Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Guy Norris
Parts for the first 777-9 are arriving from all over the world at Everett, Washington, where preparations for assembly and testing of the first of Boeing’s new-generation 777X twinjet family are in the final phases.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Suburban drone delivery, turbine power for UAVs, automating track inspection, wind-resistant quadrotors and rolling composite parts.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Israeli startup Eviation has selected Kokam to supply batteries to power a nine-passenger, all-electric regional aircraft, to fly by early 2019.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Large commercial unmanned aircraft for cargo and passengers are closer than people believe, argues new report from U.S. trade body the AIA, and regulators need to start getting ready.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Portugal’s Skytech sees military leasing of Embraer KC-390 as future business model.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Orders from China could prove to be a savior in depleted helicopter market. Photo: Anthony Pecchi/Airbus Helicopters
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Funding requests on multiple budget lines for fiscal 2019 show how the U.S. Defense Department is moving to boost investment in hypersonic weapons and defenses.
Defense

By Tony Osborne, Graham Warwick
Voom on-demand helicopter service becomes a subsidiary of Airbus Helicopters as CityAirbus eVTOL urban air taxi takes shape.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
New sensors and data processing could provide additional early warning of degradation in the moving elements of helicopter transmissions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Kopter already has two years of production slots filled and holds 120 letters of intent.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Substantial progress is being made in using fly-by-wire controls to mitigate issues that caused a 2016 accident.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
As the first A350-1000 enters service, Airbus must use the timing advantage to gain market share ahead of the Boeing 777X’s entry into service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
National Space Council tackles regulatory reform to bolster U.S. commercial space industry.
Space

Readers question level of civility in Feedback, Qantas CEO's A380/787 remark, NASA LOC requirement metrics, and airline mechanics' average salary.
Feedback

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

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Airbus CEO Tom Enders says the latest issue means “more work, stress and strain and more disruptions for our customers.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio, Irene Klotz
The National Space Council traveled to Kennedy Space Center to discuss how private space companies and other countries can participate as NASA scales back its financial support for the station in the years to come.
Check 6

By Angus Batey
UK researchers prepare to fly an unmanned aircraft that uses pressurized air for flight control, a technology BAE Systems believes could help existing aircraft.
Defense

By Bill Carey
An expert task force is developing a concept of operations for an IP-based communications network serving the world aviation community, with ICAO at the center.
Connected Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Suppliers may need more time than Airbus and Boeing might like to build up capabilities for higher production rates.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Indonesia finalizes deal for Su-35s; Finland looks to boost ship defenses; India’s indigenous operating system, and a new competition for GPS satellites.
Defense

The now-funded requirement for up to 650 engines to reengine the 76-strong B-52 fleet will be one of the largest military engine upgrades since the KC-135R.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kevin Michaels
The potential rewards of vertically integrating must be balanced against notable risk.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Maybe Trump’s spending surge will lead to growth in A&D employment. But if not, it may not be his fault.
Defense