels of aircraft demand remains far off.

The “fleet” of defense competitors has been growing in recent years, and new entrants may have different tactics, resources and goals.

How reduced widebody utilization due to COVID-19-related passenger service declines will affect the PW4000 aftermarket.