Aerospace

Studies show missile guidance law closely mimics how peregrine falcons track and catch their prey in flight.

Aviation Week predicts that the global engine MRO market will increase in value by nearly one-third during the next decade, with strong demand anticipated from the Asia-Pacific region.

Propulsion for quiet supersonic airliners, industry’s digital transformation and GE’s vision for additive manufacturing are the topics discussed by Aviation Week’s Guy Norris and Graham Warwick in the first of three Check 6 podcasts recorded live from the exhibit floor at AIAA’s SciTech 2018 conference in Kissimmee, Florida.

Visitors to Bell Helicopter’s booth at the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas will get a taste of flying in an air taxi.

For onboard electric power, hydrogen fuel cells are serious competitors against batteries.

Researchers have made significant progress with morphing wings, bringing the long-sought dream of copying birds on how to achieve aerodynamics closer to reality.

To avoid falling behind the trend to aircraft electrification, the UK funds a program to advance its industry’s capability in more-electric engines and systems.

Charles Lindbergh’s grandson teams up with other pioneers of electric flight to launch a startup developing a hybrid-electric tilt-wing VTOL air taxi.

Efficiency, emissions, noise, speed, affordability, accessibility—all challenges ahead for aviation and aerospace.

Turkey’s allies are concerned about Ankara’s rapprochement with Russia.

Notwithstanding the Bombardier/Boeing rift, Canada is positioned for robust growth—mainly in the defense sector—in 2018.

The U.S. is ramping up missile defense spending, while Russia and China have their own plans.

The gas turbine continues to evolve and advance, even as interest accelerates in alternate propulsion concepts.

Regulators around the world still trying to remove any possibility for aviation accidents or losses of life.

Market for avionics retrofits showing strong growth in response to ADS-B mandates and older aircraft remaining in service longer.

2018 could be a big year for new entrants to the rotorcraft business.

From the North Korean missile threat to Russian murky cyber campaigns and Chinese technical prowess, the Pentagon aims to adapt while retaining its advantages.

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Business aviation is hoping for a turnaround in deliveries in 2018 as four new models enter service.

The threat of a nuclear North Korea joins ongoing conflict with Islamic extremists and increased competition among the world’s major military powers.

Readers praise and/or puzzle over Photo Contest contenders and express skepticism about lack of magnetic anomaly detection equipement on Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Tritons.

Market demand for new aircraft can support continued growth through 2019 and even afterward.

Aerion is also looking for a U.S. assembly site, and Lockheed’s Georgia, plant meets the needs, including a supersonic test corridor off the Atlantic coast.

After a strong 2017, air cargo operators are optimistic that growth trends will continue in 2018, albeit at what may be a slower pace.

Offshoring MRO becomes less attractive as maintenance needs for renewed fleets decline due to growing use of composites. Most growth coming in Asia.