Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Sean Broderick
Which London airport the carrier will use and when service will start remain to be determined.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz, Jen DiMascio
After the geostationary communications satellite market collapse, Maxar is focused on launching its Legion satellites and rapidly providing data to customers.
Space

By Jens Flottau
Boeing’s 737 MAX production cut deepens worries of market-share loss versus the Airbus A320neo and brings strategy considerations to the fore again.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Unusual debuts at Aero; Wing delivers in Australia; Ehang flies food; UK counters UAS; DARPA challenges launch teams; Connecting UAS to ATC.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio, Lee Hudson
The U.S. is recapitalizing its space assets while simultaneously focusing on a future space architecture.
Defense

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
Listen in as our editors discuss which air transport applications have the best chance of breaking out.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Ground and flight tests will pit aircraft and sensors against Swiss requirements for a Hornet and Tiger replacement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The march toward integrating drones into the U.S. national airspace system continues.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
China’s regulator gives autonomous air taxi developer Ehang permission to begin passenger flights for specific missions at special locations.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Japanese F-35s grounded; industry calls Air Force IP buybacks a mistake; Raytheon helping bridge space tracking gap; Ukraine’s new cruise missile.
Defense

By Fred George
Pilots reveal the inside story on details of new MCAS protection features after Boeing 737 MAX upgrade simulator demonstrations.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Irish air navigation service provider serves as interface between North America and Europe.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno, Sean Broderick, Thierry Dubois
It was never going to be the best year, but suddenly the 2019 commercial aerospace manufacturing outlook is cloudier due to the Boeing 737 MAX production cut.
Air Transport

By Steven Grundman
Defense business strategists would do well to follow the example of Pentagon legend Andrew Marshall by focusing on asking the right questions.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Government and industry see the Tempest as a way of reigniting national interest in high-tech engineering.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Brazil’s hopes for self-sufficiency in space ride on Visiona’s nanosat.
Space

A web of regulations and a lack of standards are major obstacles to the logical development of a market to counter small unmanned aircraft.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Graphene sensors in composites; Safe hypergolic fuels; Space-saving SARsat; Bell UAM in Japan; Automation via 5G.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Facing an unprecedented grounding, Boeing takes its MCAS upgrade demo on the road.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Westcott facility for Reaction Engines core testing takes British high-speed rocket propulsion research back to its post-war roots.
Defense

By Byron Callan
Without adequate funding, the Pentagon is looking at ways to sustain its weaponry for the long term.
Defense

By Guy Norris
High-temperature, Mach 3.3 test paves the way for a hypersonic run for Reaction Engines pre-cooler.
Space

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

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

By Sean Broderick, Bill Carey
Investigators are looking closely at how the ET302 crew reacted, and why they reactivated a system that they identified as central to their problem.
Air Transport