Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
CTO Paul Eremenko brings a reputation for disruptive thinking to UTC as the company undergoes a critical transformation.
Aerospace

By Lee Hudson
U.S. President Donald Trump bypasses Congress and clears arms sales to the Middle East, declaring it an emergency.
Defense and Space

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

By Tony Osborne
Sweden’s plans to retain the older-model Gripen could extend the aircraft’s time on the export market.
Defense and Space

Readers add to Apollo 10 incident; ponder Boeing post-crash plan; note no apology doesn't equal no regrets; query UK Wedgetail choice, call for auto-lock bins.
Feedback

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

By Bill Carey
The leading manufacturer of small drones commits to equipping them with ADS-B receivers fleetwide.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
Company to beef up its 1300 satellite bus for lunar Artemis venture's power and propulsion module.
Space

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By Richard Aboulafia
Five reasons why combat aircraft production is surging.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Alaka’i Technologies has built a full-scale prototype eVTOL taxi and anticipates FAA certification in 2020.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Airbus embarks on a path to enable reduced-crew operations in the long term, beginning with single-pilot operation during cruise.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
France wants to buy 169 H160M Guepards for the air force, army and navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
French suppliers have geared their efforts to meet demand from Airbus, but profits, foreign sales and human resources remain relatively weak points.

By Jens Flottau
Some have argued that cyclicality has disappeared from aerospace. This year is about to prove the opposite.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
NATO and non-NATO forces are training together near the Arctic Circle to tackle near-peer threats.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
Airbus studying drag-reducing boundary-layer ingestion and load-alleviating flexible wingtips in a drive to improve efficiency.
Aerospace

By Kerry Reals
Airbus and Boeing launch aviation data-analytics platforms designed to leverage digital information generated by aircraft to help airlines improve efficiency.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio, Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
Leanne Caret discusses how synergy of Boeing's commercial, services and defense divisions have helped the company save on estimated life-cycle costs.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau
Since Airbus launched the A300B in 1969, technological advances have been the cornerstone of its success. And that work goes on.

By Graham Warwick
French startup to debut iron-bird test rig for Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft at Paris Air Show in June.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Lawmakers are saying defense contractors may make too much profit and that federal contractors should turn over their price and cost data.
Defense and Space

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has long invested in building its product portfolio. With that part now settled, it is looking more closely at processes and industrial optimization.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Scandinavian Airlines thinks electri;, Volcopter’s Singapore landing pad; UK CAA’s sandbox for innovation; DHL’s drone deliveries, and Europe’s tiny asteroid prospector.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
The airframer, now an aerospace powerhouse, almost did not make it off the ground.