Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Kerry Reals
Passengers with reduced mobility are lobbying for greater accessibility to airline cabins, but certain safety constraints keep the industry from developing a quick solution.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Jens Flottau
Faced with size constraints at its production facilities, Airbus rethinks the way it manufacturers aircraft.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
DARPA targets hypersonic defense; USAF wants reusable hypersonics; an unmanned KC-46A tanker? Liebherr/GM team on fuel-cell APU, and UK drone BVLOS milestone.
Aerospace

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
One hundred A320neos can’t be delivered because they don’t have engines. Aviation Week editors discuss.
Air Transport

Readers discuss "all-composite" metal bits; future of PC-6; UAS certification and Airbus' harmonizedPFD.
Feedback

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
The aircraft-maker’s strategy to continue production ahead of delayed engine deliveries is a heavy financial burden.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Revised secondary structure and cabin fittings will cut ARJ21 empty weight by more than half a ton. Thrust may be increased.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Guy Norris, Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
Feedback on its initial F135 engine upgrade proposal prompted P&W to include increased power and thermal management capability in its Growth Option 2.0 upgrade package.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
A heavily redacted document posted by the Air Force acknowledges an April contract award to develop an air-launched missile.
Defense

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

On its 75th anniversary, we look at the legendary organization’s storied history through the past pages of AW&ST.
Defense

By Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau
Airline discusses long-range requirements with manufacturers as industry trend for ultra-long-haul flights gathers momentum.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Germany proceeds with Israeli UAV, Qatar to use Sniper pods on Rafale, India seeks support for Apache sale, and Philippines desires more FA-50s.
Defense

By Bill Carey
UPS Airlines is modifying 137 Boeing 757 and 767 freighters with the Rockwell Collins Large Display System.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Hard-won lessons already transferred to industry by its X-57 electric-propulsion program are helping NASA make the case for the return to X-plane flight research.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
A likely cash infusion from Congress would come as the fighter program prepares for a full-rate production decision in 2019.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
With Russian rides to space station ending, pressure builds on Boeing and SpaceX to finish and fly their vehicles without shortcutting safety.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Ten teams have won $20,000 prizes in the first round of a $2 million competition to build a compact, safe and quiet personal flying device.
Aerospace

What is lacking is broad agreement across the entirety of the aviation and aerospace industry about what the U.S. needs and how best to get there.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Women are rarely found in air transport leadership positions, and IATA has finally recognized this problem. Now it needs to follow up with action.
Air Transport

By Antoine Gelain
The disagreement epitomizes the damages of Brexit—and the opportunity to forge a new security partnership.
Space

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines and several other Asian carriers are diversifying with alternative business models, although Cathay Pacific is not yet following.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The Defense Department and the tech community have distinctly different approaches to problem solving, but both sides are working on mutual understanding.
Defense