Aviation Week & Space Technology

John Reing and Miguel Smart
Aerospace companies are mapping strategies to meet both employee and business needs in an uncertain future.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Joe Anselmo, Jen DiMascio, Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. Army’s new MQ-1 payload; Northrop wins $13 billion for next ICBM; MH-60 floorboard fix; and U.S. Marines’ UK carrier exercise.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The company is offering a family of UAS that includes advanced and inexpensive systems.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

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

Readers write about GPS mismanagement, AW&ST as invaluable information source and Boeing 737 handling trials.
Aerospace

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

By Jen DiMascio, Lee Hudson
With the commercial aviation manufacturers and suppliers still reeling from COVID-19, Eric Fanning, president of the Aerospace Industries Association
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Multiple industry projects are underway as the U.S. Air Force seeks to redefine design requirements for an attritable propulsion system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Pipistrel is developing a family of unmanned cargo aircraft as a follow-on to the first type-certified electric trainer.
Business Aviation

By Thierry Dubois, Irene Klotz
Arianespace enters smallsat ride-share service while Rocket Lab debuts Photon satellite.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Air Force thinks a software development shift will drive combat aircraft advances and change the defense industry business model.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Ask the Editors: Mitsubishi’s inexperience with developing commercial aircraft has led to a series of delays in its regional jet program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British Typhoon AESA radar derisked through programs such as ARTS and Bright Adder.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
U.S. agency is expanding partnerships, adding new weather-monitoring technologies and moving to cloud-based data services.
Space

By Guy Norris
After decades of fundamental research, AFRL readies rotating detonation engine concepts for potential missile, engine and rocket roles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
Most observers agree that aircraft manufacturers are still too optimistic with regards to demand for new aircraft.
Program Management

By Guy Norris
Next-gen three-stream combat engines signal the dawn of a new era in jet development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Jerad Hayes
The key is the right combination of cost, capability, autonomy and flexibility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Given current high production rates, it is unlikely there will be a shortage of widebody capacity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Reopening borders will be the key to international recovery, but most countries are reluctant and criteria are uneven, airline CEOs say.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Europe to fly hybrids; eVTOL cargo UAV; Flying-V takes flight; Lasers for air data; Drag sail deorbiter; High-rate UAM manufacture
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Steve Trimble
Combined-cycle testbed paves the way for Air Force’s longer-term hypersonic vehicle ambitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Ask the Editors: NASA has continued its exploration blueprints by building support among both Democratic and Republican legislators.
Space

By Michael Bruno
From SpaceX’s recent successes to Palantir’s coming public stock offering, newcomers are making noise in A&D, but looks can be deceiving.
Budget, Policy & Operations