Aviation Week & Space Technology

The Thai government has reacted to the ICAO warnings by creating new agencies for aviation regulation and beginning the process of recertifying Thai airlines and reissuing air operator certificates.

We look at the fighters on display at this year’s Paris air show, including the JF-17 Thunder, which is making its European debut.

Bombardier's Fred Cromer and Rob Dewar take Aviation Week on a tour of the new passenger jet and point out features they believe will give it a competitive edge.

NASA advances supersonics; robots meet Darpa’s challenge; wood to fuel Alaska flights; UAVs inspect EasyJet airliners; kite-surfing UAVs, “drone”-detecting radar and all-in-one 3-D-printed UAV.

Volcanic eruptions can cause widespread flight disruptions. Now Israel’s Elbit is working to upgrade its low-visibility enhanced vision systems to detect ash clouds.

AFRL updates its unmanned-aircraft sense-and-avoid system to reflect latest position on requirements for access to national airspace.

Rockwell Collins CEO Kelly Ortberg talks with Aviation Week about innovating for the Defense Department, warding off cockpit hackers and the aerospace IT company’s ongoing positive outlook.

Claims and counterclaims continue to be hurled in the ongoing dispute between U.S. and European-based carriers versus the Big Three Gulf airlines.

OEMs must question assumptions about what makes the supply chain competitive and rethink the way they allocate resources accordingly.

The F-35 production partners are focused on near-term plans to double production while continuing to reduce unit cost.

The industry seeks to retain trade links and free movement of labor that have helped spur growth in the U.K.’s £62 billion aerospace sectors. Channel: defense, commercial

It is supersonic chicken-and-egg: a low-boom demonstrator is needed to enable quiet supersonic transport, but is there market demand for a demonstrator?

More than 8% of the world’s population lives in Latin America and the Caribbean, but they generate only 5% of air traffic. How can the region improve its fortunes?

D erek Zimmerman (see photo) has been named president of product support, Barry Russell vice president-worldwide service center operations, Mitchell Choquette vice president-customer support, and Cobi Lane (see photo) general manager of the Las Vegas service center for Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. Zimmerman, who has been vice president-customer support and materials, assumes the post on July 1 when Mark Burns, whom he succeeds, becomes president of Gulfstream.

Lufthansa, seeking to reduce the cost of booking through GDS networks, will impose a fee, a move that is not without risk.

Turkey has been stirred by the unmanned revolution but can all the platforms under development find customers?

First NATO Global Hawk unveiled as Northrop Grumman eyes more international sales.

Seoul has plans for 1,700 ballistic missiles, including the Hyunmu 2 that has probably been developed with foreign assistance. At least one upgraded version is in service.

A350 flight level discussed; Beef-up the A-10; Helicopter terminology; More terminology talk—for electric motor and turbines

Tiny Bluetooth devices will offer a variety of new services for passengers and airports as beacon technology goes mainstream.

Malaysia’s CTRM has learned a thing or two in overcoming production difficulties.

U.S. EPA finding on harmful aviation emissions stirs debate, but is a key step to a global standard to reduce CO2 from aircraft.

Eventually, defense contractors’ short-term focus will catch up with them.

Senators would grant U.S. access to more Russian engines and cut additional funding for NASA’s Commercial Crew program. The TSA is in a tailspin, and a company helps leaders reach informed decisions.

Our editors discuss the escalation in the battle between the big U.S. and Middle East carriers — and why the U.S. airlines are not unified in their stance.