Aviation Week & Space Technology

Arianespace’s CEO discusses the recent Ariane 5 mishap, Ariane 6 development and chances of reusability becoming a viable alternative.

Adaptive flight control progresses, Audi joins eVTOL study, Swiss team advances electric propulsion, Marines test resupply hive, and Ford researches UAS.

The process of exiting the EU is destabilizing the struggling industry and exacerbating budgetary uncertainties.

President Macri’s economic policies are creating opportunities for new carriers, especially low-cost alternatives, in a nation still using long bus routes.

China plans 36 flights by Casc’s various Long March space launchers this year. Long March 11 looks mature, but others have slipped.

Preparing for authorization for manned Moon missions, the Chinese space industry is working on three engines and has built a test airframe structure.

Chairman and CEO of Aurora Flight Sciences, Dr. John S. Langford, was awarded the Philip J. Klass Lifetime Achievement Award at Aviation Week's 61st annual Laureate Awards at the National Building Museum in Washington on March 1, 2018.

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

Industry knows the risk of being targets of retaliation in a global trade war are growing. To them, the only way to win is not to start a fight.

French suppliers, such as Mecachrome and Daher, are striving to establish factories in the U.S., hoping to add U.S. OEMs to their customer base.

Now that the E190-E2 is nearing service entry, Embraer has some difficult decisions to make as to its next big investment.

USAF is investing in enhancing the ground surveillance capability of the MQ-9, and may even add a more powerful, podded radar in the future.

Previously announced winners, Philip J. Klass Lifetime Achievement Award recipients and Tomorrow's Leaders also were honored.

Did Brexit slow European UCAV development?; Lockheed’s space fence scheduled for operations in 2019; Singapore keeps defense dollars steady and Japan interested in Phalanx weapons upgrade.

Readers note eVTOL designs, past and present; wonder why USAF opts for some defense aircraft over others; note factors affecting decline in general aviation.

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Air navigation service providers increasingly are becoming involved in drone traffic management and remote-tower operations.

The array of nuclear weapons touted by Russian President Putin confirms the U.S. is losing its lead, but the Pentagon says deterrence will prevail.

Rolls-Royce has appointed Tom Bell as president and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America. He also remains president of Rolls-Royce defense services. He succeeds Marion Blakey, who is retiring.

In response to new threats from China and Russia, the U.S. is putting its energy into hypersonic technologies and rethinking its plan for the next-generation of air superiority.

Rivals’ progress makes it clear that, 60 years on, DARPA should not ease off on its task of preventing technological surprise, and creating its own.

A state oil company has given HNA’s Hainan Airlines Holding Co. Ltd. until March 16 to pay overdue fuel charges.

An Airbus-led consortium has developed tools to simultaneously streamline air traffic and make the life of airline operations centers easier.

Boeing Phantom Works rolled out the “T-1” tanking UAV prototype in November 2014, but kept under wraps until recently. Now, the covers have finally come off.

Embraer has the raised the technology and performance bars significantly with the E-Jet E2, but amid the improvements pilots will find much that is familiar. Photo: Embraer