Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
Changes in cabin hardware and services can help cut waste and improve airlines’ environmental credentials.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Recaro Aircraft Seating, a market leader for economy-class seats, has seen demand return following the pandemic, but parts shortages are an everyday challenge.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Brian Everstine, Jen DiMascio, Matthew Jouppi, Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force plans to award a contract for a fighter aircraft to replace the F-22 Raptor in 2024.
Check 6

By Steve Trimble
A yearslong campaign to define a new U.S. air superiority fighter will reach a climax when a development contact is awarded in 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Accidents are becoming more survivable, meaning regulators are doing their jobs, but finding additional improvements has become more challenging.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
The company has a $2.5 billion backlog but also fast-shrinking cash reserves.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Spain is planning to raise national defense spending steadily to 2% of GDP by the end of the decade, enabling expenditures on a range of new equipment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Earl Lawrence
To succeed, innovators must cultivate confidence among regulators, the flying public and investors.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Matthew Fulco
With an eye on China, Tokyo ramps up ambitions for selling military equipment abroad.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris, Joe Anselmo
Validation tests will continue through the remainder of the year and amass a “large” number of cycles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
Several upgrades are making the B-52 relevant for the 2030s and beyond, but they require sweeping changes to internal structures and electronics.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Readers write about hydrogen fuel cells, F-16 tech, Artemis III spacesuits. Plus: Behind the Scenes at Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan Testbed 80 facility.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Joe Anselmo, Sean Broderick, Bill Carey
Aerospace Industries Association chief Eric Fanning joins our reporters to talk about the FAA's leadership woes and chronic underfunding of ATC.
Check 6

By Adrian Schofield
Go First and SpiceJet grapple with legal and financial challenges, while Jet Airways faces relaunch hurdles.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
No immediate slowdown in robust demand is in sight, carriers say.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
The engine-maker is pinning its hopes on the geared UltraFan as a low-fuel-burn contender for single- and twin-aisle airliners and reengining opportunities.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
The new Storm Shadows in Ukraine’s inventory likely will prompt Russia to reconsider siting of high-value targets, logistics hubs and air defense systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jens Flottau
The findings are behind a May 11 airworthiness directive (AD) issued by EASA on the A380.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
A new cooling strategy for the high-pressure turbine is at the heart of the plan to boost Trent 1000 and 7000 durability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
A second Great Observatory catches the eye of the fledgling in-space services industry.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A defense industry-sponsored report reveals that U.S. manufacturers cannot meet planned production and cost targets for a new class of hypersonic weapons.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
Russian airspace closure represents a threat to competition as traffic flows return.
Airlines & Lessors