Aviation Week & Space Technology

UK startup Vertical Aerospace sees Honeywell fly-by-wire as a differentiator in crowded eVTOL market.

Airlines face an increasing number of environmental measures, with uncertainty over how helpful they are.

Conscription a key component in Swedish air force’s plans for wartime dispersal.

Some of the region’s major carriers are looking to gain advantages by establishing new metal-neutral joint ventures or strengthening existing partnerships.

High-speed gyrodyne reborn; German hybrid-electric testbed; Rolls fuels hybrid research; VoltAero’s Italian job; electric STOL in a cold climate.

A look at what the astronauts did before, during and after the Apollo program.

Do we have the vision, technology and tenacity to build commercial operations to use natural resources in the neighborhood beyond our planet?

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

Here is a look at the ingenuity and elegance in designing the systems and subsystems that enabled the U.S. to reach the Moon.

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Too young to see Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the Moon, a new generation of engineers and scientists is nonetheless inspired by the Apollo program.

Repurposed, over budget Orion capsule, SLS rocket underpin Trump administration revamped Moon plan.

Here is a look at the more than 105 robotic spacecraft that have been launched to explore the Moon as well as future planned missions.

Mitsubishi is revamping its smallest regional jet. Design changes focus on weight reduction, capacity increase.

Air Force scraps for missile-warning satellite funding; Fire Scout begins operations; Philippines to get Black Hawks in 2020; Germans use A400M for refueling.

Post-Apollo ‘technical consolidation’ is still underway, but Mars looms as the next goal, says Apollo 11 pilot Michael Collins.

A look at the rockets that have taken people above the atmosphere and the space stations that have housed them in orbit.

Over the past 100 years, GE Aviation has grown into a global leader in aerospace propulsion.

Global space industry never stronger, but deep-space human travel still out of reach.

Engineers inspired by Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk are devising ways to help humans survive in the future.

Some airlines may try to use the Boeing 737 MAX grounding to cancel orders because circumstances changed unrelated to the aircraft itself.

Electric-powered air taxis and a cargo delivery technique invented by a missionary could change the personnel recovery mission in combat zones.

NASA issues price list and guidelines for station services in hopes of luring new businesses.

Industry welcomes Europe’s special condition for certification of eVTOL aircraft, but more steps lie ahead.

Astronaut Michael Collins speaks with Aviation Week Space Editor Irene Klotz about the meaning of his time on the Moon, his thoughts on the current space program, what he would like to see transpire 50 years from now and more.