Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Thermoplastic fuselage; Diamond flies electric trainer; Russia’s hybrid regional demo plan; and study highlights airport drone risk.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
As demand for air travel and fleets grows, European carriers are investing to ensure they have enough qualified pilots.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Jens Flottau
Volocopter’s window to certify the VoloCity ahead of the Olympics is tight, but the real challenge is developing a larger version with a stronger business case.
Advanced Air Mobility

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

By Irene Klotz
Seven missions have been set aside for the third-place winner.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick, Ben Goldstein
Industry is concerned about key provisions of the FAA’s proposed operating rules for powered-lift aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

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

Readers write about the F-135 engine, Sud Aviation Caravelle, Mars versus Moon trips, AW&ST student subscriptions and hydrogen propulsion for aviation.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
The airframer is back to generating cash and on the way to meeting key promises to investors, citing growing stability in its commercial aircraft programs
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jen DiMascio, Garrett Reim, Irene Klotz
Editors discuss the meaning of exponential smallsat growth, new technologies for flying satellites in formation and U.S. national security space needs.
Check 6

By Kevin Michaels
Carriers are targeting upgraded products, ancillary revenues, aircraft downgauging and cabin flexibility.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
The country is developing a three-pronged strategy to accelerate the development of hypersonic missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
The acquisition of Cobham Aerospace Communications, also known as AeroComms, would add a powerful technology brick to Thales’ secure-satcom offering.
Connected Aerospace

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
New data linked to a known problem has convinced Pratt & Whitney to accelerate inspections on more than 1,000 A320neo-family engines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Apurva Mahajan
The Indian Space Research Organization’s landing on the Moon's south pole is slated to place around Aug. 23.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The road to launch detoured back to the rocket factory for an upper-stage modification.
Space

By Jens Flottau
Airbus and EASA earlier in 2023 settled on modifications to and around the rear center fuel tank (RCT).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
If even Emirates is no longer interested in the -8, shouldn’t Boeing drop it?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
CFM opens up on RISE testing while Pratt & Whitney explores a sustainable GTF growth path through an MTU-led Clean Aviation Switch research initiative.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
While they are split on a decision to appeal, American Airlines and JetBlue Airways are dismantling their more than two-year-old Northeast Alliance.
Airlines & Lessors

By Brian Everstine
A long-known V-22 gearbox flaw caused the accident, the investigation found.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Next-generation fighters will be available when Australia searches for a replacement for a squadron of Boeing F/A-18E/Fs in the mid-2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus is gathering clearer ideas on airport needs, but funding has yet to grow.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
The startup asserts that its radio-­frequency electric propulsion unit is easier to manufacture.
Commercial Space