Aviation Week & Space Technology

While the immediate financial outlook for the airline industry appears positive, experts warn of problems on the horizon.

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As a connecting partner, Juneyao adds 38 routes from Shanghai, including 33 in mainland China, that no Star carrier is flying.

While most of Trump’s first NASA budget mimics the Obama administration’s, there are some important differences in emphasis, such as climate science.

Detail design of a Sino-Russian widebody airliner should be completed by the end of 2018, by which time the partners will have chosen major suppliers.

IATA’s base is weakening. It should embrace low-cost carriers because, legacy or low-cost, carriers face common problems.

Boeing’s “iterative innovation” strategy pays off as it secures a new future for the Eagle, Super Hornet and Growler programs against the odds.

The Defense Department needs to budget for its intellectual-property rights requirements and train procurement personnel not to overreach.

Boeing wins missile defense kill-vehicle contracts, UK’s RAF Fairford to host RC-135 Rivet Joint, North Korea’s latest missile test and the Swedish military buys satellite connectivity service.

Airbus has provided aircraft design know-how to the U.S. team bidding to retain the America’s Cup, the ultimate prize in yacht racing and the world’s oldest international sport.

The Trump administration’s budget plan for FAA “privatization” appears to give back more in tax breaks than it would bring in.

The F-35A flying display aims to attract attention as the global marketplace grows more and more intense.

The big, annual air show in Europe has long been known for new orders of large commercial aircraft. But increasingly, emphasis is on the past and present.

Despite being cut from the budget request by the Trump administration, robotics developed by NASA will still be of great use to the space industry.

By making launch more affordable, SpaceX hopes to open the door to wider experimentation in space.

Delays in development are likely to put the Russian aircraft as the last of the new-generation aircraft in its segment, which will likely limit its market.

U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, call sign Crash, describes what it was like to fly the Raptor on its very first combat mission.

UtopiaCompression says a compact single-camera system that provides passive ranging for automated collision avoidance is ready for commercialization.

To begin air operations quickly, Chinese travel group Tongcheng has chosen Embraer 190s, not 190-E2s.

The defense deals announced during President Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia underscore how the structure of the global defense market is changing.

Boeing’s comments come as the Pentagon is in the midst of a cost and capability analysis between the F/A-18 and F-35, ordered by the White House, that will inform future budgets and force structure decisions.

Robot lands a 737; Toyota backs flying car; unmanned air logistics; Chinese rotorcraft puzzle.

Slow orders and supply-chain delays continue to weigh on aircraft manufacturers, but new models may appear.

Manufacturers of large unmanned aircraft are struggling to get attention from regulators and customers as the small drone market sets the pace.

The European Commission is leading slow changes to ownership-and-control rules that would enable foreign investors to have more say in acquired airlines.