Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne
Airbus will coordinate 33 companies including airframers, engine producers and defense electronics specialists on studies for a new European airlifter.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Reaping the benefit of decades of hydrogen-related research, Cranfield is expanding its work across aerospace applications of this zero-carbon fuel option.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
DARPA picks nine for Ancillary; China’s drive/fly eVTOL; Alef’s flying car; and hydrogen future for training aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
China’s aerospace and defense industry noticeably still struggles to match or even approach U.S. and European mass production of fighter aircraft engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Garrett Reim
Upstart Archer denies allegations of intellectual property theft.
Advanced Air Mobility

Readers write in about U.S. Army future rotorcraft programs, gun launchers, Boeing 787 manufacturing setbacks and Airbus A380 wing-spar cracking issues.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

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

By Lori Ranson
Alexis von Hoensbroech’s arrival has coincided with a pivot toward leisure travel that bolsters the airline’s growing presence in domestic Canadian markets.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
The airline anticipates growth and sees a window of opportunity as WestJet folds Sunwing into mainline operations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
The service is investing in new ISR, UAS and combat air capabilities as it prepares for a new era of data-driven defense.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
New initiative announced at Paris Air Show coincides with apparent decreased American presence in Le Bourget.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Richard Aboulafia
What was once a 50-50 single-aisle/twin-aisle market is now a 70-30 market, with no signs of changing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio, Irene Klotz
George Nield, who led the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, talks about managing the risks of private space travel without harming innovation.
Check 6

By Brian Everstine, Irene Klotz
Building a space taxi for NASA turned out to be a whole lot harder than Boeing imagined.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The first EMD aircraft for the service took off from Boeing’s St. Louis facility.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Boeing had a quiet Paris Air Show in terms of new orders, but it continues to make progress on two key commercial programs bogged down in regulatory scrutiny.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid-electric EcoPulse; Embraer and GKN on hydrogen; Fuel-cell business jet; and ONERA’s truss-braced airliner concept.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Industry executives, NGOs and politicians underlined obstacles and discussed possible solutions to the aviation industry’s net-zero emissions goal.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
Raytheon’s lobbyist accused a Lockheed Martin executive of deception for publicly supporting a proposal to replace the F-35 engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Airbus executive says the worst of the supply chain crisis could be over. But 2023 and 2024 will be challenging, and production increases are not guaranteed.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Rival European missile manufacturers are in a race to conceptualize a European hypersonic defense interceptor.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By William Garvey
A close family of aviation-minded regulars plans no changes to the charming but service-lacking airport.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Christine Boynton
New entrants on the North American airline scene have both weathered and found opportunity in one of the most challenging times for the industry in decades.
Airlines & Lessors