Low attrition is driving a growing retirement bubble in aerospace and defense. Companies must plan carefully to balance current and future staffing needs.

Brain drain to Silicon Valley? A wave of retirements? Offshoring mania? The results of Aviation Week’s 2016 Workforce Study say otherwise.

This is your aerospace technology agenda, President (fill in the blank). Follow it, and the U.S. will stay ahead of its adversaries and competitors, air travel will stay affordable and profitable, and the industry will continue to win exports and create jobs.

Stronger nanotube-stitched carbon fiber; disintegrating parachute for vanishing delivery drone; Leonardo to fly active rotors; Flirtey to deliver Domino’s pizza; the FLYP UAV, Russia’s flying tractor?

The Small UAS Rule, aka Part 107­—the FAA’s first regulation allowing routine use of unmanned aircraft—has taken effect, with signs that demand for operating approvals and UAS operator licenses will be high.

We illustrate the fundamentals of stealth technology and highlight some key features of the F-117, B-2, F-22 and F-35, and some of the threat systems these aircraft face.

Aviation Week presents presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with a list of aerospace technologies they should champion if elected, to keep the U.S. ahead of its adversaries and competitors.

By flipping the Z axis on its side or redefining it all together, the two new demonstrators Stratasys has announced are first-of-its-kind in 3D printing and potentially revolutionary for the aerospace industry.