Aviation Week & Space Technology

The decision to group five recent acquisitions into one unit should help Avic reach its goal of becoming a major player in the cabin business.

Can Lockheed Martin’s global production system meet ambitious delivery, pricing targets?

Through two phases of its Blueprint for Affordability program, Lockheed Martin has saved $5 billion over the program life cycle with a $250 million investment.

Driven by the F-35 and hypersonic programs, the defense contractor’s largest division sees 50% growth from 2012 to 2018.

The upcoming T-38 replacement decision, future of the Joint Star replacement program, and the F-35’s massive production ramp-up are all big headlines rumbling under the surface. Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss.

MBDA has begun flight-testing an armed eVTOL aircraft concept.

An early customer for BFR puts a meaningful dent in estimated $5 billion development cost of BFR, says Musk.

The multipurpose mission will be the second Earth circumnavigation for pilot Robert DeLaurentis.

Israel denies Russian claims and blames Syrian forces for indiscriminate anti-aircraft fire.

As the International Space Station marks 20 years in low Earth orbit, NASA faces new imperative to expand its commercial realm.

Designers of the new generation of crossover narrowbody jets have taken into account the cabin crew.

Revised compressor blade design nears certification as Rolls uses flying testbed to validate durability of Trent 1000 with cracks still in place.

With poor spares availability, Interjet wants to reduce its Superjet fleet, and Brussels Airlines is looking for wet-lease alternatives.

U.S. Air Force hits point of no return on multidomain operational strategy.

Boeing’s upcoming decisions will be an indication of how it plans to curb the NMA’s life-cycle cost.

Fundamental change for ETPS coming with new fleet and modernized learning processes.

Beijing’s business travelers are likely to prefer Capital International after the new airport at Daxing opens. But airlines see Daxing as having its own market.

Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost lays out a road map for transforming low-altitude airspace to enable growth in unmanned aircraft and autonomous air taxis.

With the communications satellite market still in flux, launch service providers are counting on aggregators and manufacturers to broaden their product ranges.

Airbus promotes company veteran Christian Scherer to the key post of sales chief, following Eric Schulz’s unexpected resignation.

Hawkeye 360 is just the latest small satellite company to attract attention from the U.S. defense industry.

Russia is investigating how a drill hole ended up in the upper section of a Soyuz capsule that carried three crewmembers to the ISS in June.

Comac’s braced wing; Tiltwing intercity VTOL; NASA’s UAM Challenge; Longer-flying drone; Transatlantic on biofuel

Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems and CFM all say they are almost back on track, but the depth of 737 production issues has become much clearer recently.

Airbus, Bell, Boeing, Leonardo and Sikorsky are likely contenders to supply or help develop a new Japanese attack helicopter.