Aviation Week & Space Technology

Boeing defense chief talks about increased introspection, the impact of COVID-19 on the market and plans for the KC-46.

Ask the Editors: Industry consolidation and growing automation and digitization will exacerbate pandemic-related layoffs.

The civil war in Libya is morphing into a fluid security situation. Russian military aircraft have arrived to support private contractors backed by the Russian

Eager not to see a repeat of the 2014 Gripen referendum, the Swiss government aims to persuade the public of the need for new fighters.

Frost & Sullivan says airlines need to maintain focus on technologies including AI, machine learning and blockchain.

A silver lining of the pandemic is the Federal Reserve’s aggressive lowering of interest rates, which makes federal debt more affordable.

Ask the Editors: Aviation Week data shows the U.S. military operates about three times as many manned aircraft as the Chinese military.

To mitigate disruption, leaders have swiftly embraced new ways of working and deployed digital productivity tools.

Early indicators show American ULCCs outperforming larger competitors.

Rolls progresses electric propulsion; ZeroAvia flies electric in UK; Terrafugia unveils eVTOL; and Electra.aero builds team.

Ask the Editors: Boeing’s narrowbody share has dipped due to the MAX grounding; some advanced technologies could help it move the needle.

This webinar took place June 26, 2020. As it deals with fallout from the COVID-19 crisis, Airbus must define a plan to lower production over the

Two factors caused the first pre-production aircraft accident just before the fighter was to be delivered to the Russian military.

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

Fuel cells may be more suited to smaller commercial aircraft, while larger ones would retain turbine engines.

Face it: you don’t really know your supply chain. Even when times were good in A&D manufacturing, regular deliveries required repeated heroics. Now

Ask the Editors: As Congress plans to open up radio spectrum, a question remains over the protection of the GPS frequency band.

Can the Commercial Crew chief work her magic for all of NASA’s human space initiatives?

Readers write about Arsenal Planes, the K-Max heavy-lift helicopter, rocket design and teaching basic aerodynamics.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

Will UK upgrade F-35s?; OPIR satellite payload progress; UK-Qatar fighter unit operational; and new CMV-22s deployed.

Heidi R. Wood has been named interim group president of CAE Defense and Security. She takes over from recently appointed Todd Probert, who is stepping

With 12 licensed commercial spaceports and counting, the FAA is planning a spaceport infrastructure funding program.

Guy Norris and Joe Anselmo discuss how the project to develop the 21st Century’s first civil supersonic airliner is moving forward and have their questions answered by Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl.

Ask the Editors: After pandemic-related financial woes, a scrapped Embraer deal and hefty layoffs, Boeing will require years to recover.