Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Transonic Truss Braced Wing, electrified propulsion small-core turbofans and high-rate composites top NASA’s priorities
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
Samples from asteroid could reveal more about building blocks for life.
Space

By Steven Grundman
Under a flat budget, the Pentagon should increase competition, invest in soft power, reinvent conops and tap digital technologies.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Readers write about Aviation Week webinars, hydrogen-powered aircraft, and Rolls-Royce’s future.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Jen DiMascio
Taiwan cleared for missile sales; Bell starts attack helo parts production; Telesat, Lockheed team on SDA; more money for military intel.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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

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

By Bradley Perrett
The low-cost carrier is developing new markets at home. The industry returned to domestic activity levels months ago.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lee Hudson
A detailed look at defense investments under a Trump or Biden administration.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
From Boom to Joby, aviation startups are turning to 3D printing to reduce time and cost required to field new products.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Lee Hudson
Democrats Amy McGrath and Kim Mangone are challenging two of the most powerful Republicans in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: A wave of consolidation in A&D has arrived due to COVID-19, the worst aerospace downturn since the dawn of the Jet Age.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week editors honored more than two dozen 2020 Laureate Awards winners from around the globe in a virtual event.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Future trainer could tutor pilots for European Future Combat Air System.
Air Dominance

By Jens Flottau
The whole project has been deeply embarrassing for German engineering and infrastructure planning.
Airports & Networks

By Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson
Faced with a rapidly growing Chinese Navy, the U.S. Army is seeking to adapt a land-based targeting system for a maritime strike role.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
While public investors avoid A&D as effects of COVID-19 ripple across industry, private equity is rushing in.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Bradley Perrett
Ask the Editors: Comac’s C919 is unlikely to appear in the airline fleets of developed economies in the next few years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo tests advanced integrated radar and electronic warfare system planned for UK Tempest Future Combat Aircraft System.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Thierry Dubois
Data link and ADS-B will be instrumental for improved European air traffic management, but key countries are late in implementation.
Air Traffic

By Graham Warwick
Kawasaki’s compound; Rolls’ eVTOL rig; ADAC OKs multicopters; Aerion’s eSTOL linkup; Eve for UAM; and Compact rotary power.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
Here is a look at some of the commercially developed and operated hardware on the International Space Station.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Ask the Editors: A failed joint venture around the C-390 has left doubt about future collaboration between Boeing and Embraer.
Air Dominance

This webinar took place October 16, 2020. NASA’s Artemis program to put humans on the Moon by 2024, the U.S. Defense Department’s creation of the
Defense