Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Steve Trimble
How the Air Force Research Laboratory has put autonomous technology at the forefront of future air warfare since 2017.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems will build a full-scale fuselage section of the notional Tempest design in its factory of the future trials.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Robin Lineberger
Leaders who embrace digital transformation can help hard-hit companies rebound from the pandemic.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Bill Carey
The FAA does not plan to extend the UAS Integration Partnership Program after October.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: The TSA and Homeland Security should be mandating such checks and tests.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
As Airbus is reconciling production rates and deliveries, its CEO sees the current situation as manageable for the supply chain.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Swiss eVTOL demo; EASA advances AI; suborbital spaceplane; AeroTEC advances electric; EHang expands; and Sunglider flies higher.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Ask the Editors: There’s a way to go before propulsion electrification, but the type certification of aircraft begins to lay the bricks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon identified two programs to support NGAD in 2014, then went silent; one has reemerged in budget documents this year.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
Airbus made major moves earlier this year, leaving Boeing to make large adjustments as the ramifications of COVID-19 become clearer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
While many Asia-Pacific carriers have restored their domestic networks, new COVID-19 outbreaks threaten to dampen the recovery.
Airlines & Lessors

By Irene Klotz
Nine weeks after the first U.S. crewed launch to the space station since 2011, two NASA astronauts are heading home.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Ask the Editors: A recent round-table highlighted the future of combat offerings from a number of countries. Who else is on the radar?
Aircraft & Propulsion

This webinar took place July 29, 2020 and was sponsored by Raytheon Technologies. From the U.S. quest to replace its Apache helicopters to India’s
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio
Dassault Rafales arrive in India; USAF chooses ATAC; TAI completes F-16 upgrades; and U.S. releases images of Su-24s in Libya.
Defense and Space

By Ben Goldstein, Helen Massy-Beresford
Airlines are ramping up their activities but there are signs the post-COVID-19 recovery could be more hesitant than they initially hoped.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bradley Perrett
Five configurations have now been seen, including three in testing. Inlet shapes and body length are among the variations.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Sean Broderick
The demand dip is triggering delivery slowdowns and orderbook shuffling, but top U.S. carriers remain committed to Boeing’s narrowbody.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Ask the Editors: It is likely that Spirit AeroSystems will try to acquire Bombardier’s aerostructures operations—but for less money.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
UK’s Jet Zero Council, FlyZero study and hybrid-electric regional; Swift flies HALE UAV; Advanced electric trainer; Soft solid batteries.
Emerging Technologies

By Bradley Perrett, Tony Osborne
Without naming them, Boeing says many military aviation services are contacting it about the ATS—all wanting to add mass to air battles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Thad Allen, Brad Parkinson and Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger
The FCC has endangered a national treasure by allowing high-power terrestrial transmitters in the band of frequencies that includes GPS.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
Lack of consensus has led to varied approaches.
Maintenance & Training

By Jen DiMascio, Joe Anselmo
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
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