Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
The outgoing Biden administration is laying the groundwork for the larger U.S. strategic force championed during the first Trump administration.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
NASA's Rich Wahls joins the podcast to discuss the AACES project as aviation strives for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Check 6

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
The agency has awarded study contracts to restart the journey toward sustainable aviation.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Mockups and displays show the steady development of Chinese Air Force technology ambitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Over the past half-century, the U.S. has introduced over 20 efforts to harness nuclear power and propulsion for space operations, only to cancel all of them.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall, Jens Flottau
Airframers drove a race to the bottom for their aerostructures suppliers, sending them to seek an exit.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
The company touts its two-seat demonstrator’s work to validate concepts that are key to planned larger variant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A four-year-old concept to adapt uncrewed aircraft to role-play as adversaries during training missions is back in development after a two-year hiatus.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi, Irene Klotz
Kim speaks with Aviation Week as Firefly prepares to enter the lunar and in-space services markets and expand its family of launch vehicles.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno, Joe Anselmo
Elliott says “the time has come to embrace simplification.”
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
Samples aboard the Perseverance rover may hold evidence of past life on Mars.
Space Exploration

By Ben Goldstein
The air taxi startup has unveiled an aggressive plan for 2030, but whether it can raise enough cash to survive that long is an open question.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
To reignite airline demand and prepare for a new wave of orders, ATR is rejiggering its turboprop development plan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Bird-inspired anti-stall flaps; green flightpaths; deflected-thrust eVTOL; and hydrogen refueling guidelines.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus, trade unions and consultancies explore how to ensure new hires become productive more quickly.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
The region’s network carriers highlighted cost pressures and aircraft delays, although some saw strong profits.
Airlines & Lessors

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The Defense Department is going shopping in a bid to gain information on everything from loitering attack munitions to Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
How will a second Trump administration affect the defense industry and global alliances? The McCain Institute’s executive director joins our editors to discuss.
Check 6

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. and its allies have yet to reduce reliance on Beijing for materials that are essential to the defense industrial base.
Supply Chain

By William Garvey
Some airports say they need the fees to help cover expenses, but the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and Experimental Aircraft Association oppose them.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
A new three-runway system is a key factor in orders placed by Cathay Pacific and Greater Bay Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Vivienne Machi
The secretive agency is hitching its wagons to more commercial companies than ever before to harness emerging capabilities and field new remote sensing layers.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
One of the most successful airline brands in history, Southwest is now working to restore its industry leadership—but where did the business take a wrong turn?
Airlines & Lessors

By Garrett Reim
Salient Motion is working on a “library of certifiable building blocks” for actuators.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The airframer’s latest narrowbody enters long-haul service with the Spanish flag carrier Nov. 14 on a Madrid-Boston route.
Aircraft & Propulsion