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Delta Air Lines’ agreement to buy a 20% stake in LATAM comes at the expense of American, Gol and Oneworld.

The UK is considering how to integrate more autonomous systems into carriers to increase combat radius and lethality.

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

Among many Chinese private space companies, a launcher-maker is getting propulsion from a private engine company.

The CAAC is bringing the airport into service only gradually, using China United Airlines to iron out bugs.

The 164-ft. steel Starship Mark 1 is readied for atmospheric testing.

AW139 has changed the fortunes of Leonardo’s helicopter business and generated a family of products.

Electric X-57 arrives; low-boom X-59 CDR; UK backs fuel-cell propulsion; Nordic electric aviation; GE pursues megawatt power; Equator electric seaplane.

Inaccurate assumptions about how pilots will respond in emergencies contributed to the 737 MAX accidents.

With Orion’s service module development, Europe nurtures crewed flight skills.

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

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

Readers praise columnist Michael Bruno and discuss Minuteman III replacement, offensive hypersonic weapons and reducing emissions by eliminating premium class.

Sikorsky to begin HH-60W production; B-61 warhead cost overrun; Taiwan’s new trainer and Thailand Seeks AH-6i helos.

After Aigle Azur and the collapse of Thomas Cook—Europe’s major airline casualties are mounting.

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

New board-level safety committee has been established, with the changes designed to elevate internal safety concerns, address varying regulatory environments.

The moral of the story of the airliner subsidy dispute at the WTO is: Be careful about starting fights. Now Boeing looks set to learn it the hard way.

As the World Trade Organization’s ruling on the lingering dispute between Boeing and Airbus nears, retaliatory tariffs appear difficult to avoid – and at an inopportune time for an industry already showing signs of a slowdown.

London’s once low-key defense relationship with Tel Aviv has become more public.

“I’d be a little cautious about being all-in on that experiment,” says Frank Kendall, former Pentagon undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics.

Associations representing pilots and air traffic controllers urge ICAO to take action on interference with satellite navigation systems.

Are key stakeholders ready for the new approach Lockheed Martin is pitching to save 16% on sustaining the fleet?

New fighters are the order of the day for several Eastern European air forces.

The U.S. military's plans to acquire thousands of cheap unmanned aircraft systems and cruise missiles fuels demand for two newly announced engine families.