Aviation Week & Space Technology

As the U.S. Army prepares for high-speed rotorcraft, the commercial helicopter industry continues its wait for advanced new technologies.

Repeated sightings of a new form of low-observable features means infrared stealth technology is progressing out of military and industry laboratories.

Aviation Week has assembled this guide to some of the most important contests that are unfolding between 2023 and 2032.

Airlines are ending their roller coaster ride from high profits to deep losses. The new operating environment sounds familiar: high costs and low margins.

Airlines worldwide look forward to more clarity on industry consolidation activity in 2024.

With over 3,000 aircraft delivered since 1984, the Cessna Caravan is a workhorse of global aviation—known not only for its ubiquity, but also its utility.

An ongoing software problem haunts Lockheed Martin’s production and modernization agenda for the F-35 as a raft of new competitors hit key milestones in 2024.

Hill Helicopters’ founder says the aircraft could find a role in providing advanced air mobility ahead of eVTOLs.

Destabilizing shocks, such as Hamas's bloody Oct. 7 attack on Israel, highlight a dangerous new security environment.

Airbus, Boeing and Embraer hope the worst supplier and production problems are behind them, but engine issues continue to hold them back.

A new book takes the wraps off the secret flight-test history of the facility in the Nevada Test and Training Range like no one ever has before. Listen in to hear from author Peter Merlin.

Smaller U.S. airlines are aiming to consolidate to quickly grow scale in a changing marketplace.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Inbound travel from overseas to Japan is booming, but outbound tourism is unlikely to fully recover until late 2024.

Elroy Air’s Chaparral, Electra’s Goldfinch and Daher’s EcoPulse take the next step in electric aircraft propulsion.

The new year will bring new certification protocols and at least one draft rule that will affect how the FAA approves new designs.

With the Ariane 6 seeing progress at last and Avio leaving Arianespace, the European Space Agency takes steps toward a competition for Europe’s future launchers.

Canadian carrier Porter Airlines has increased its order for Embraer E2s and announced a joint venture with leisure airline Air Transat.

Such hurdles as espionage and supply chain issues stand in the way of a more reliable indigenous defense industry.

The need to counter faster, more powerful drones at a large scale is becoming the “problem of our time,” a top Defense Department weapons buyer says.

Sweeping changes and streamlining plan targets fourfold profit increase by 2027 and exit from electric propulsion sector.

Lockheed Martin’s two electronic warfare pod programs progress toward flight testing and airworthiness certification.

Honeywell Aerospace’s new chief talks to Aviation Week editors about his priorities.

Industry is hoping November 2023 will go down in history as a turning point for sustainable aviation fuel after a historic framework put forth by the ICAO.

AI leaders cooperate; Cargo eVTOL flies; UK extends R&D funding; and China’s firefighting eVTOL.