Aviation Week & Space Technology

We must get autonomy and data management right, despite security, validation and verification, trust and legacy transition challenges.

Skyborg could also be a cargo delivery aircraft. The program launched by Air Force Research Laboratory is mainly known for developing artificial intelligence for a new family of unmanned combat air vehicles, but the program also includes Volansi's cargo delivery system.

Manufacturers are exploring UV and thermal disinfection as well as antimicrobial coatings to improve cabin hygiene.

Electric seaglider; fuel-cell ScanEagle; autonomy teaming; French electric regional; and listening for turbulence.

Tempest was one of the winners in the UK government’s Integrated Review securing £1.2 billion for technology development.

One of the bidders in the F-15EX propulsion competition thinks the U.S. Air Force’s plan to buy 144 aircraft is only the beginning.

Ask the Editors: It is near axiom that new models need to offer 15% better economics, and that improvement only comes from major changes.

While many projects have been put on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic fallout, Airbus is pushing ahead with its long-range narrowbody.

Traditional engine-makers and startups position for emerging hybrid-electric power market.

China could become the world’s largest commercial aviation system by the middle of the decade. Up to recently, Western suppliers were integral to the Asia giant’s aerospace development, and the relationship was mutually beneficial.

MDA awards NGI contracts; Priorities for incoming Indo-PACOM chief; U.S. budget scuffling and UK’s defense procurement reforms.

Ask the Editors: The 737’s baseline configuration has been remarkably resilient for decades, but it is unlikely to evolve beyond the -10.

The recovery in Brazil has been temporarily stalled by a rash new COVID-19 cases.

Twin-props seem to have gone missing from the skies of general aviation airports.

Seven startup companies in Europe are developing launchers capable of placing satellites in the 10-1,200-kg (22-2,645-lb.) category into orbit.

The European Space Agency and national agencies are supporting startups in their bid to offer a new kind of launch services.

New defense plans boost Future Combat Air System, Typhoon upgrades, but leave intelligence-gathering fleets in tatters.

A $14.3 billion modernization program risks delays unless Lockheed software developers and military bureaucracy can dodge obstacles.

United CEO Scott Kirby on why his company is bucking convention by expanding its widebody fleet.

Sustainability and environmental, social and governance investing are set to remake the A&D industry from the inside out.

Europe hopes its Digital Green Certificate will help drive a recovery in air travel demand.

Smaller aircraft like turboprops are the perfect “testbed” for efforts to make aviation greener.

Airbus and Dassault try to reconcile views in thorny FCAS negotiations as a political deadline nears.

Airbus flies 100% SAF; hybrid tests in UK; SAF from waste food; certifiable drone control; and more tech news.

Ask the editors: Is it worthwhile to change aviation’s fuel infrastructure? The answer might be the use of LNG as a transition to SAF.