Self-flying aircraft are even further off than self-driving cars. But technologies that assist pilots are advancing—including one that will take control of the aircraft to avoid a collision if humans do not react quickly enough. Our editors bring you up to date and explore what might be possible.

It might be stalled for now, but ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement promises to be a key priority for the U.S. aerospace and defense sector after the November elections.

ISR experts are advocating for every aircraft to become a contributing member of a disaggregated sensor network linked seamlessly by protected, self-healing data links.

USAF beefing up the B-52; U.K. orders satellitelike UAV; Indonesia’s C-130H infusion; U.S. buys MQ-9 Reapers

Britain’s military flight training is being prepared for a radical overhaul that will see five aircraft types introduced over the next three years.

High-fidelity simulation will change the way allies deploy fighter aircraft, says the outgoing commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe.

Aviation Week’s Pentagon Editor Lara Seligman joined the U.S. Navy aboard the USS George Washington Aug. 16 just off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, for the final phase of developmental testing of the F-35C carrier variant.

Aviation Week’s Pentagon Editor Lara Seligman joined the U.S. Navy aboard the USS George Washington just off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, for the final phase of developmental testing of the F-35C carrier variant.