Aviation Week & Space Technology

Here is an overview of 10 of the service’s top priorities as it looks to shape its future force.

The service aims to become “ruthless” in selecting development programs under ongoing review.

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

Readers write about the Tupolev PAK DA cover, airline pilots and automation, the 737-10, SAF and F-35 reengining.

On its 75th anniversary, the service looks to a future using increased autonomy and a further migration of key missions to space.

As the aerospace industry gathers in Montreal, the challenges of getting to net-zero are laid bare.

Britain’s air safety regulator is inviting drone users and manufacturers to help shape the legal environment for uncrewed aircraft systems, and the collaboration may end up influencing regulation of the advanced-air-mobility sector.

Data-driven Cascade modeling tool to inform Boeing product development planning.

Two demonstrators and a startup fuel growing activity in advanced air mobility in China.

Using space shuttle engines on NASA’s new Moon rocket brings with it shuttle-era hydrogen issues.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

A probe into a 2020 in-flight diversion spotlighted gaps in Air France’s pilot training and safety culture, France’s BEA contends.

Northrop Grumman quietly developed a nickel-alloy combustor that could unlock a decades-long hurdle to rapid propulsion.

The Italian airline was to be sold to ensure its survival, but the likely new right-wing government insists on keeping state control.

Only one agency has the independence, credibility and technical expertise to investigate.

As novel cockpits become a pressing need in civil and military aviation, sensors may enable the creation of metrics for human factors.

Lighter turbines; Seaglider advances; Recoverable satellites; Australian vertiport; and Korea’s UAM contestants.

Sweden and Finland’s air forces will bring an air power increase to NATO’s order of battle and benefit from the alliance’s capabilities.

After a harmful expansion that took it close to collapse, Norwegian Air Shuttle’s new short-haul strategy is paying off.

Everyone needs to brush up on the fundamentals, and nothing can be taken for granted.

Saab says some nations are focusing on fighter acquisition affordability and not operating costs, which could affect future capability.

Aviation Week editors Jens Flottau, Guy Norris and Sean Broderick discuss scenarios and future challenges.

SpaceX joins race to connect mobile phones via low-Earth-orbit satellites.

The region’s long-haul fleet has been slow to rebuild, but airlines plan to add more widebodies over the next year.

The three biggest airlines in Brazil look forward, not back.