Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne
Cellular operators are baulking at the cost of establishing 5G networks. Could masts in the sky be an option?
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
NASA hastily packs up spacecraft for return trip home to avoid losing overflowing sample.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
With work reduced to documentation, it is not clear how the group is preserving corporate knowledge for a possible restart.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Falcon 9 engine issue delays first U.S.-launched ISS crew flight since the space shuttle.
Space

By Bill Carey
Ongoing concern over the robustness of the GPS system in the U.S. undergirds development of alternative navigation systems for aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jen DiMascio
Fallout from commercial aviation business lost could eliminate businesses, create opportunities.
Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Ask the Editors: Deciding whether to diversify away from the Boeing 737, Southwest must weigh the pros and cons of a dual fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Tecnam’s electric; China unmanned test sites; Canadian AAM; Volocopter’s UAM backbone; Beam solar charger; Loon stratospheric record
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Five European countries are now actively exploring or investing in small satellite launch facilities.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Flight tests for the first time synchronously measured noise on the ground and on the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
NASA tests on Boeing’s 787-10 ecoDemonstrator provided unprecedented system-level acoustic data for improving low-noise airliner designs.
Sustainability

By Jen DiMascio
Ask the Editors: Traditional OEMs are likely to maintain a large role in the future of space.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Bell is looking to technology from its Model 360 Invictus as a potential template for a medium-size single-engine utility platform.
Air Dominance

By Tony Osborne
History suggests it takes as long to develop a military medium rotorcraft as for a fighter, so NATO countries have taken the first steps.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau
Francisco Gomes Neto talks with Aviation Week in his first interview for the aerospace trade press.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Joe Anselmo
Why Honeywell Aerospace’s chief sees a bright future for the industry despite today’s COVID-19 woes.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
M&A activity among major A&D players is picking up again, but this time they are shedding assets or tacking on specialties.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Massy-Beresford
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Air France was early into a radical fleet shake-up set out by Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith in November.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bradley Perrett
An enlarged second stage would have two engines and more propellant. Much more payload space can be provided.
Commercial Space

By Sean Broderick, Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau, Ben Goldstein
Some models, like the Airbus A380, are all but done for good.
Air Transport Month

By Jen DiMascio
What’s next for U.S. Air Force tankers; Ecuador receives H145s; continued F-35 delays; and unmanned teaming for Wildcat.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Airbus’ strategy remains expanding its overseas market share, so the OEM is not likely to bring work back to Europe.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Pyka has FAA approval to begin trial operations at farms in California and Nevada.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bradley Perrett
The government hopes its companies can become more efficient with outside investment. This is extending to airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Steve Trimble
The Oct. 12 launch of the Gaofen-13 satellite highlights China’s growing reconnaissance-strike complex from space.
Space