Aviation Week & Space Technology

It is an inconvenient truth that China means a lot to Boeing—and to U.S. foreign trade, manufacturing and employment.

Gallium nitride has migrated across terrestrial radar applications for a decade but is ready to enter the challenging market for fighters.

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

Why the WTO pact is essential to blunting the China challenge.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

GE/Safran demonstrator aims to make open rotor a reality for new single aisles after 40 years of research, tests and abandoned attempts.

SDA to loft spacecraft; Indonesia receives ScanEagle delivery; Will LRASM survive in Japan?; and Qatar’s Hawk trainers take flight.

COMMERCIAL AVIATION Boeing conducted the long-delayed first flight of the 737-10, the fourth and largest version of the MAX series, with a 2-hr. 30

Readers write about survivable space capabilities, a common U.S. missile, “real engineers” and coverage of climate change and alternative energy sources.

A new delay and a design problem raise questions about Boeing’s digital approach to T-7A design.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

The U.S. Air Force unexpectedly begins the search for a new tanker to supplement the KC-46.

Listen in as the president and CEO of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) discusses the company’s upcoming first launch of the new Vulcan rocket, the impact of the Space Force and the future of space transportation.

With system and software enhancements for retrofit into all MAX versions, 737-10 test and certification is more than sum of its parts.

Airline eVTOL shuttle services could be on the horizon.

Relations have cooled since European experiments flew on the Tiangong prototype.

International relations are in play with the opening of China’s new space station.

China’s new space station is due to be completed in 2022 after 11 missions.

Joint flight experiments by DLR and NASA prove sustainability benefit of low-aromatic fuels.

Next set of issues is likely to include sustainability and urban air mobility initiatives.

After a battery fire destroyed its demonstrator, Lilium has revamped the energy storage system in its eVTOL air taxi.

From the first Shenzhou capsule launch in 1999 to the Shenzhou 12 launch carrying three taikonauts to the Chinese Space Station.

Israel’s defense industry has achieved a global first by successfully demonstrating that a compact, airborne High Power Laser can shoot down unmanned aircraft systems.

An end to the 17-year airliner subsidy spat frees the West to repair its aerospace industry and prepare to tackle competition from China.

Russian eSTOL demonstrator; MagniX unveils EPUs; JAXA promotes supersonics; Racing eVTOL flies; and Ascendance tests hybrid.