Aviation Week & Space Technology

Without adequate funding, the Pentagon is looking at ways to sustain its weaponry for the long term.

High-temperature, Mach 3.3 test paves the way for a hypersonic run for Reaction Engines pre-cooler.

For the second time this decade, China is disappointing makers of business aircraft. Domestic use of the aircraft, meanwhile, has flattened.

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

UTC’s advanced projects organization and Collins Aerospace lead the charge to develop megawatt-class electric power and propulsion technology

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

Investigators are looking closely at how the ET302 crew reacted, and why they reactivated a system that they identified as central to their problem.

If the Trump administration can talk with the Taliban and North Korea, surely it can work with the EU and Airbus to end the aircraft subsidy dispute at the WTO.

Production of Gripen E for Brazil is starting, but selection of an air-to-air missile for the model is still pending.

Studies suggest both the traffic and infrastructure are available to make urban air mobility attractive as a premium service.

The time line for the fleet's return to service is not clear.

Readers' focused on various aspects of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 situation, pre- and post-crash queries and conjectures.

The company plans a $50 million laboratory to help develop high-power electrical systems for aircraft.

Steppingstones are in place to fast-track revived U.S. lunar exploration initiative, but some key items are missing.

Turkey, U.S. still at odds over S-400; Lockheed to deliver AEHF-5 soon; Cubesat to process hyperspectral images; and sizing up the defense electronics market.

Flying the SpaceX Falcon Heavy with ULA upper stage is an option for lunar missions beyond 2022.

The U.S. is responding to increased Chinese and Russian space threats by building a space force and planning to spend $14 billion in fiscal 2020. Is it enough?

Opening of a new supercomputer facility at MBDA leads to confirmation that France is developing a scramjet-powered nuclear cruise missile.

U.S. Army seeks major funding for its Future Vertical Lift modernization program beginning in fiscal 2020, but targets existing programs as the bill-payers.

Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost launches a project to develop an autonomy system that can scale across the manufacturer’s product line.

The U.S. military gave the public only one glimpse of the F-35's hotly contested dogfighting chops at the last Paris air show. That’s changing this year. Listen in as demo pilot Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson talks about the latest public debut.

AirAsia X will leverage new aircraft programs for the next phase of its long-haul, low-cost model.

The carrier’s collapse is the latest in a series of European airline failures. Mistakes by management are the key reason for its demise.

With helicopters playing a growing role in health care systems, Leonardo is envisioning technologies that could enable more treatments to take place inflight.