Aviation Week & Space Technology

A question for U.S. leaders: Is it worth taking Boeing up on its bailout bid? The answer is likely yes, but not for the obvious reasons.

The virus that causes COVID-19 has disrupted operations at U.S. airport towers, approach control facilities and en route centers.

Solicitation asks manufacturers to supply a drone approved to fly beyond line of sight for transmission line inspections.

European report sees clear role for hydrogen fuel in reducing aviation’s emissions but acknowledges the barriers.

The demonstration phase of the KF-X radar program is over. A production-representative prototype is being built.

Hybrid-electric turbine-based combined-cycle concept under evaluation for U.S. Navy hypersonic applications and commercial developments.

Will the coronavirus pandemic completely change how the defense budget is prioritized nationally?

The aircraft will carry the main load of remaining SpaceJet flight testing. Two more of the new design are being built.

U.S. Marine Corps joins Air Force’s Agility Prime program to accelerate commercial development of eVTOL air taxis.

Fast-track propulsion-system test program puts hypersonic developer on course for key mode transition demonstration later this year.

Auditors reveal ongoing F-35 problems; Triton funding requested; a new C-17 scheduling app and Libya seeks Airbus helicopters.

With cases of COVID-19 on the rise, NASA shutters Stennis and Michoud centers.

ThereCraft cargo UAV; Aeronomie models electrification; TsAGI refines flying wing; EHang teams with Seville; Urban partners with Ascent.

The air cargo sector knows it needs to be more sustainable, and efforts are gaining ground.

IATA wants $200 billion of state aid for airlines to survive. Those that do will be in a very different industry, with fewer players.

Despite COVID-19 Britain is undertaking its biggest defense and foreign policy review since Cold War.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

The U.S. Army awards Bell and Sikorsky risk-reduction contracts for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program.

A look at military requirements across the continent that may translate into orders over the next decade.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Readers write about aviation English language proficiency, Convair 880 memories, flight training for manual flying and gallons-per-minute measure.

Commercial aviation has weathered numerous crises, and each time it has recovered and grown stronger.

Aerospace manufacturing has awakened to a nightmare. Customer demand could swoon as air travel is crippled, battering a sector already reeling from narrowbody and widebody cuts alike.

Ahead of the launch of his new book Harrier 809, aviation author and historian Rowland White joins Aviation Week’s London Bureau Chief Tony Osborne to discuss the story of Britain’s legendary jump jet and its role in the Falklands War.

The U.S. Marine Corps has opted to pursue an unmanned family-of-systems instead of having one large expensive air vehicle.