Aviation Week & Space Technology

How will U.S. refuel aircraft?; Poland set to sign for F-35s; Raytheon’s new missile-warning data contract; Russia to export the Mi-38.

Despite development delays, ESA sees the ExoMars 2020 program as key to European progress in exploration technology.

As Pentagon officials come to grips with challenges facing hypersonic boost-glide missiles, air-breathing alternatives are gaining speed.

Last year turned out to be the ugliest for Boeing’s finances in a generation, with the Chicago-based manufacturer of the 737 MAX and other aerospace and defense products reporting a net loss of $636 million.

After Singapore, Indonesia likely to order first. The Philippines has narrowed its choice down to the F-16 and Gripen.

The signature disruption at the second-busiest UK airport has made the business case for installing counter-drone systems.

Acquisition of Eastar Jet would help Jeju Air dominate South Korean LCC market and spur overdue consolidation in this sector.

The city-state’s air bases are increasingly vulnerable. It obviously sees STOVL as an answer.

How the U.S. Air Force plans to disrupt command and control, military acquisition and the industrial base with ABMS.

Eviation’s Alice catches fire; Boeing teams on ducted fans; Boom plans XB-1 flights; SkyDrive readies eVTOL; Bell demos cargo drone.

We provide answers to some of the key questions about the UK’s looming exit from the EU.

President/CEO John Holmes talks labor shortages, the MAX crisis, technological enablers and lucrative opportunities.

Airbus introduces advanced autopilot modes and a vortex-ring-state prediction tool on its new twin-engine medium helicopter.

RIP Boeing Phantom Express; UK offloads AWACS aircraft; CMV-22B delivery imminent; UK upgrading training helo requirements.

Optical sensors have joined Israel’s elaborate and increasingly more powerful air surveillance network

Aerospace Calendar Feb. 11-16—Singapore Airshow. Changi Exhibition Center. Singapore. See singaporeairshow.com Feb. 13-April 2—RTCA Plenary Sessions

Boeing did not have the best year, and how many aircraft can and will be built will likely be open questions for years.

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

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

IPOs, mergers and strategic moves reshuffle industrial landscape for Israeli aerospace.

Following a successful demonstration of Dragon’s launch abort system, SpaceX is in the home stretch for a crewed flight test.

Automaker investments and flying prototypes are boosting the credibility of urban air mobility.

Most in industry and government see high-level, multinational efforts as a pipe dream, leaving airlines to fend for themselves.

Readers write about Boeing management and culture woes, cockpit system manual override, and nuclear power for remote military bases.

Israel’s precision weapons are sold all over the world, but struggled to break into world’s most lucrative market until recently