Aviation Week & Space Technology

Readers write about the AW&ST Aug. 8-28 cover, program management, the AT-802U, Eviation’s Alice and robotic systems to boost Hubble.

Does Boeing risk becoming a value trap, a promising public company suffering stormy days, yet never able to get through them?

Last month Ed Stone retired as Voyager project scientist. The mission still needed a successor.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

TA-0 flight data matched predictions, sets up initial drop test before high-speed flight with first reusable Talon in early 2023.

Europe’s aerospace supply chain may have to deal with a competitive disadvantage vis-a-vis other regions if energy prices stay elevated.

After a three-year hiatus, SpaceX’s heavy lifter is back in business.

Building on lessons from the PW1100G, Pratt & Whitney’s expanded Advantage test and pre-production readiness program is targeting a smoother entry into service.

With an eye on contested logistics, service officials want more capable mobility aircraft sooner than originally planned.

New research shows China’s growing capabilities to disrupt military satellite communications.

A320becomes hydrogen laboratory; China’s large cargo UAV; Embraer’s autonomous bizjet vision; and XPeng’s drive/fly eVTOL.

Upcoming flight trials by Universal Hydrogen mark a key milestone on the road to zero-carbon-emission air travel.

The Air Force Research Laboratory is developing an interface standard it hopes will be adopted by commercial industry, too.

He stared down Lockheed on the F-35 negotiations, devised a politically-neutral tanker competition and ramped up Pentagon innovation.

The past might yield fuel-savings and emission-reducing solutions for regional transport and larger aircraft.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is prompting Europe’s armed forces to rapidly relearn skills that have faded since the end of the Cold War.

Former Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper shares some of his memories about the former Defense Secretary, who knew science, technology and the politics of the Pentagon to tackle its toughest challenges.

The country's air force is one of the major beneficiaries of Berlin’s defense spending uptick.

India’s Tata Group aims to consolidate its multiple airline holdings and increase market share.

Anti-satellite threats force military satellites to use more fuel.

Despite differences between nations, space exploration should remain a place for civil collaboration.

China flies new UAS; Aero Vodochody’s L-159 upgrade; MDA receives NGI software build; and Lockheed to make PRSM missiles in 2023.

Two years after a prolonged grounding and delivery pause, the 737 MAX program is gaining momentum, but plenty of questions remain.

In the range of solutions to drive aviation to a greener future, none alone will come close to being a silver bullet by 2050.

The service’s experiment has become the Pentagon’s lead JADC2 proving ground, but more work is needed to connect sensors and shooters.