Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Thierry Dubois
Using a narrowbody aircraft for a long-haul flight may require rethinking the passenger cabin.
Air Transport

In 1962, pioneering astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn wrote a pilot report for Aviation Week after his historic and harrowing flight in Mercury’s Friendship 7.
Space

By Guy Norris
Embraer looks to accelerate E2 sales and production rates with Boeing partners as the E195-E2 secures triple regulatory approval.
Crossover Narrowbody Jets

By Tony Osborne
Around 25 Saudi companies and suppliers are involved in BAE’s in-kingdom Final Assembly for the Hawk.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
As Clean Sky 2 reaches the halfway mark with promising results, project promoters are on a deadline for Clean Sky 3 to meet a Paris Agreement goal.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Alpine unlocks Lockheed nanocomposite; Europe prints bionic components; eVTOLs are sustainable, sometimes; fuel cell boosts drones; MBDA tests laser effects.
Aerospace

By Adrian Schofield
Although Jet Airways could still be revived in some form, tighter capacity supply will help bolster the Indian airline industry’s worsening financial health.
Air Transport

By Richard Aboulafia
The makers of transports with fewer than 90 seats have to figure out what comes next.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
After a near-flawless journey to lunar orbit, Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft reached the Moon’s surface but crashed about 2 min. before its slated touchdown.
Space

By Irene Klotz
More then a year after its flight test, Falcon Heavy enters commercial service.
Commercial Space

Readers wonder about spacesuit availability in light of the accelerated lunar landing time line; Boeing's MCAS situation continues to be the dominant topic.
Feedback

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Targeted checks have turned up issues on 1% of the engine fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Guy Norris
Embraer focuses on KC-390 military certification for Brazilian Air Force as production ramps up.
Defense and Space

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

By Thierry Dubois
Strolling down the aisles of AIX 2019 reveals a number of surprises that let the visitor hope that passenger experience will actually improve.

Tim Wuerfel
Flying Embraer’s biggest aircraft yet, the KC-390 tanker-transport, reveals a flexible aircraft with a powerful fly-by-wire system.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
There is positive pilot feedback to 737 MAX changes as Boeing launches global road show.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
The gargantuan twin-fuselage launch vehicle carrier aircraft made a successful 2-hr. 29-min. first flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport.
Space

Upcoming aviation and aerospace industry events and Aviation Week Network events

A new solicitation document identifies a possible platform for the U.S. Army’s mysterious ground-based launcher for hypersonic weapons.
Defense and Space

By Thierry Dubois
Targeting Chinese carriers, Airbus is flight testing an enhanced flight vision system on an A320.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
The Spear 3 engineering team has been challenged by the environment and volume of the F-35’s weapons bay.
Defense and Space

There are unmistakable signs that aviation and aerospace are approaching another potentially course-altering crossroads.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio, Lee Hudson
The U.S. military is debating everything from creating a sixth service for space to a unified combatant command to how to architect and buy a new generation of satellites.
Defense and Space