Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand are launching initiatives to identify cost savings, with Virgin cutting staff and considering fleet and network changes.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble
After years of discussions, a military plan to automate and distribute command-and-control authority is starting to become tangible.
Defense and Space

By Helen Massy-Beresford
With Aigle Azur and XL Airways up for sale and a labor conflict brewing at Transavia, France’s airlines are flying into turbulence.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
ETPS 2019 students will be the first to graduate under EASA rules.
Air Transport

By William Garvey
After a long and tortuous evolution, Epic Aircraft may be soon delivering its single-engine turboprop.
Business Aviation

By Byron Callan
There are a lot of questions in the industry, not least of which are the 2020 U.S. elections.
Defense and Space

By Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick
Environmental targets are key, even though “flygskam” has not yet hurt the carrier’s bottom line.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Agency completes drone traffic management testing in urban environments.
Aerospace

Adam Konowe
With hundreds and occasionally thousands of exhibitors, small and medium-size enterprises often fail to stand out. Sadly, that is partly self-inflicted.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Norway’s Wideroe going electric; AFRL eyes hybrid-electric UAVs; Solid hydrogen for fuel cells; UK to decarbonize; Gliding from the stratosphere; UK waste-to-fuel.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick
Aviation Week has learned that design changes meant to provide more cabin flexibility are creating operational headaches.
Air Transport

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

By Steve Trimble
As countries await Trump administration decision on Turkey sanctions, moods split between defiance and caution.
Defense and Space

By Sean Broderick
Crews from around the world will be involved, a notable shift in the FAA’s process.
Air Transport

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

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

Readers discuss factors in 737 MAX design and accidents, another possible use for winglets.
Feedback

By Graham Warwick
Advances in hydrogen fuel cells for vehicles are giving aerospace another low-carbon propulsion option.
Aerospace

Despite 2019’s bad news, forecasts point to continued growth – at least for now. Aviation Week editors discuss.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
TyTAN has reduced Typhoon operating costs by nearly 40%; BAE believes it could achieve similar savings on the F-35.
Air Dominance

By Jen DiMascio
Saab flies Brazilian Gripen; India accepts last C-17; U.S. to sell Japan SM-3 Block IIA missiles; Elbit to equip KC-390 with EW system.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Startup Elroy Air begins flight tests of a large VTOL unmanned aircraft designed for responsive logistics.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Little hops and huge goals: SpaceX’s Starhopper test flight marks first step on path to next-generation Starship launch family and inter-planetary missions.
Space

By Guy Norris, Mark Carreau
Launch services firms may become the space-based trucking companies of the future as NASA accelerates its Lunar Gateway plan.
Space

By Graham Warwick
As more hydrogen-powered vehicles hit the roads, fuel cells are attracting interest for electric aviation.
Aerospace