Aerospace

By Angus Batey
UK researchers prepare to fly an unmanned aircraft that uses pressurized air for flight control, a technology BAE Systems believes could help existing aircraft.
Defense

By Bill Carey
An expert task force is developing a concept of operations for an IP-based communications network serving the world aviation community, with ICAO at the center.
Connected Aerospace

By Kevin Michaels
The potential rewards of vertically integrating must be balanced against notable risk.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Many systems can counter drones, but a lack of standards can compromise effectiveness, concludes a report by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
A look inside NASA’s fiscal 2019 aeronautics budget: low-boom supersonics; electric propulsion; urban air mobility.
Aerospace

By Carole Rickard Hedden
These exceptional aerospace students are honored by Aviation Week and the AIAA for their academic accomplishements and extracuriccular activities.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
New hypersonic, unmanned and small-satellite launch projects are included in the DARPA budget request.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
No showstoppers from core and power gear system test results so far, as Rolls-Royce paves way toward Advance and UltraFan future engine demonstrators.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Closer study of Bauhaus Luftfahrt’s PFC confirms projected fuel savings from BLI, with wind-tunnel testing, higher-fidelity analysis and optimization next.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Data-driven strategy set to go beyond engine support and production, to design and closer integration between future propulsion systems and airframes.
Connected Aerospace

A navigation system developed by MIT models a drone’s situational uncertainty to help it fly fast in dense, cluttered environments.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
Once the new constellation of 66 Iridium Next satellites is in place, Aireon plans to begin providing oceanic surveillance service.
Connected Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Engineers are focusing on the data’s update rate, availability, stability, coverage, latency and position accuracy.
Connected Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Airbus begins Skyways flights; Singapore creates urban drone zone; Marine squads get quadcopters; BAE tests weapons bays; V-Bat VTOL UAV shows endurance.
Aerospace

By Robert Stallard
Winners in the boosted Pentagon budget are likely to include space, cyber and nuclear weapons.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Bill Carey
The Low-Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability allows drone operators to fly in pre-approved airspace near airports.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
First unveiled two years ago, the Ehang 184 electric VTOL air taxi is flying passengers in tests of both single- and two-seat versions.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation is the latest startup to attract significant investment for its eVTOL air taxi as Uber moves to help remove roadblocks to urban air transport.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
GE tackling GE9X fix and maintenance issues with CF6 engines powering 747-400 flying testbed before first flight of new engine for Boeing’s 777X.
Air Transport

Kittyhawk’s drone-management app allows users—from individuals to corporations—to streamline the use of drones, and their operators, for business purposes.
Aerospace

By Richard Aboulafia
Increased operational flexibility and greater ability to track targets over larger areas are draws for air forces that have fewer aircraft.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Vahana flies; Joby secures $100 million; NASA assesses BLI; detect-and-avoid for drones.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
GE tackling GE9X fix and maintenance issues with CF6 engines powering 747-400 flying testbed before first flight of new engine for Boeing’s 777X.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Natilus, Elroy Air and Sabrewing are U.S. startups developing large unmanned cargo aircraft. But the Chinese may be ahead of them.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Rapid progress in neuroscience-based ergonomics, more effectively factoring in the weaknesses and strengths of the human brain, may help put the pilot back in the loop.
Air Transport