Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Bradley Perrett, Steve Trimble
Shenyang Aircraft’s stealth fighter proposal has won official support. The air force, not just the navy, wants it.
Defense

Readers discuss aviation pioneers Robert DeLaurentis and Michael Collins; U.S. Army's artillery modernization plans; FARA/FLRAA program recommendations.
Feedback

By Graham Warwick
Longview Aviation Capital entered the picture in 2016, when it was formed to manage a portfolio of long-term investments in the Canadian aerospace industry.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
Nightmarish flight delays underscore vulnerabilities of airlines to a range of operational and regulatory constraints.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett, Steve Trimble
What a new crop of all-wing UAS unveiled in Zhuhai reveals about China’s capabilities.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The CR929 grew during concept design and did so one last time as its configuration was fixed in June, figures supplied by UAC reveal.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
A commercial airlock module and an external payload platform will be added to the International Space Station.
Space

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

By Jen DiMascio
Will Australia equip its F-35s with maritime missiles by 2023? UK’s defense budget hole; Czech company to make missile engines, and Elbit to buy IMI.
Defense

William Tuccio
Can the NTSB be self-critical enough to identify leading indicators proactively in close-call situations?
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
Initial survey shows planets beyond the Solar System are more plentiful than stars.
Space

By Guy Norris
Aircraft developers, systems and air traffic management providers respond to NASA’s Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge.
Aerospace

By Lee Hudson
Former Boeing executive Pat Shanahan is using his business prowess to implement change in the Defense Department.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Looking to 2019 and beyond, stock-pickers are betting fortunes in A&D will diverge again. One group is already suffering as investors move their money.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Improvements in the economics, passenger comfort and environmental performance of the shorter MRJ version are being studied.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency looks to balance supporting the country’s aerospace industry with enabling new applications for aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
How expanding roles and threats will shape the future of the U.S. Air Force mobility fleet.
Defense

By Sean Broderick
Engine parts are becoming scarce due to demand for service and a drop in retirements.
Optimizing Engines Through the Lifecycle

By Steve Trimble
A new strategy delivers desperately needed defensive upgrades for Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve mobility fleet years early.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Skytrac system samples data from 500 parameters on the AW139 and sends exceedance data to engineers.
Connected Aerospace

By Richard Aboulafia
Route fragmentation that is killing large quadjets is also badly hurting medium-large twin-aisles.
Air Transport

By Joe Anselmo
What now? That was the reaction of U.S. airplane manufacturers after a ceasefire ended World War I on Nov. 11, 1918.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
Baseline standards for avionics, communications, life-support, power, robotics, rendezvous operations and thermal systems expected this year.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Wright advances electric plans; Ignite will test electric drives; RemoveDebris images orbital junk; SESAR launches UAS demos; Vanuatu eyes vaccine delivery by drone.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
The FAA is readying new rules and technologies to accommodate increasing launch and reentry operations by commercial space operators.
Commercial Space