Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid eSTOL flies; sea-based high-speed VTOL; China’s electric regional; Piasecki’s tilt-duct ARES revived.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
An independent report flagged four general areas as places to target to make U.S. airspace safer and more efficient.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Joe Anselmo, Karen Walker, Daniel Williams
India's airlines have ordered thousands of aircraft this year, but economic realities will keep it from replicating Beijing's growth miracle anytime soon.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Resilient PNT will require multiple alternatives to the singular GPS.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
Major technical risks were retired by the performance of SpaceX’s Super Heavy rocket.
Commercial Space

By Christine Boynton, Guy Norris
Several airlines detailed fleet expansion plans as they announced orders and commitments at this year’s Dubai Airshow—transactions that largely favored Boeing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
The long-planned move to DWC has been delayed several times. Now Dubai’s aviation stakeholders are pursuing it with renewed urgency.
Airports & Networks

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

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
With lower-than-expected time on wing at other airlines, Emirates decides against large order for the A350-1000 for now.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A diverse portfolio of UAE-built UAS and missiles needs engines, and the Edge Group wants to use local options.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Weak, angled signals from global navigation satellite system satellites are spawning new applications.
Space

By Christine Boynton
The two legacy carriers with long histories announced significant orders at the Dubai Airshow as they look to compete on a broader scale.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
With orders for Edge’s Reach-S UAS, the United Arab Emirates has joined the growing list of nations capable of developing armed drones.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Fan-in-wing high-speed VTOL; JAL eyes hydrogen-electric; China’s firefighting eVTOL; Wright hybrid-electric testbed; and Islander to fly 5G.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The bomber’s public first flight kicks off an intensive test campaign and more funding for Northrop Grumman.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Joe Anselmo
Embraer’s CEO has an ambitious plan to nearly double sales by 2030, but the company will need to sell more E-Jets to get there.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
It increasingly seems that the only replacement for the Boeing E-3 Sentry is another Boeing aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
GPS has become a household term over the last 50 years. Over the coming decades, it is likely to be subsumed into another three-letter term, PNT.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
The 50-year-old GPS program is increasingly vulnerable to a proliferation of tools used to jam and spoof the weak and unencrypted civilian signal.
Space

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Environmental pressure is growing on aviation in Europe amid calls for restrictions, taxes and minimum air fares.
Airports & Networks

By Bill Carey
WAAS is undergoing a major upgrade and preparing to incorporate the Pentagon’s new L5 civil signal for aviation safety services.
Airports & Networks

By Garrett Reim
The spacecraft is the Pentagon’s first experimental navigation satellite in nearly 50 years.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Elroy Air has conducted the first flight of its Chaparral C1 uncrewed cargo aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Raytheon and Kongsberg had to “beg, borrow and steal” to get Nasams to Ukrainian forces in a matter of weeks.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Adrian Schofield
The slow rebound in travel from mainland China has prompted some carriers to focus elsewhere.
Airlines & Lessors