Aviation Week & Space Technology

Certification standards we use for human pilots could also be applied to artificial intelligence.

While working on the giant Long March 9, China comes up with a Moon-landing plan that would use established launcher technology.

AirAsia Japan has already shut down, and its franchises, including the group’s long-haul unit, are under extreme pressure.

Take a closer look at the ISS and a review some highlights of its development as recorded in Aviation Week’s archives.

For suppliers and servicers, China’s aviation recovery compared with depression elsewhere creates a dilemma: Run to China or run away?

Upgrades are underway for carrier aircraft as Stratolaunch prepares to offer hypersonic test capability from 2022 onward.

The founder, president and CEO of the Flight School Association of North America, discusses how the organization benefits student pilots as well as

Extended-range GMLRS to enter flight tests; AH-1W next steps; Dutch to hunt for airlifter in 2021; Philippines receive A-29s.

University research parks help startups learn business and develop innovative technologies as well as the next generation of leaders.

High-octane fuel is a threat to 230,000 lightplanes and helicopters.

Urban air mobility and drone traffic management share the same technology pillars but will occupy different layers of airspace.

Ask the Editors: The gentle encounter is to last less than 16 sec.—and potentially only 5 sec.

OEM trims 20-year fleet size, delivery projections in first forecast since pandemic started.

Fifteen-nation program marks 20 years of continuous human presence in low Earth orbit.

VoltAero has begun flight-testing the most powerful version of its hybrid-electric power train for regional transportation.

Mixed congressional reaction on the Pentagon’s radical proposal to redesign the U.S. Navy for a future war with China.

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force has begun work on how to exploit its new RC-2 sigint aircraft, converted from an airlifter prototype.

In this special edition Check 6 Tech Talk, we speak to Elizabeth Turtle, the principal investigator of NASA’s upcoming Dragonfly mission.

As travel restrictions continue to hold back demand, airlines face winter capacity cuts.

Hypersonic Production Accelerator Facility would dramatically cut costs and schedule for scramjet propulsion, study says.

Ask the Editors: New training protocol for 737 MAX pilots have yet to be finalized, but a Sept. 30 demo is a good idea of what’s to come.

Fleet upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic may have an impact on the feedstock available for conversion.

HAPSMobile flies high; Islander automated; multifuel UAV engines; NASA’s X-59 slips; Russia targets quiet supersonics; fresh fruit by autonomous aircraft.

Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of CNES, tells Aviation Week’s Thierry Dubois about the agency’s progress on reusable launchers and other programs in conjunction with International Astronautical Congress 2020.

Ask the Editors: U.S. Air Force and NATO officials have discussed replacing E-3s using a distributed systems approach, but options are not fully developed.