Aviation Week & Space Technology

A debate that began with the Obama administration is continuing under Trump: when to head for Mars and how to leverage cislunar efforts toward that goal?

If recent comments are any indication, engine-makers are more willing to consider each other’s core architecture, and all see the services end of their business evolving in a decade.

Can the millennial generation revitalize general aviation?

Supersonic laminar flow; laser strike protection; drone-carrying Land Rover; Airlander design changes; and the NLR’s composite engine pylon.

Dedicated unmanned air traffic management systems must be developed quickly to meet rising demand for UAV operations.

Availability of Australia’s Airbus attack helicopters is improving—but maybe not quickly enough to stave off early disposal.

Ten down, 65 to go: Aireon has successful power-up and aircraft tracking for its first batch of satellite-based surveillance satellites.

Lt. Col. David Berke, the only U.S. Marine Corps pilot to have flown an F-22 and the first operational F-35B pilot, explains how fifth-generation fighters will revolutionize air warfare.

Sikorsky, Petroleum Helicopters Inc. and Metro Aviation cooperate on real-time rotorcraft health-monitoring developments.

Paying up front will cut Lightning costs, says the program office. So will a steady production ramp-up—and multiyear orders.

Shoreham Airshow crash investigation shines spotlight on regulatory and organizational failings of air display events.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn is one among many launch companies that will lend a hand to companies eager to send spacecraft into orbit in a market where technological change can be faster than the pace of production. Listen in as our editors discuss the key takeaways from this week's Satellite 2017 conference in Washington, D.C.

In this week's Washington Outlook, European satellite manufacturers stand to benefit if Trump’s trade policies alienate U.S. export customers; cruise missiles assessed; security tradeoffs crop up.

Under pressure from airlines and lessors, Boeing moves toward development of new midsize widebody, but important questions remain unresolved.

A pilot program that has increased space awareness for the U.S. military and satellite operators should become a permanent part of the military’s Joint Space Operations Center.

The takeover and criticisms of it show modern capitalism at its best and worst.

Link 16, electronic countermeasures and state-of-the-art self-defense systems might be in 60-year-old Stratotanker's future.

A move toward consolidation and the expected entry of a new player could mean significant changes for Japan’s LCCs.

UK startup Windhorse is designing a one-way drone to deliver food and medicine to disaster areas while keeping relief aircraft safe from hostile action and preventing technology falling into enemy hands.

Germany buys three MQ-4 Tritons, U.S. begins THAAD deployment to South Korea, Delta IV engine problem delays U.S. Air Force Launch

NASA, other stakeholders still pursuing ideas for commercial enterprises in space, which have so far proven elusive.

While building a lander to put humans on the Moon and elsewhere looks possible in 4-5 years, the financial commitment needed to do so is much less certain.

Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin teams are offering business jet platforms; Boeing is offering a modified 737-700-based airframe.

New technologies from Thales use physiological data from pilot research to develop systems that help reduce human factors errors in the cockpit.

Amazon founder and Blue Origin owner says the concept for reusable launch vehicles will grow the launch industry to a “new equilibrium.”