Aviation Week & Space Technology

NASA is mulling a request to rename the James Webb Space Telescope.

Short-haul demand picking up, but Europe’s network carriers need progress on a long-haul turnaround.

Paul Lemmo, a seasoned veteran at Lockheed Martin, chats with Aviation Week about rotorcraft and Future Vertical Lift competitions.

Germany takes the lead in pushing Europe to embrace e-fuels produced from electric, hydrogen and CO2.

Some problems are similar to the 787 and 737 MAX issues highlighted by regulators.

As defense budgets globally tighten, IAI is positioning the Kfir NG as an affordable alternative to new fourth-generation jets.

EDF will provide financial backing for R&D into technologies for future European combat aircraft, helicopters and missile capabilities.

United’s decision to swap out its smallest regional jets for larger aircraft could jeopardize small community service.

A former Aviation Week reporter’s new book details the story behind the stories.

Too many lives have been lost because of failures to communicate about and in danger zones.

An exclusive excerpt from a forthcoming book explains what really happened between American and Russian air forces in the 2018 battle.

Electric Alice reshaped; Collins’ 500-kW motor; ZeroAvia advances hydrogen; Volocopter’s EASA first; and HyFlexFuel expands SAF sources.

On flight nine, Ingenuity will fly over a region of prime interest to Mars scientists.

Switzerland looks to the U.S. to meet future air defense needs with F-35 and Patriot selections.

Incumbents and new entrants in Colombia’s aviation industry are primed to compete as trends improve.

Committee halts practice of adding F-35s; GA-ASI Skyborg flies; Hensoldt to integrate German sigint aircraft; and Japan’s UH-2.

In hopes of a firm order from the French government soon, Airbus Helicopters starts work on the H160M.

As the benefits of satellite navigation are answering pressing needs, a European mandate is to accelerate its adoption by carriers.

Liquid hydrogen, cryogenic cooling and electric propulsion are coming together in European and UK research programs.

Bird Guess, president/CEO of The Racial Equity Group, and Dr. Rebecca Keiser, chief of research security strategy and policy at the National Science Foundation, provide context and concrete actions.

The commander of the 45th Space Delta on improving launch ranges in the future.

While the key slots question must still be resolved, court approval has boosted the airline’s revival prospects.

LCCs are pouring into Miami International in response to cost structure changes and surging demand.

A new way to process data from older radars might allow NORAD to operate the airborne early-warning system above the Arctic for years.

Fuel cells for aircraft power; Blade UAM expands; Volocopter Paris flight; Vertiport partnerships; and Japan SAF flights.