Aviation Week & Space Technology

Helicopter manufacturer stays on track to develop certifiable autonomy technology to assist—or replace—crews in military and commercial aircraft.

Aero Kinetics brings aerospace-grade materials and systems, FAA type-certification experience to multirotor small UAS market.

Synthetic vision and exocentric 3-D taxi views are designed to boost situational awareness for less-experienced pilots.

Until now, the military has driven development of unmanned aerial vehicles. But the U.S. Navy X-47B’s recent aerial refueling demonstration could be a transition point for the fledgling industry, in which commercial players are increasingly pushing the technical edge.

The LCC is slowing expansion, and all of its growth will be on long-haul routes, including to the U.S.

Airlines and groups that have alleged some Gulf carriers are subsidized are changing the message from opposition to compromise.

This week, Aviation Week & Space Technology publishes two very differing viewpoints on the LRS-B competition.

Colin Bole has been appointed senior vice president-sales and asset management for Montreal-based Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Peter Likoray senior vice president-sales for Bombardier Business Aircraft. Bole was chief commercial officer at Intrepid Aviation and was a senior vice president at International Lease Finance Corp. Likoray has been Bombardier vice president-business aircraft sales for North America.

Eclipse Aerospace joins with Kestrel, a single-engine turboprop under development, forming ONE Aviation.

Rejuvenated by new financing from China, Cirrus Aircraft has certification in sight for its long-awaited single-engine personal jet.

Involvement in the small UAS market is taking defense giant Lockheed Martin into unfamiliar areas such as firefighting, shark-spotting, farm-surveying, disaster-mapping and search and rescue.

Hainan Airlines may not be as comfortable as China’s big three state carriers, but it shows great ambitions for long-haul services.

Early this century, Asian airlines’ major accident rates improved markedly. Now they are drifting higher again, and the industry association wants tighter regulation.

China’s ASAT tests have forced the Pentagon to funnel billions of dollars into new satellite architectures and defensive measures.

Civil Air Patrol could solve USAF training woes; Truly new weapons are needed, not JSF; Aerospace engineers vs. video game developers is unbalanced comparison; Call to bring back flight engineers; United safety standards queried; Fatigue is a killer

Lawmakers keep A-10 aircraft but cut NASA climate science; the FAA learns of cyber vulnerabilities; and inventors band together.

Carter unveils plans and delivers observations that could weigh on defense company strategies and how those businesses are valued.

Boeing and Lockheed Martin together have been lead integrators for 95% of the Air Force’s bomber and strike aircraft.

Deeper dive into Air Force requirements and the competing teams’ capabilities establishes Northrop Grumman as an overwhelming favorite to produce the LRS-B.

A look inside how Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy autonomously refueled an unmanned aircraft in flight, and what it could mean for aviation

U.S. Navy faces a choice between reducing risk and reducing competition for the Uclass carrier-based unmanned aircraft if it keeps X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrators flying.

Business jet and general aviation pilots already enjoy the safety benefits of synthetic vision. Airline pilots are next in line.

Sierra Nevada is using its deep pockets to keep the Dream Chaser mini-space shuttle alive while it looks for paying customers.

Certainly there is a new space race underway, just as there was 50 years ago. This time the goal is profits—and the skilled workforces that can generate them—although national prestige remains important, too.

SpaceX is juggling a mix of commercial and government missions at a time when its cargo-resupply services are in growing demand.