Aviation Week & Space Technology

The Franco-Dutch carrier’s strategic plan is bearing fruit with new partnerships, and soon a new airline.

Icon’s amphibious A5 program suffers another setback with a second fatal accident, this one involving a high-profile sports star.

In this week’s roundup, Malaysia considers buying used Japanese P-3 Orions; Intelsat and General Atomics show they can swap beams between a satellite and a UAV; Russian Helicopters makes an early delivery; U.S. gathers three carriers in the Pacific; and Norway seeks air-to-air missiles.

Five teams are in the running for $30 million in prizes for landing on the Moon, demonstrating spacecraft imaging and mobility systems.

The first private lunar mission is expected to launch in early 2018, a half-century after nations raced to get to the Moon.

The aircraft’s future will be determined by Emirates, not Airbus.

Local governments can require drone users to register and use an app that will make their UAS visible to law enforcement.

It is getting harder to find a Western A&D company not undergoing restructuring. Wall Street may be to blame—and it may benefit.

Milestone completes Sierra Nevada’s paid NASA Commercial Crew work and sets up critical design review for unmanned station resupply missions. Photo: NASA

Materials science helps make storing and handling missiles and other rocket-powered munitions safer.

The airframer is on a path to fill out its planned 737 MAX derivative family by the end of the decade.

Some member states are disinclined to consolidate their air navigation service providers, often for sovereignty and defense reasons.

The finalized flight deck features of Boeing’s 777X reveal clear 787 influence and unique wing-fold controls.

Lockheed Martin’s radar experts in Syracuse are introducing new air surveillance technologies to counter emerging threats from quadcopters to reentry vehicles.

Cubesat-building robot contest, Lockheeds SHiELD laser demo, Uber air taxi trial adds L.A. and Horsefly electric van/drone deliveries.

William McCombe is now executive vice president and chief financial officer of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.

Readers address updating nuclear chain of command; supersonic maladies; Airbus/Bombardier/Boeing ramifications, and remotely piloted aircraft.

With the complexity of aerospace systems threatening to overtake the ability of human engineers to optimize designs, bio-inspired algorithms and machine learning are being drafted in to help.

As the Islamic State loses territory, U.S. and Russia must work harder to deconflict air operations in a rapidly shrinking battlespace.

The F-35 is a “benchmark” in competition to replace the Tornado, German officials say.

While some airlines are close to placing significant orders, others are in the early stages of negotiations.

Industrial augmented-reality startup Upskill launches new platform aimed at enabling large-scale use of smart glasses in manufacturing and maintenance.

The U.S. space agency is optimistic about a December 2019 launch, but could slip Exploration Mission-1 to June 2020.

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

NASA’s Advanced Composites program finally comes to grips with the complexities of designing and certifying carbon-fiber aircraft structures.