Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Traditional engine-makers and startups position for emerging hybrid-electric power market.
Sustainability

By Michael Bruno
China could become the world’s largest commercial aviation system by the middle of the decade. Up to recently, Western suppliers were integral to the Asia giant’s aerospace development, and the relationship was mutually beneficial.
Aerospace

By Lori Ranson
The recovery in Brazil has been temporarily stalled by a rash new COVID-19 cases.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jen DiMascio
MDA awards NGI contracts; Priorities for incoming Indo-PACOM chief; U.S. budget scuffling and UK’s defense procurement reforms.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Ask the Editors: The 737’s baseline configuration has been remarkably resilient for decades, but it is unlikely to evolve beyond the -10.
Air Transport

By William Garvey
Twin-props seem to have gone missing from the skies of general aviation airports.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Seven startup companies in Europe are developing launchers capable of placing satellites in the 10-1,200-kg (22-2,645-lb.) category into orbit.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
New defense plans boost Future Combat Air System, Typhoon upgrades, but leave intelligence-gathering fleets in tatters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

United CEO Scott Kirby on why his company is bucking convention by expanding its widebody fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
The European Space Agency and national agencies are supporting startups in their bid to offer a new kind of launch services.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A $14.3 billion modernization program risks delays unless Lockheed software developers and military bureaucracy can dodge obstacles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Sustainability and environmental, social and governance investing are set to remake the A&D industry from the inside out.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Nico Buchholz
Smaller aircraft like turboprops are the perfect “testbed” for efforts to make aviation greener.
Sustainability

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Europe hopes its Digital Green Certificate will help drive a recovery in air travel demand.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Airbus flies 100% SAF; hybrid tests in UK; SAF from waste food; certifiable drone control; and more tech news.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus and Dassault try to reconcile views in thorny FCAS negotiations as a political deadline nears.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Ask the editors: Is it worthwhile to change aviation’s fuel infrastructure? The answer might be the use of LNG as a transition to SAF.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio, Irene Klotz
Listen in as Nanoracks CEO Jeff Manber predicts that by the end of the year, private space companies will have more discretionary money to spend than the U.S. federal government.
Program Management

By Jens Flottau, Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
AerCap, the new leader in aircraft leasing, will be much larger than competitors and will have a strong say in future aircraft design.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Readers write about UAM skepticism, Boeing’s culture, the Amercian Airlines Flight 191 crash in 1979 and Task Force Normandy.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Irene Klotz
Suborbital flights, tourist missions are not the allure for this adventure pilot.
Commercial Space

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon is diversifying the U.S. early missile warning portfolio with a mix of satellite types and sizes in different orbits to prevent unwanted missile attacks.
Program Management

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
Aviation Week & Space Technology