Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne
Turkey believes that a regional airliner can boost economic growth and social unity.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Turkey wants a domestically produced fighter to complement its F-35s, but is it a step too far for Turkey’s aerospace industry?
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s air force is embracing new technologies as it modernizes.
Defense and Space

By William Garvey
Textron is demonstrating and benefitting from heavy investment in new models and aircraft product improvements.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Meads could finally break into the export market after German selection.
Defense and Space

The country’s space agency is partnering with Google Lunar X-Prize contender Astrobotic for payload delivery.
Space

By Jay Menon
India’s experimental space plane aims to reduce the cost of access to space.
Space

After reinventing the Ariane launcher program to compete with the SpaceX Falcon 9, Airbus tackles rocket reusability plan to compete with recoverable Falcon 9 core stage.
Space

By Jens Flottau
Embraer’s CEO is optimistic about prospects for the E2 commercial jet family, but has concerns about Brazil’s defense budget cuts and what they may mean for the KC-390 program.
Air Transport

Nanosat technology comes into play
Space

By Jens Flottau
Airbus Group CEO talks with Aviation Week about his company’s future and revisits some triumphs and travails of the past.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Months into his job as Bombardier CEO, Alain Bellemare is focused on meeting current challenges.
Air Transport

Industry weighs benefits of satellite-based landing systems against cost, logistical realities.
Air Transport

Remote towers are a reality in Europe, but it could possibly be years more before they are accepted in the U.S.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Twin-aisle performance at single-aisle costs—that’s the tough task airlines have given Boeing as it studies a next-generation “middle of the market” 757 successor.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Even with massive damage inflicted deliberately, advanced stitched carbon-fiber structure passes NASA tests with flying colors.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
From the triumph of Dassault's Rafale to a renewed U.S. presence, here is what is in store for defense at Le Bourget.
Paris Air Show

By Guy Norris
As the 757 ecoDemonstrator program ends, Boeing studies options for what comes next.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Russia’s low-drag, low-noise airliner; Google undeterred by solar UAV crash; Europe to take down space debris; university research: modeling vortices, deterring birds, quieter honeycomb, sound-wave inspections.
Aerospace

Boeing CEO talks with Aviation Week editors about the state of his company and his legacy.
Air Transport

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick, Jens Flottau
Ahead of the Paris air show, our editors interviewed the CEOs of four big aerospace companies: Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer. In the latest
Paris Air Show

Add loiter time to CAS debate; keep Viewpoint exchanges civil; questioning tanker requirement facts; decrying costs of U.S. bombers

By Jens Flottau
Based on enormous backlogs, Airbus and Boeing are ramping up production of key programs. But some analysts begin to warn about overcapacity in major markets that could affect future deliveries.
Paris Air Show

Established satellite manufacturers, including Airbus and Thales, are moving toward mass production to meet demand for small sats from Silicon Valley.
Space

The Pentagon has many ideas about running the F-35’s upgrade program. It needs to pick one and stick with it.
Defense and Space