Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Tier 1 aerospace suppliers see the AAM industry as a way to bridge the business and technology gaps to the next single-aisle airliner.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Baykar’s Akinci drone as well as its associated weapons and sensors will be produced in Saudi Arabia under a new deal estimated at roughly $3 billion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX and NASA are meeting to discuss options for Artemis III’s return to the lunar surface.
Space

By Sash Tusa
The rotary-wing industry model is fracturing, and a much smaller U.S. civil rotorcraft industry is likely as civil and military requirements diverge.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Northrop bids dasvidaniya to rocket’s Russian engines.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Boeing’s legacy 727 has found an unlikely role as a first responder to global oil spills.
Aircraft & Propulsion

During more than three decades in our Washington bureau, Bond wore many hats: reporter, editor, content innovator and mentor to young journalists.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim, Guy Norris
Space tourism company makes room for experiments and prototypes.
Commercial Space

By Bill Carey
Gogo Business Aviation anticipates its 5G network chip will be released in mid-year 2024, following discovery of a chip design error.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
A new U.S. effort to prove technology for reusable hypersonic flight is inching forward as government scientists seek information on industry-funded projects.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM, IAG and Lufthansa Group say the summer is going more smoothly than last year’s and travel demand is set to remain strong.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Comac/CATL electric aircraft venture; high-power silicon battery; JetBlue and carbon capture; and fly/drive evTOL hovers.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
If China actively enforces its export controls, the U.S. is certain to step up supply chain efforts with allies to reduce dependency on Beijing.
Supply Chain

By Adrian Schofield
Aircraft arriving this year will help accelerate a transition phase for the country’s carriers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey, Molly McMillin
A mix of old and new brought thousands of aviation enthusiasts to the annual fly-in and convention in Oshkosh.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Rather than proceeding with a new F-35 engine, the service is using remaining Adaptive Engine Transition Program funds for sixth-generation development.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bill Carey
Some EAGLE executive committee members briefed pilots on progress made by the four developers of candidate unleaded fuels.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The defense relationship between Azerbaijan and Turkey is tightening through cooperation on the Kaan fighter, but Baku’s role in the program remains foggy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson, Christine Boynton
Halfway through 2023, U.S. airlines have focused on capacity restoration and surging demand—now many are eying optimization and better efficiency.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble, Michael Bruno
Editors discuss Northrop's exit from the U.S. Air Force’s competition to replace the F-22 and the implications of L3Harris’ acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Check 6

By Guy Norris
Launch risks, cryogenic and uranium fuel are among the challenges facing the agencies’ ambitious DRACO space nuclear thermal propulsion orbital demonstration.
Space

By Jens Flottau
The company has been testing a subscale demonstrator for its Lilium Jet for more than a year and is nearing buildup of an aircraft for certification flight tests.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
New technology is making simulated training more powerful than ever, but obstacles remain for the U.S. military to exploit recent advances fully.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Sean Broderick
The aircraft-maker has finished its proposed redesign of older 737 nacelles, but it must analyze maintenance-related errors to help mitigate their risk.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
Nearly all schedule details about the B-21 Raider are classified, but the U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have now provided four completed milestones.
Aircraft & Propulsion