Latest Commercial Aviation Content by Aviation Week & Space Technology
Jan 04, 2016
The technology generating vast quantities of data from new aircraft is well ahead of coherent plans for how to use that information.
Jan 04, 2016
From the commercial-aircraft ramp-up and small-UAV explosion to U.S. defense budget pressures and Europe’s response to Russian aggression, 2016 will be a dynamic year for the aerospace and defense industry.
Jan 04, 2016
Tiny ADS-B for UAVs; better materials, lighter diesels; NASA seeks clean-sheet thinking on 2035 airspace; Basque partners combine additive and subtractive
Jan 01, 2016
A320neo and C Series enter service; F-35A goes operational, JAS 39E flies; emissions measures and tracking mandates for aviation; contract protests and consolidation pressures; unmanned aircraft and suborbital spaceplanes—things will come in pairs in 2016.
Dec 30, 2015
A Lufthansa official states final documents were missing both for the engine and for the aircraft.
Dec 25, 2015
Evolving new technologies expected to usher in big changes for commercial aviation systems and aircraft.
Dec 25, 2015
2016 will see several new narrowbody types enter the field, but the dominant players remain Airbus and Boeing.
Dec 25, 2015
Will it or won’t it? Odds are favorable that Congress won’t change the basic structure of the FAA with next year’s reauthorization, but privatization will eventually arrive.