Aviation Week & Space Technology

n F-35A that caught fire last week—a mishap that prompted a fleetwide halt to flight operations—was one of the newer of the stealthy jets delivered by

Rolls-Royce is to modify the lift fan systems on already-delivered Lockheed Martin F-35Bs to incorporate changes from flight testing and bring the

An article that appeared on page 30 of the June 23 issue should have said the French state is the largest single shareholder in Arianespace, Europe’s

An article on page 38 in the June 23 issue incorrectly identified the commander of the space shuttle mission that delivered the Hubble Space Telescope to orbit. The mission, STS-31, was commanded by Loren J. Shriver. Charles Bolden, who is now NASA administrator, was the mission pilot.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has rejected a protest by Raytheon and Norway’s Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace over the Defense

Marking India’s next milestone in its efforts to establish an effective nuclear triad, sea trials of the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant are

The search strategy working group (SSWG) investigating the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) has used overlapping results from new analyses

Cessna has received FAA type certification and begun deliveries of the upgraded Cessna Citation X+, with improved Rolls-Royce AE3007C2 engines and new

Aerojet Rocketdyne has finished testing the J-2X rocket engine for NASA. But the company probably will have to put the Apollo-heritage upper stage

Ground force technology aims at mobility

Development of Asia’s low-cost carriers, such as Tigerair, is one of the big unknowns affecting the order backlog strategies of Airbus and Boeing.

International political and security developments are casting a shadow on this year's Farnborough International Airshow.

July 16—Farnborough Civil Manufacturing Briefings, Farnborough (England) air show. Oct. 7-9—MRO Europe, Madrid. Nov. 4-6—MRO Asia, Singapore. Nov. 19

July 14-20—Farnborough air show. www.farnborough.com/airshow-20124 July 16-18—Quantum Control User Group Annual Conference. San Diego. www.quegroup.camp7.org/events?eventId= 803805&EventViewMode=EventDetails July 19—Washington Island (Wisconsin) Lions Club’s 61st Annual Fly-In Whitefish Boil. Washington Island Airport. Call Gregg Gaura at 920-847-2070.

Without the boost of military funding, large airship builders look for commercial backing

Ryanair threatens legal action against French publisher for defamation; in an unrelated matter, the airline defends its national benefits pay-in

Indian army wants its own AH-64 helicopters

India has long sought to increase its ability to manufacture defense equipment to end its reliance on imported weapons, and newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to build on that goal as well as capitalize on India’s defense export potential.

Performance-based logistics awards urged by Pentagon

U.S. defense business will become more intense after Pentagon data mining

Long-awaited competition for new USAF bomber is underway, with many more questions than answers

Failure to repatriate funds to international airlines puts Venezuela’s connectivity at risk

With budgets nose-diving, the U.S. Defense Department is searching for strategies to preserve mission readiness. There is no need to look far and wide for a big part of the answer.

U.S. voters will determine spaceflight future in 2016

F-35Bs head to U.K. to vet logistics and flight operations overseas