Aviation Week & Space Technology

Contrails and climate; Zunum’s funding issues; Gyroplane production deal ; Fan-in-wing eVTOL; Hybrid forging and printing.

The U.S. needs to unite around space exploration to achieve a goal worthy of being compared to the Apollo mission.

A lot has changed in the U.S. space industry since the Apollo program 50 years ago, but not everything has.

A fourth phase has been added to the China Lunar Exploration Program, to survey polar sites for a 2030s research station.

Can Britain justify developing a new-generation trainer to go with the Tempest?

Many experts now believe Boeing may not raise its monthly 737 production rate to 52 new aircraft until next summer and it might put off Rate 57 until late 2020.

Sikorsky faces the challenge of balancing growth capability with affordability as it tailors its X2 configuration to the U.S. Army’s armed scout mission.

As Emirates focuses on smaller widebodies, Dubai airport wants the airline’s flights to be spread out more evenly throughout the day.

Today’s students will take humanity to the Moon and beyond, and we need to inspire them to succeed.

FAA senior executives reinforced the message that “Remote ID” is a prerequisite for enabling more complex drone operations that are now allowed only by waiver.

India plans to launch its second Moon mission this month and place humans in Earth orbit by the end of 2021.

Fifty years later, solar system science still shaped by results from Apollo missions.

The lessons from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, shuttle and ISS wardrobes live on as NASA readies garments for Orion crews and astronauts assigned to low-Earth-orbit activities. And now NASA will have to outfit astronauts for Artemis.

Japan Airlines receives the country’s first Airbus A350, as the airline looks ahead to a big year in 2020.

A return to the lunar surface may require the work of multiple nations and companies with competing interests.

Sikorsky prepares to begin data-collection flight testing to support HH-60W Combat Rescue helicopter production decision.

To modernize U.S. nuclear forces, we must ensure rapid development of the ground-based strategic deterrent Minuteman III replacement.

Boeing courts Cora; LeoLabs aids space regulator; H55’s electric trainer; Jet fuel from the Sun; Drone parachutes get nod; Looking into fighter pilot brains.

With Thales’ new FMS, “open-world” information will be allowed to enter safety-critical applications.

Boeing hopes software changes will correct the issue, but it’s unclear whether the chip hardware needs to be changed.

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

Mitsubishi to acquire CRJ sales and support network to support its SpaceJet regional jet, but Bombardier will end production in 2020.

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

GPS outages disrupt Israeli airports; U.S. Army’s first JAGM firing tests; Israel investigating cause of GPS blackout.

Integrating the former Bombardier program into the Airbus organization has been a major focus over the past year.