Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Bradley Perrett
Higher combustion chamber pressures for the first stage and staged-combustion for the second stage would improve the launcher.
Space

The FAA has yet to act on a slew of measures spelled out in last year’s landmark FAA Reauthorization Act, despite the inclusion of hard deadlines by Congress.
Air Transport

By Lee Hudson
Aviation Week Pentagon Editor Lee Hudson was aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) for tours on Oct. 30.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
Ten years after calling for a fifth-generation fighter, the UAE appears no closer to acquiring the F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Developing and advanced nations will start using surveillance data provided by Aireon.
Connected Aerospace

By Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson
How the U.S. Air Force plans to build new combat aircraft like Apple makes the iPhone.
Defense and Space

By Piotr Butowski
The Kronstadt Group plans to produce about 30 Orion aircraft per year.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Sean Broderick
Human-factors elements remain elusive in aircraft design, hazard analysis.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Lilium eVTOL advances; Volocopter in Singapore; Hybrid Twin Otter; Safran powers VoltAero; Zipline military deliveries; GKN automates composites; Utah eyes UAM.
Aerospace

By Bradley Perrett
The key to the cost reduction will be an efficient production setup and use of hybrid solid-liquid propulsion.
Commercial Space

By Bradley Perrett
The KF-X has cleared its critical design review. A radar technology demonstrator has flown.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Upcoming aviation and aerospace industry events and Aviation Week Network events.

Tom Enders
“Politicians do not have all the right answers,” he argues. “We need to fight for our real business interests and not be shy to lock horns with governments.”
Air Transport

Readers write about AW&ST’s unmanned aviation coverage, airplane incidence angle measurement, Capt. Denny Fitch, and aerospace science in the Southern Hemisphere.
Feedback

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

By Lee Hudson
As the U.S. military grapples with the global pilot shortage, the armed services are adopting various retention methods, from incentive pay to retiree recall.
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. Air Force adversary air providers; European tanker requirements; Russia seeks MiG-35 customers; and the U.S. is now operating polar protected satcom satellites.
Defense and Space

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

By Fred George
New G700 large-cabin, long-range flagship is a stretch of Gulfstream’s G650ER with the advanced flight deck from the G500/G600.
Business Aviation

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris, Michael Bruno
New Commercial Airplanes unit leader tapped to lead course-correction as MAX return-to-service timeline remains fluid.
Air Transport

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.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
There have been no images or statements released, but growing evidence points to the existence of the stealthy RQ-180 and its use in regular front-line service.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Cyber hardening, environmental sustainability, and development speed and cost are “grand challenges” facing the industry, a new study finds.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
Flight hours alone shown to be poor measure of a pilot’s abilities.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Amid calls for tangible support to launcher programs, ESA member states to discuss $14 billion budget proposal.
Space