Aviation Week & Space Technology

The U.S. Navy appears poised to pick either Boeing or Northrop Grumman to develop its next-generation combat aircraft, the F/A-XX. Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss what's at stake.

The 76-year-old alliance wants to bolster its space capabilities with hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding.

“If that’s a business jet, it needs winglets,” blended winglet chief Joe Clark said about the nascent Boeing Business Jet.

Trump’s draft spending plan ends NOAA climate research.

Not everyone is buying into the hype surrounding electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft and distributed electric propulsion.

Capacity gains from Hong Kong’s new runway system will occur in phases, but there will be some immediate benefits.

The camps on either side of the defense mobilization debate in the U.S. and allied countries should consider two more mobilization pathways.

By moving from widgets to digits, the space industry is finding new homes in cities.

Loft Dynamics has teamed with Alaska Airlines to develop the next generation of extended-reality full-flight simulator.

A U.S. Air Force notice raises the possibility of the service fielding a separate aircraft to serve the E-7A role.

SpaceWerx and The Aerospace Corp. help commercial space companies and prospective government customers get on the same page about technology readiness levels.

The U.S. plans to operate the International Space Station (ISS) for another five years, but risks to the orbital outpost are a growing concern.

Seeking unprecedented levels of electrical power generation and thermal management, the GCAP engine team has ditched an adaptive-cycle concept.

Trent 7000/1000TEN Phase 2 durability enhancement package tests are underway as Rolls targets on-condition maintenance in 2026.

The medium-thrust UltraFan design launch signals Rolls’ commitment to single-aisle market ventures as its large engine variant moves toward new tests.

The imminent kickoff of the Enduring High-Energy Laser program gives industry a platform to mainstream directed-energy technology.

Another Chinese eVTOL flies; artificial intelligence beats human in drone race; detonation-powered hypersonics.

Earth observation pioneer Planet Labs sees large language models speeding up analysis of images to improve understanding.

While Lufthansa Technik sees riblet films as most suitable for older-generation widebodies, MicroTau targets the Airbus A320 narrowbody.

Three years after the Dutch government first proposed a flight cap, plans for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol are still up in the air.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

With new evidence from the long-lived robotic scout Curiousity, early Mars is looking even more like early Earth.

Editors are joined by Wall Street analyst Scott Mikus to break down how global trade turmoil affects OEMs.

The new Trump tariffs and trade wars could indelibly alter the global aerospace and defense industry.

The C-130’s new role opens the door for a novel class of mass-produced, low-cost cruise missiles to enter U.S. and foreign weapon inventories.