Aviation Week & Space Technology

A wave of newly minted publicly traded space companies is hitting the marketplace and sustaining investment confidence, hinting at more to come.

As rival SpaceX prepares for a tourist mission, Boeing is wrestling to pull off uncrewed flight test.

Startup HyPoint has entered into a $6.5 million collaborative agreement with Piasecki Aircraft to develop a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system for electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.

New risks have emerged 20 years after 9/11, while COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized value of touchless, crowd-reducing protocols.

New satellite constellations seeding the $1 trillion space economy

Switzerland’s Dufour Aerospace is unusual among electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing startups in targeting the established helicopter market, and in particular emergency medical services.

A new class of offensive hypersonic weapons and architectural refresh of defensive interceptors is on drawing boards for the U.S. Navy.

Velis Electro in the U.S.; Honeywell UAV satcom; water-based cubesat propulsion; faster SAF path; drone delivery partnership.

The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the airline industry forever. The pandemic will, too.

A newly opened factory on the Skunk Works complex heralds a new era and a return to series manufacturing by Lockheed Martin's 78-year-old advanced development programs business unit.

Supported by the UK’s Future Flight Challenge, the SATE project is establishing a low-carbon aviation test center at Kirkwall.

Ampaire completes trial flights with hybrid-electric testbed on regional airline route in Scotland.

JetBlue is looking to disrupt the U.S.-UK market, but recent history has been unkind to long-haul low-cost carriers.

Is there a flying aircraft, and who is the prime contractor? What about timing and numbers procured?

Lockheed Martin’s approach attempts to achieve automotive-style industrial speed for low-volume, high-performance aerospace applications.

Adding brains to the Reaper; Japan tests KC-46; BlackSky, Palantir team up; and U.S. Air Force hires Red 6 for T-38 synthetic training.

Sustainable aviation fuel and new, more efficient aircraft are central to Embraer’s ESG goals.

First, step on the scale. Next, business aviation FBOs are looking at ways to become more green.

Latest outbreaks cause carriers to cut flights and furlough employees due to lockdowns and travel restrictions.

A flurry of headlines makes it seem the middle of the A&D industry is going to dwindle to just a few companies.

The Glide Breaker program is working on a new divert and attitude control system to counter hypersonic glide vehicles.

For industry’s finances, 2020 really was that bad, and 2021 may not be that good, after all.

Pyka electric regional; ZeroAvia hydrogen power train; Transcend picks Kaman; Robotic helicopter refueling; and SkyDrive teams with JAXA.

X Prime programs would fill the gap between experimental X-planes and Y-plane prototypes.

With no evidence of a single explanation, phenomenon requires study by multidisciplinary scientists, engineers and instrumentalists.