Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Lee Hudson
After an internal review, the Army drills basic pilot skills before training with virtual reality and in classified scenarios.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX clears hurdle to launch first batch of satellites, but international operations are in question.
Commercial Space

By Bradley Perrett
Sino-Russian coordination has been a challenge in the Craic consortium, delaying progress.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
Will the U.S. Army finally replace the OH-58D’s armed scout capability with a long-term solution?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Dragon was about to fire up abort system thrusters when an explosion occurred.
Commercial Space

By Jens Flottau
Airlines may have to approach fleet planning differently post-MAX to limit exposure to risk.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Plans mean MAX must be cleared to fly by July, but FAA is targeting weeks earlier.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The Boeing 737 MAX is likely to be back up flying paying passengers long before the true cost of recent fatal accidents becomes clear on Boeing’s bottom line.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris, Bradley Perrett
One Chinese rocket shot achieves two landmarks, verifying launcher recovery technology and testing a waverider.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Targeting fuel efficiency, Airbus is testing airflow control on the A350’s vertical stabilizer leading edge.
Air Transport

Linden Blue
Washington needs to treat exports of armed and unarmed UAS the same.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
The system is designed to enable fly-by-wire flight control as well as support autonomy and unmanned ops, while at the same time hosting multiple applications.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Air Force B-1B’s pick up vital new mission, but experts concerned about early retirement plan.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
The FAA predicts carriers will transport 1 billion passengers annually by 2026.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
AeroVironment unveils HAPS, Alta power for solar HALEs, Iris detects and avoids and Hybrid airship goes electric.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
The FCC has ruled to allow SpaceX to proceed with launch of an undisclosed number of Starlink satellites as early as next month.
Space

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
Pushing the new midmarket airplane entry-to-service date beyond 2025 would strengthen Airbus’ position.
Air Transport

By Kerry Reals
Sustainable aviation fuel volumes are attainable if airline, OEM and fuel-producer partnerships continue to invest time, talent and money in the process.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Propulsion system could enable development of lower-cost expendable HAPS platforms.
Aerospace

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg fielded Wall Street’s questions during the company's latest earnings call. A few of his answers surprised our editors. Listen in as they discuss.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Ghana inaugurates the world’s largest medical drone delivery system as Wing gets 5the first approval to offer on-demand deliveries in the U.S.
Aerospace

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy wants to save money by not refueling an aircraft carrier and retiring the ship early.
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. charges GE employee with espionage; F-35 development cost now $428 billion; Lockheed’s new F-16 production line opens, and Indian trainer resumes test flights.
Defense and Space

By William Garvey
A monumental work honoring the lost airmen of World War II is to be dedicated during Memorial Day weekend.
Business Aviation

By Irene Klotz
Company begins production of a small satellite platform based on its rocket’s apogee kick stage.
Commercial Space