An unusual paradox is playing out across the Western A&D sector: consolidation and new competition are increasing together.

Airbus firming up design of a refined, optimized son of X3 that could pave way for a compound helicopter product.

Benefiting from lower fuel prices and mergers, the airline industry worldwide is in the best financial condition in a long time, IATA says.

The impetus for Boeing’s supposed 737 MAX stretch has grown since some long-standing customers started splitting purchases to include both MAXs and A321neos.

The unfolding revolution in the automotive industry is less about research than development—spotting and bringing together an array of externally sourced technologies.

Aviation Week editors report from Europe and the U.S. on Airbus’s internal debate on raising production rates, the supplier challenges hindering the ramp-up, and the thinking behind Boeing’s stretched “737-10."

A fleet of aircraft and an air charter service are part of the Republican presidential candidates long—and very visible—association with aviation.

With IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler to retire from the position later this year, the 72nd AGM has a particularly important item on its agenda: confirming a successor who can integrate the often differing interests of the members while promoting key interests of the industry as a whole in front of the world’s governments and other stakeholders.