Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Jens Flottau
Leisure carrier Condor faces restructuring after Thomas Cook’s failure but remains profitable and has options.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The Tempest development concept leaves room for Japan to pursue its own fighter. Conceivable alternatives are the FCAS and indigenous development.
Defense and Space

By William Garvey
The maker of high-performance, single-engine, piston-powered light aircraft has closed its doors for the last time.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Responsibility for installing redesigned fan cowls would fall mainly on operators and would affect thousands of 737NGs.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Marines choose UAS prize challenge winners; KF-X to receive Meteor missiles; Vying for F-16 EW upgrades and Lockheed’s UK ambitions.
Defense and Space

By Thierry Dubois
As concern over space debris rises and small businesses develop solutions, European Space Agency chief calls for “ethical” actions.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
If parts of the industry are going back to square one or close to it with electric technology, Japanese newcomers may have opportunities.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
With the air transport industry trying hard to reduce its environmental footprint, Airbus is looking at unconventional ways to improve efficiency.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
Russian arms buyers hang in limbo as fallout from Turkey’s defiant S-400 delivery remains unclear.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Russia’s VRT500 will use a Western engine and avionics as it targets the urban air services niche.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Jacob Schram takes the helm of the long-haul, low-cost carrier as it continues to face numerous financial and strategic obstacles.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Europe’s flutter-free wing; EasyJet and Airbus on electric; Honeywell helps AI startup; Islander is going electric; Boeing’s autonomous teaming test.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
Aviation Week editors Guy Norris, Steve Trimble, and Graham Warwick discuss the details of the existence of the stealthy RQ-180.
Combat Aircraft

By Jens Flottau
Emirates and Air Arabia have ordered more Airbus and Boeing airliners; Etihad is reducing its Boeing 787 buy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
First Take

By Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson, Michael Bruno
A legal dispute over who owns intellectual property is the source of a 2.5-year delay to the fifth-generation fighter’s full-rate production decision.
Combat Aircraft

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

By Sean Broderick, Steve Trimble
Certification could come in 2019, but service return will not be until well into next year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Readers write about Project Sunrise, towed decoys, railroad-aviation pioneers, faces of the pilot challenge, and aviation industry and regulatory culture changes.
Feedback

By Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
The United Arab Emirates plans to add more airborne early warning and aerial refueling capacity.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
Surprise last-minute contract vaults UAE into manned military aircraft manufacturing club.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
New engines on existing aircraft is a tried-and-tested formula and could buy time for radical concepts to come as propulsion providers look for applications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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By Bill Carey, Michael Bruno
Acknowledged as a drone industry pioneer, the Canadian company has gone public after taking a back seat to Chinese competitors.
Aerospace