Aviation Week & Space Technology

DEFENSE Japan’s Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft made its global debut at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, England. Afterward, the aircraft will deploy to Djibouti for testing in hot conditions. The U.K. is expected to reestablish a maritime patrol aircraft requirement later this year.

Turnaround times, environmental impact and passenger comfort are among the key issues facing hypersonic travel planners.

Data from Pluto flyby will keep coming in through 2016, but early results raise interesting new questions about the makeup of Pluto and Charon.

Days after the New Horizons flyby of Pluto, our editors discuss the mission’s surprises and discoveries. With the spacecraft sending back just 1% of data it is supposed to collect, scientists are already learning new insights about the dwarf planet, its moons and environs.

Boeing believes airplane manufacturing costs can be cut drastically—and it has a secret program aimed at proving it.

New Horizons spacecraft flies around Pluto and begins transmitting data that will provide new knowledge of the far reaches of the Solar System.

Despite Iran deal, the Middle East is a hotbed of weapons sales, FAA threatens to downgrade Thai aviation safety, cost of operating the ISS skyrockets and a politician’s home-state advantage.

With the rapid growth of commercial aviation, the label “aerospace and defense” has become largely irrelevant, if not entirely misleading.

Is this the beginning of the end of the great A&D stock boom?

As enthusiasm mounts for microgravity research in orbit, the end of the ISS service life looms.

The $170 million agreement financed the build and launch on PSLV of three remote-sensing satellites for Beijing-based 21AT.

USAF sent destruct signals for Falcon 9 a full 70 sec. after mishap.

From January to July, New Horizons has sent back a series of ever-sharper images of Pluto and its moons.

The U.S. Air Force might need to continue using Russian-made RD-180 engines for the time being, despite congressional wishes otherwise, crimping Aerojet Rocketdyne’s EELV ambitions.

Agency says avionics shops are incorrectly interpreting FAA and product manufacturer guidance material.

Sensationalized reporting on accidents, too many distractions serve to sway potential new pilots from general aviation, says former CEO of Cessna, Jack Pelton.

Controllers will use a mix of modern and traditional tools to scour the virtual skyline at remote-towered airports.

Momentum for Reaction Engines’ Sabre hybrid propulsion concept builds as first details of the frost control technology at the heart of the system are disclosed.

Joby’s Lotus VTOL unmanned aircraft has rotors that fold to become wingtip extensions to extend endurance in forward flight.

NASA funds new projects for a turbo-electric propulsion testbed; fuel-saving formation flight; deicing for smaller rotors; nanotube-reinforced composites; and plasma-enhanced combustion.

Planetary scientists are getting their first detailed look at the terrain on Pluto, as the New Horizons spacecraft closes in for a fast flyby on July 14.

Federal officials are investigating American, United, Delta and Southwest airlines to determine if they are coordinating efforts to keep capacity down so that ticket prices remain high. If they are found in violation of antitrust laws, they could face huge fines.

It may be difficult to prove, but the Justice Department is looking into how the big four U.S. airlines may have publicly signaled each other about capacity discipline.

Remote towers and security concerns; the Moon's limited assets; gravity of loss of Falcon 9 noted; Gulf carriers, some good and bad points; FAA partly to blame for high-fare situation

Strategy for government and industry R&D investment aims to build the U.K.’s position as a supplier of key components and systems for civil aircraft as new architectures and configurations emerge.