Aviation Week & Space Technology

A 38-flight launch contract with Amazon’s Kuiper project changes the game for ULA’s Vulcan reuse program.

UK funds low-carbon and advanced-mobility projects; GKN leads Dutch research; and Defining a heavy-lift airship.

Turboprops have been absent from the U.S. market despite advantages on fuel consumption and operating costs. Could that be set to change?

Kathy Warden discusses the JWST, growth in the space market, the B-21 family of systems and a goal for the fighter market.

Traditional engine-makers appear to be closing in on the sweet spot between conventional powerplants and batteries as the development of hybrid

Study finds electric aircraft’s effect on decarbonizing aviation could be greater than their direct contribution to reducing emissions.

“Transaction values and volumes declined in the first half of 2022 despite rising geopolitical tensions, most notably the war in Ukraine,” says PwC’s midyear A&D outlook.

A stalemate in the Russia-Ukraine War, a looming recession and supply chain issues are curbing investor enthusiasm for defense stocks.

Step behind the scenes with Aviation Week editors to hear about their sit downs with Guillaume Faury and David Calhoun prior to Farnborough Airshow.

The company is developing plans for aircraft that could support crewed combat aircraft in battle by the end of the decade.

Following ICAO’s upcoming meeting in Montreal, governments should collaborate to adopt additional sustainability standards

Production and testing infrastructure will expand dramatically with a $2 billion investment in the latest Defense Department budget proposal.

A UAS operations veteran sees the health care industry as an early opportunity for AAM.

Lockheed Martin’s rapid prototyping division defines new concept for collaboration between crewed and uncrewed combat aircraft.

New requirements, more conservative approaches and evolving international relationships force OEMs to build more time into certification.

High-definition 3D maps could pave way for soldier-robot teams.

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Hunting hypersonic production capacity; Boeing’s Chinook exports; Turkey tests air-to-air missile; and Northrop’s Rooster rideshare.

Korean Air’s chairman is confident of gaining regulatory approval for proposed Asiana acquisition by the end of this year.

Anticipating swift growth in India and hoping for a follow-on Rafale contract, Safran invests in production and MRO facilities.

TU Delft’s Flying V family, Electra’s hybrid savings, Stratolaunch readies Talon and hydrogen for heavy-lift airship.

As NASA invites bids to build and fly its Sustainable Flight Demonstrator, technology editor Graham Warwick and senior editor Guy Norris hear how this aircraft will differ from the agency’s prior X-planes. They talked to Rich Wahls, NASA’s newly appointed Sustainable Flight National Partnership mission integration manager at the AIAA Aviation 2022 conference in Chicago.

Pilots’ electronic flight bags are vulnerable to cyberattack, company finds.

The largest U.S. regional carrier hopes partial return to Part 135 status could help remedy chronic shortage of regional airline pilots.

X-59 Quesst Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator is in the final stages of assembly at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works.