Aviation Week & Space Technology

Scott Kirby’s defection to United Airlines will strengthen one of American’s biggest rivals. But American may benefit from the move, too.

Failing to sustain the island nation will only accelerate the “China Dream” in which Beijing diminishes all democracies, not just Taiwan.

Melding the merged units into a coordinated business will be an enormous challenge for the leaders of AECC, since many of the engine factories and design institutes do both military and civil work.

Tests of the L1 adaptive control law will assess its ability to control the VISTA F-16 over a range of flight conditions and simulated failures.

Sutter is credited with leading the development of the first widebody aircraft.

Supersonic combustion in a hydrogen-fueled scramjet—achieved on first flight—is part of India’s long-range plan for an air-breathing reusable launch vehicle.

In this week’s Washington Outlook, presidential hopefuls outline a few Pentagon policies; Florida lawmakers likely to seek fixes for damaged launch pad.

What does the Sept. 1 explosion mean for SpaceX and its customers?

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded at 9:07 a.m. Sept. 1 on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral as it was preparing for a prelaunch test.

The U.S. Air Force is pressing forward with a competition for the early design phase of its new nuclear ICBM program—absent of "Milestone A" approval from the Pentagon—as it revises earlier cost estimates.

NASA is readying its surviving Space Shuttle Main Engines for a last hurrah as the power plant for its new heavy-lift Space Launch System.

Canada buys Blackjack UAS; F-35Bs to deploy to Central Command; CVN 78 carrier under the microscope; South Korea receives Apache pilot trainer.

Government and industry will likely develop new runway incursion prevention strategies and interventions to reduce the growing potential for a major crash.

Almost 100,000 people tuned in to a live stream of the first time the fighter aircraft landed on Dutch soil, far more than officials expected.

Can a diminutive, battery-powered trainer fill all those Boeing and Airbus flight decks? At least one industry leader says ‘yes.’

The heavy-lift Space Launch System will be a big vehicle, and NASA is starting to turn out some big pieces—and ground infrastructure—for its first flight in 2018.

Despite agreement on broad terms, the clock is ticking to overcome several regulatory hurdles before Airbus and Boeing can sell airliners to Iran.

Turkey’s two largest airlines are recording weaker-than-expected financial and operating performance mainly due to heightened security concerns.

The near-term focus for the program is to get the Space Launch System off the ground—without and with humans on top.

NASA is using a massive friction-stir welding tool at the Michoud Assembly Facility to build its first flight structure for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS).

European countries have until January 2018 to enter multinational tanker force. NATO will own the aircraft.

Strong financial results support the two airlines’ fleet and cabin upgrade initiatives.

Finland’s Sharper Shape is bringing its experience with beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone operations to the U.S. and India.

Low attrition is driving a growing retirement bubble in aerospace and defense. Companies must plan carefully to balance current and future staffing needs.

Brain drain to Silicon Valley? A wave of retirements? Offshoring mania? The results of Aviation Week’s 2016 Workforce Study say otherwise.