Aviation Week & Space Technology

Poland has taken the next step toward modernizing its armed forces, but its selections may have wider effects.

Four years after the first Sbirs GEO launch, USAF pushes to get more infrared data to users in the field.

Given budget pressures, space industry increasingly using additive manufacturing to make components more flexibly and at lower cost

Allegiant Air’s pilots formed a union in 2012, but they still have no contract.

Aviation Week's Managing Editor, Commercial Aviation, Jens Flottau takes us on a flight in Drukair’s latest Airbus A319 as it navigates close to mountains en route to Paro Airport, Bhutan.

Despite the challenges of high-altitude operations, limited traffic and new competition, Bhutan’s Drukair plans expansion.

Surrounding high mountains, strong winds and limited navigational aids give pilots flying into Bhutan’s Paro Airport little margin for error.

With operational debut around the corner, Marine and Navy officials temper expectations of F-35B’s early capabilities.

Shoot-on-the-move lasers for Humvees; VTOL long-endurance UAV grows legs; Super Hornet to fly on 100% biofuel; NASA flies X-56A for first time; airship crowdfunding soars past £1 million.

High-energy laser developer says its third-generation tactical weapon is five years ahead in technical maturity compared to fiber laser systems.

Why OEMs are fine with airlines that do not want dedicated spare-parts stocks.

House Armed Services Committee stands by the F-35; Republicans want EPA, other agencies to fund Earth-observation; and a gyrocopter lands on the Capitol grounds.

Engine failure followed by smoke in the cockpit reveals potential shortcomings in emergency-procedures training under duress.

​Chris Emerson has been appointed president/chief executive of Airbus Helicopters Inc., Grand Prairie, Texas, effective June 1. He also will be head of Airbus Helicopters North America. Emerson will succeed Marc Paganini, who will become head of special projects for the Airbus Group. Emerson has been senior vice president/head of marketing for Airbus in Toulouse and was senior vice president/chief financial officer of the then-EADS North America.

The U.S. Navy is working to ready long-endurance air vehicles to fly from warships, swarming small UAVs and long-duration unmanned undersea and surface vessels.

As if weak Chinese demand were not bad enough for business jet makers, lessors in the country will be looking for homes for 30 aircraft this year. Gulfstream and Bombardier will be most challenged.

The maintenance, repair and overhaul sector is ripe for consolidation, and aerospace investors and larger companies considering strategic acquisitions are in hot pursuit of companies in the field, insiders say.

Carbon fiber was a step forward in performance but a step backward in assembly cost. A new European research project aims to make composites assembly quicker and cheaper

Russia’s airlines, feeling the adverse effects of a falling ruble and weakening traffic, are seeking tax relief and other help from the government

Restoration work is underway to get the only privately owned Windecker Eagle—the first all-composite aircraft—back in the skies.

When Airbus launched the A380 15 years ago the focus was on luxury, but times have changed; the thrust is decidedly more proletarian now.

Opinions differ over whether the direction in which the automotive industry is taking composites production can be of value to aircraft manufacturers.

For a year, airlines have struggled to repatriate money stuck in Venezuela. Some carriers have had a small measure of success, but there is little chance of a full-scale solution.

Far from an effective CAS resolution; Missing element from CAS chart; More CAS solutions offered; Switching out F-35 engines at sea; Disconnect between government enterprises/commercial counterparts

India hit the reset button on stalled contract talks with Dassault, opting for a government-to-government sale of 36 Rafale fighters. Our editors discuss what the deal means for India, Dassault and future combat aircraft competitions.