Aviation Week & Space Technology

Partners signing up to join NASA Gateway initiative.

Space BD and Mitsui are launching cubesats from the International Space Station’s Japanese Experiment Module Kibo.

A high-level task force on drone mitigation calls for shared responsibility by airports and governments.

Technology acquisition for a future Taiwanese fighter is at a very preliminary stage. Propulsion and electronic systems are seen as main areas of difficulty.

Companies that can withstand change and disruption may be best positioned to navigate the tumult of the 2020s.

The rise of populism and nationalist foreign policies and the Boeing 737 MAX recertification are threats to what has been a stable cooperative environment.

Avic is planning a highly data-driven final assembly process for turboprop airliner. A new factory will be built for it.

Electrifying the Islander; German electric regional; acquisition boosts Rolls electric; Wing expands deliveries; UPS drones approved; Hyundai enters UAM.

AIDC was required to roll out the Advanced Jet Trainer this year; it has. It is supposed to fly the trainer next year; it says it will.

The aerospace heavyweight is designing avionics for UAM vehicles and entering relationships with vehicle developers.

Hybrid-electric demo plans remain on track but will be paralleled by fast-growing electric propulsion initiative.

Are these seemingly mutually exclusive goals attainable in an increasingly environmentally concerned world? It was on the agenda at the International Society for Air Breathing Engines (ISABE) conference in Canberra, Australia, from where senior editor Guy Norris discusses everything from biofuels and more electric aviation to hypersonics and long range commercial operations with the Society’s Prof. Ric Parker and Prof. Andrew Neely.

With more than 100 passenger-carrying autonomous test flights under its belt, China’s Ehang is ready to begin flights in cities.

In the post-war 1950s, there was a belief among many that a personal whirlybird revolution would literally lift populations free of the surly macadam bonds.

Pratt to reduce future cost of F-35 engines; China’s new stealth-detecting radar; Italian Air Force, Virgin plan research mission and GPS OCX in testing.

BNSF Railway flies rail inspection mission beyond visual line of sight of its drone operators.

Rolls-Royce proposes use of sustainable fuel blends is mandated to incentivize production and accelerate the reduction of aviation CO2 emissions.

India’s government is making a fresh attempt to sell off Air India, and the airline’s fleet plan is on hold until the process is completed, executives say.

The engine is intended to be flown at least 50 times, but no more than three years are allowed for development.

The DF-17 has much the same configuration as the DARPA Falcon HTV-2. Its gliding vehicle should extend range and challenge defenses with maneuvers.

Struggling with the A320-family production ramp-up and A321 delivery delays, Airbus bets on robots.

Due to moderate oil prices and the relatively low level of technology of weapons involved in the attack, the effect on A&D is likely to be muted for now.

Five defensive concepts, including one by Boeing and two each submitted by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, were downselected from a pool of 21 proposals.

BAE Systems’ U.S. arm applies experience powering hybrid-electric transit buses to developing products and systems for electrified aircraft.

A scheduled flight-testing battery for a new crop of hypersonic and long-range weapons is putting pressure on operational test and evaluation sites to keep up.