Aviation Week & Space Technology

What could spur Alcoa to pony up maybe $5 billion in less than a year? Aerospace and defense market share

Test flights are getting underway of a Boeing 757 with an actively blown vertical tail and new wing-leading-edge sections, which could pave the way for the wider use of natural laminar and active flow control technology in future airliner designs.

A new problem may have emerged to push the Long March 7 first flight into 2016.

Commercial fleet operator SES is talking to Lockheed Martin and other suppliers about the potential to service spacecraft in geostationary orbit.

Moth inspires agile thinking; aerospike rocket looks for liftoff; tethered UAVs for safer cities; Amazon a step closer to delivery drones and other unmanned news

Giving up Sikorsky is shortsighted and could prove to be more of a disservice than a boon to investors.

European ANSPs highlight progress on SES through common controller definition being developed jointly across four countries.

FAA’s deep dive into historical airline figures reveals how radically the industry has restructured over the past 20 years.

Elytron Aircraft plans to begin flight tests this summer of a two-seat, proof-of-concept tiltwing aircraft designed to take off and land like a helicopter but operate from point to point at fixed-wing speeds.

Driving down the costs of electronically steered phased arrays opens up new commercial and military opportunities.

The Airbus story is inextricably linked with John Leahy’s career.

Aviation Week has presented a lifetime achievement award to David Thompson, President & CEO of Orbital Sciences.

Aviation Week editors discuss how private sector money and technological advances are revolutionizing space telecom.

Two winners took home Aviation Week’s Innovation Laureate for 2015—Raytheon and Saab pursued different routes to achieve the same outcome—introducing gallium nitride power electronics to military radar and electronic-warfare systems.

Despite challenges from LCC expansion at its home base, Brussels Airlines seems poised to achieve profitability after investments and management improvements coordinated by its largest shareholder, the Lufthansa Group.

Testers say a software patch gets F-35 closer to promise of multi-ship data fusion.

Mix Formula One technology into an aviation turbo-diesel and you get a fuel-efficient, low-emission helicopter engine.

The Scout motto, “Be Prepared,” came in handy for the pilots of a Boeing 757 flying scientists from Christchurch to Pegasus Field in Antarctica when fog forced a landing at well below instrument minimums.

Dassault Aviation, long noted for both its civil and military aircraft offerings, may eventually have to opt for a purely civil product line due to diverse market and political influences.

South Korea’s LCH-LAH is supposed to become the leading 5-ton helicopter. But the base type chosen by Korean Aerospace Industries, the Airbus H155, has not been a strong seller. And there is not a lot of time to make big improvements before the targeted 2020 entry into service.

European governments ponder new antisubsidy initiatives against Gulf carriers as Emirates and Etihad Airways lobby their cases in Washington.

Seeing a potentially major new market, rocket and spacecraft builders are positioning themselves to appeal to designers of small satellite constellations.

Despite political headwinds, the U.S. Army is pushing ahead with a restructuring designed to protect investment in future rotorcraft.

Sikorsky has a full plate of helicopter programs, but they are just not profitable enough for parent United Technologies.

Reader disagrees with earlier reader’s assessment of the space shuttle’s worth; U.S. aerospace coalition takes issue with recent editorial on airline subsidies; pilot shortage solutions cited; another pilot shortage suggestion offered; a call for A-10 replacement and mission reassignment