Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Jen DiMascio
Turkish trainer flies; a look at two U.S. Space Force programs; Rocket Lab’s hypersonic test and Biden picks new Army chief.
Budget, Policy & Operations

P. Barry Butler, Robert L. Sumwalt and Kristy Kiernan
Challenges to aviation safety need to be treated in the same way that the best academic medical institutions focus on diseases.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The Bulgarian startup is readying Black Swan remotely piloted cargo aircraft for flight tests.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Despite its global sales success, the F-35 entered service five years late and cost billions more than expected to develop and acquire.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Aero tow concept aims to provide zero-emission range extension for electric, hydrogen and modified conventional regional and single-aisle airliners.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Boeing’s global search for engineering talent has spawned a lawsuit in Brazil over alleged damage to national security.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford
While the short-term economic situation is uncertain, conversion specialists say long-term trends justify full orderbooks.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Condensed-matter battery; DLR’s sustainable designs; Bivalent hydrogen engine; and Subscale cargo UAV flies.
Emerging Technologies

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

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
U.S. Air Force future tanker interest and commercial midmarket demand combine to provide a long-awaited potential launch window for a blended wing body concept.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
When Safran became a minority shareholder in Ineratec, the intent was to understand the technology from the inside.
Emerging Technologies

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

Readers write about fan blade-out testing, the FAA and making the supply chain network more collaborative. Also: Behind the Scences at MRO Americas.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
The GAO denial of Sikorsky’s FLRAA protest shows the Army prioritized Bell’s submission detail and open systems architecture over Sikorsky’s much lower cost.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Air Force’s Project Monet could open the door to Swift’s success as a military training aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Sean Broderick
Parts supplied by Spirit AeroSystems must be inspected and repaired on many 737 MAXs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Contenders take different approaches to challenges of lunar rover design as NASA contest nears new stage.
Space

By Irene Klotz
With five Super Heavy boosters and eight Starships in production, SpaceX ramps up flight test program.
Space

Elizabeth Reynolds
Innovations from the aerospace industry are helping to monitor, manage and mitigate climate change.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
The point of the mission is to verify the oceans’ existence, investigate their properties and assess if there are environments where life may exist.
Space

By Christine Boynton
Expectations for inflight connectivity are evolving, and U.S. airlines are beginning to offer the ancillary for free to some or all their passengers.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Guy Norris, Joe Anselmo
The leader of bankrupt space company Virgin Orbit says it is seeing active interest from a “diverse group” of potential buyers.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Brazil’s largest defense company studies options for partnering on next-generation fighters and developing light utility transports.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Richard Aboulafia
The companies, services and people dependent on today’s promising new generation of aircraft would do well to heed the lessons of the past.
Budget, Policy & Operations