Aviation Week & Space Technology

The return of a downcycle harbors major changes to the commercial aerospace supplier base.

How a massive budget cut, a DARPA program and a lengthy internal debate transformed the NGAD program.

Ask the Editors: The rest of this year will be relatively quiet for MROs, but then the return will start happening in 2021.

This webinar took place September 21, 2020. The biggest new U.S. Air Force innovation of this decade may not be a new stealth fighter but rather the

Could the RAF’s approach to technology, UAS and future combat aircraft make it a winner in the UK’s upcoming defense review?

MagniX powers Dash 8; Aerion picks BAE; Autoflight unveils eVTOL; Ampaire hybrid plans; LG flies lithium-sulfur; Walmart drone delivery.

As the downturn is slashing demand, Airbus plans to adapt workforce by the summer of next year.

Ask the Editors: Boeing cannot use the KDC-10 Tanker Remote Vision System because it does not meet Air Force tech specs for the KC-46.

Aviation Week editors discuss the roots of the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance program, its use of digital engineering to speed development and some of the obstacles it may face in the future.

The collapse of Asiana and Eastar Jet acquisition deals signal restructuring for both airlines, while new LCCs face launch challenges.

Congressional report questions Boeing and FAA handling of pilot-response assumptions that set stage for two fatal MAX accidents.

Speed and efficiency of a tiltwing promise time and cost savings over helicopters.

Over 5,000 airports providing jobs, facilitating commerce and easing the pandemic crisis.

The next step in a KC-46 fix; AIA predicts COVID-19 impact on workforce; Testing arsenal plane concept; Poland’s W-3 replacement effort.

A post-Labor Day wind-down, combined with a looming payroll support funding cliff, sets air transport sector up for an uncertain fall.

Ask the Editors: The A220-500 would be great strategic asset for Airbus in its competition with Boeing and the 737 MAX.

France is the ultimate winner from Eastern Mediterranean tensions, securing its first European Rafale customer.

It is not clear yet, but the pandemic could trigger one of the greatest scrambles to relocate and land aero manufacturing.

Companies have developed the tools to build new electronics on the first pass, and the government should embrace faster development.

The former Iberia boss takes over at IAG during a critical moment for the group and the aviation industry.

France’s fledgling Space Command launches major effort in Earth-orbit surveillance and satellite defense.

In the past, major carriers have mostly been kept off one another’s main turf. Now there is more competition.

Ask the Editors: The problem with electric taxi motors is the ratio of benefit to cost in commercial operations.

The company that invented the unmanned hunter-killer mission unveils a concept for the legendary MQ-9’s replacement.

Thousands of workers have taken voluntary buyouts, but thousands more face layoffs and furloughs come Oct. 1.