Aviation Week & Space Technology

Cheaper launches may help space exploration, but microelectronics will drive capabilities

FAA offers limited commercial unmanned-aircraft opportunity as pressure on the agency rises

A s Lockheed Martin’s Atlas 5 rocket gains traction in the commercial launch market, Russia’s threat to restrict sales of its RD-180 engine could get in the way.

New ITAR rules retain tight leash on commercial human spacecraft

Operators, not regulators, set to lead flight-data-tracking effort

Russia says it will halt rocket engine deliveries, but U.S. will continue ops

Airbus touts constellation for optical and radar imaging

Michael Dyment is the founder and managing partner of Nexa Capital Partners and a general partner of the NextGen GA Fund.

WorldView-3’s spectral diversity, atmospheric correction are key to DigitalGlobe’s expansion

Chinese helicopter demand, already expanding briskly, is forecast to accelerate

Army aviation tries to offset near-term pain with long-term hope as it restructures

The Pentagon and intelligence community are learning from deployment of hyperspectral and multispectral sensors in combat theaters.

Looming shift in supercomputing will challenge aerospace’s most powerful design tools

Pollution sensor first up under USAF plan

Navy ISS instrument finds new users, some commercial potential with NASA

France inches closer to a decision on arming UAVs.

London’s two main airports have begun their campaigns for government backing for the construction of a new runway.

The proposal by NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, to consider a permanent military presence in Eastern

The Canadian government has ordered 15 Bell 429 light twin-engine helicopters for use by the country’s Coast Guard. The C$172 million ($158 million)

NASA’s Armstrong (formerly Dryden) Flight Research Center will continue to build additional science and technology research work into its portfolio as it looks to host additional “X-Planes,” possibly including a supersonic commercial demonstrator, later this decade. Despite a continuing budget shortfall for aeronautics work, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says Armstrong will play a central role in the agency’s narrowed strategic focus on six research areas.

The kidnapping of more than 250 schoolgirls by militant group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria has prompted international assistance. United States

The NTSB is asking the FAA and the National Agricultural Aviation Research & Education Foundation (Naaref) to boost safety among the operators of

An article appearing on page 22 of the May 12 edition overstated the cost of certifying Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket for U.S

The post-Sputnik days when space exploration inspired a generation of students to study science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are over. In