Aviation Week & Space Technology

Upcoming aviation and aerospace industry events and Aviation Week Network events.

By Bradley Perrett
Nikkiso hints that it wants to step up to the first tier while maintaining its current second-tier business. And it wants to develop more parts.
Air Transport

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy is working on various challenges for the last of the Joint Strike Fighter versions, still hoping to have it ready for battle by early next year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Lee Hudson
The $805 million contract is just the start of what might blossom into $7 billion in carrier-based, aerial refueling tanker work.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio, Guy Norris, Lee Hudson
Piecing together the U.S. Air Force’s emerging initiatives to revamp the 1950s-era bomber for long-range strike missions.
Defense and Space

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

By Guy Norris
Boeing has finalized a landing gear design for the 737-10 taller than other MAX models, for the same wheel well. How was this innovative design achieved?
Aircraft & Propulsion

Readers discuss ramp security at airports, repurposing KC-135s for wildfire-fighting role, and weigh the merits of pilotless cockpits.
Feedback

By Jen DiMascio
India plans to buy maritime helicopters; quantifying the space force; aerospace wins AI challenge, and Brazil joins space situational awareness team.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
Boeing’s finalized landing gear design for the 737-10 is taller than the other MAX models, but which still fits in the same wheel well. See how this innovatively packaged design was achieved.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Rearranging existing space often means coming up with better ways to serve both passengers and tenants while accepting constraints of an airport’s footprint.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
NASA aims to leverage commercial satellite technology and industry practices into a power and propulsion module for a lunar-orbiting gateway.
Space

By Jens Flottau
Orders revealed at the Farnborough Airshow have raised questions about their actual status. The lack of clarity is damaging, not least for the manufacturers.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Boomer retirements may portend one of the greatest gold rushes in living memory: small and midsize M&A.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Hypersonic weapons testing and fielding will enhance the B-52H’s long-range strike capability.
Defense and Space

By Sean Broderick
The vision of airport innovators is to create a network of labs working collaboratively to serve customers better and increase revenue.
Air Transport

By Lee Hudson
Aviation Week was invited to observe the first time the U.S. Navy F-35C conducted operational testing on an aircraft carrier.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
Boeing revives Quiet Technology Demonstrator series to evaluate a new low-drag acoustic liner on a 737-7 testbed.
Air Transport

By Kevin Michaels
The top 10 countries account for 87% of world aerospace output, but will face a challenge by China as it tries to assert aerospace dominance.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Coalition airpower has helped deplete the so-called Islamic State terrorist group’s presence in Iraq and Syria.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
New urgency, linked to engine sustainability and need for outsize hypersonic weapon launch capability, drives potential acceleration of B-52H reengining plan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau, Helen Massy-Beresford
European air transport is currently at the edge. In June, 49% of all flights were delayed on arrival, according to data released by Eurocontrol.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno, Lee Hudson
U.S. defense acquisition reform redux,includes a surge of interest in other transaction agreements (OTA) and concern that they can lead to big problems later.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Bye flies StratoAirNet; Singapore’s solar quadcopter; Boeing’s synchronized UAVs; Echodyne’s radar approved; UK BVLOS drone corridor.
Aerospace