Aviation Week & Space Technology

The delayed ramp-up means most of the C Series orderbook still lies ahead, although new sales have remained slow.

The Trump administration’s new policies on conventional arms transfers and unmanned aircraft system sales are intended to ease commercial sales.

New European fighter will maintain Europe’s industrial capability but come with a hefty price tag. Cover photo: Tony Osborne/AW&ST

Russia’s unmanned helicopter, Fly Airbus, drive Audi; Aeryon’s defense drone, DLR’s new flying testbed, and insurer backs safer drones.

The rising demand for small satellites is aligning with rapid growth in companies such as Virgin Orbit, Vector, Rocket Labs and others. Plus, Aviation Week editors assess prospects for sending humans to suborbital space this year.

To support a higher flight rate, the company sought out and adopted manufacturing processes and personnel from other industries.

In a region where at times widebodies are used for intraregional services, crossover jet OEMs must change Middle East carriers’ mindset.

A former space shuttle astronaut helps us see that what happens in orbit makes a big difference to people’s lives on the ground.

Dynetics to demonstrate the airborne launch and recovery of volleys of low-cost UAS under a DARPA program to expand the potential uses of unmanned aircraft.

The U.S. Homeland Security and Justice departments seek congressional grant of authority to defend against rogue drones.

New mega-constellations of satellites are forcing a rethink about how to manage traffic in low Earth orbit.

DARPA cancellation of an ambitious VTOL X-plane program underlines the challenges facing industry in developing hybrid-electric and distributed-electric propulsion systems

Malaysian company hawks Turkish UAV, MDA’s missile-hunting software endeavors, UK company wins Indian border-watch contract, and Mexico cleared to buy Sikorsky MH-60Rs.

More SS2s are in production as The Spaceship Co. broadens its portfolio to include other aerospace and transport products.

Honda Aircraft handed over 43 HondaJets in 2017, only the second full year of deliveries. Its North Carolina plant is designed to build six units a month.

General Atomics, Phantom Works and Skunk Works have uncloaked their MQ-25A designs as decision time approaches. Here’s what we now know.

The former congressman has been a champion of commercial space efforts, which should serve him well as SpaceX and Boeing prepare to launch humans to space.

After a 60-year production run, the Pilatus PC-6 Porter line is shutting down.

Aviation Week talks to the head of the Italian Air Force about the JSF and the service's other needs.

Powering unmanned aircraft via laser beam could increase endurance and allow larger payloads, with high-bandwidth data sent back over the same beam.

Airbus and Boeing ramp up production and roll out new models as new competitors undergo flight testing.

Canada backs Bell air taxi; DARPA wants fast launches; Safran invests in microturbines; Volocopter’s urban mobility vision; SkyNRG tests new biofuel

Potential Chinese buyers of large business jets assume that Washington and Beijing will resolve their trade dispute.

Europe’s major players in space have long questioned the business case of reusing launchers but are evidently changing their minds.

A rare alignment of military space objectives and commercial initiatives catapult industry into a new frontier.