Aviation Week & Space Technology

After spending billions in investments in foreign airlines and new aircraft, Etihad’s CEO James Hogan is being replaced. With less appetite for risk and growth, what’s next for the Abu Dhabi-based airline?

Hope that reduced integration costs will free up funding for more frequent capability upgrades is behind industry’s willingness to embrace open avionics standards and increased competition, says U.S. Air Force.

Etihad acquired stakes in many troubled airlines abroad in the hope of gaining size by turning them around. But the financial burdens have proved unbearable; Etihad’s owners are switching course.

MRJ program slippage now totals a remarkable 6.5 years. The obvious explanation for most of the troubles is simple: inexperience. Yet MHI is looking at a successor program.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: the SpaceX CEO makes a third trip to talk with Team Trump, why the idea of a wall in Mexico needs an adjustment and a look back at what happens when rhetoric meets reality.

U.S. State Department approves Foreign Military Sale requests, Saudia Arabia inducts F-15SAs into fleet, Indonesian president wants to see final A400M accident report, and Raytheon wins fourth full-rate production contract for SM-6.

Shark and seal skins, even speed skater’s suits, are inspiring drag-reduction technologies eyed for coating U.S. Air Force transports and tankers to curb jet fuel consumption.

Extend today’s highway code to the skies or allow vehicles freedom to self-regulate? These are among options for urban unmanned-aircraft traffic control being explored by researchers.

As Russia beefs up its military and signals a more aggressive foreign policy, the JSF is essential to guarding NATO's northern flank.

Cathay Pacific has revealed the outlines of its largest restructuring in 20 years, while Malaysia Airlines makes encouraging progress on its more ambitious changes.

Charter operators are embracing the private club concept as way of “democratizing” private aviation.

A small tech company not too long ago, OHB is now set to compete with the bigger satellite OEMs.

Combined, the companies will have a system portfolio spanning the entire aircraft.

President Obama shook up space policy when he took office, and President Trump may be about to do the same.

Leading aircraft lessor AerCap expects a substantial number of widebody deferrals but argues the market is still strong enough to deal with some turbulence.

ESA is planning to outfit the 30-satellite constellation with the same atomic clocks, despite the issues.

Everyone seems to want to be in on the newly lucrative aircraft financing industry.

First results seem promising from jointly conducted Boeing-Embraer EcoDemonstrator technology test effort using an E170 prototype.

United President Scott Kirby is looking to fulfill the airline’s potential with some major organizational moves.

Boeing will soon test an air-launched version of the double-range “Harpoon-ER” anti-ship missile in anticipation of U.S. Navy requirements.

Lockheed Martin X-56A ready return to flight; Aurora LightningStrike vertical-horizontal transition tests; TsAGI ground-effect transport tested; BAE Systems lasers to create atmospheric lenses; U.S. Army tests Hoverbike for rapid resupply.

Rolls’s settlement emerges as fraud investigators begin to examine the aerospace industry as a whole.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: why industry experience in government helps the Pentagon get a better deal; McCain’s plans to spend big on the military; a burgeoning space rivalry; and the ongoing attempt to block the sale of aircraft to Iran Air.

A lot in Washington is broken these days, but not everything needs to be fixed.

Readers weigh in on Factories of the Future article; debate the Persons of the Year selection; discuss Air Force One options and decry ultra-long-range aircraft.