Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
The service’s experiment has become the Pentagon’s lead JADC2 proving ground, but more work is needed to connect sensors and shooters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Business travelers are returning to the skies in large numbers and with a very different set of travel habits.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
MagniX adds fuel cells; Electric propulsion standards; Net-zero competition; Drag-reducing AeroShark.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Western governments are concerned about the trickle of information that could flow from experienced aviators hired for China’s military.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
While the Air Force shifts focus toward a future KC-Z, some on Capitol Hill say the planned 2040 fielding date leaves too long of a gap.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Massy-Beresford
SAF is seen as the most realistic near-term option to cut aviation emissions, but securing more supply is an obstacle for the industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The world’s largest defense-focused company expects 2023 revenue to be in line with 2022 and promises shareholders will reap rewards.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Expeditionary units could recharge their equipment with laser energy redirected by UAVs.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Readers write about electric propulsion, airline and military pilot training and the NTSB’s staffing and funding.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
While promising continued nuclear modernization, the White House aims to lower tensions by deemphasizing use of weapons.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney questions GE’s XA100 proposal, arguing its F135 upgrade plan is the more practical path.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Digging out the details of the Airbus A300 in-service fleet 50 years after its first flight is complicated.
Airlines & Lessors

By Steve Trimble
The San Diego company’s next uncrewed aircraft system could be powered by a radical new engine design of its own making.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
NATO nations are heeding air defense lessons from Ukraine and preparing to invest in their ground-based surface-to-air defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
NASA is assessing a private initiative to boost and service the flagship observatory.
Space

By Sean Broderick, Ben Goldstein
U.S. airline pilot unions do not agree on whether the last two 737 MAX variants should have more modern crew warning systems.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
The helicopter’s aging tail-rotor system is targeted for replacement as the Army and Boeing debate acquisition future.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
The first Airbus program was on the verge of collapse several times, but then it became the catalyst Airbus needed to thrive.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Boeing’s Cascade model will help inform policymakers on the effects of policies and incentives for sustainability initiatives.
Sustainability

By Steve Trimble
Trial-and-error approach informing requirements for follow-on HADES program of record.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Guy Norris
Researchers look to quantify SAF-fueled engine exhaust properties by measuring emissions from Boeing 777-200ER ecoDemonstrator.
Sustainability

By Garrett Reim
The air taxi developer aims to upend conventional aerospace practices.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Xwing tests visual autoland; Standards for space servicing; Inside Aura’s electric ERA; and First military eVTOL missions.
Advanced Air Mobility