Aviation Week & Space Technology

The OEM produced the T-7A in only three years, but challenges remain before the process can green-light its next all-new airliner.

Readers write about SpaceX's flight operations, the commercial aviation pilot shortage and airline training initiatives.

Although many large-number fighter competitions have already been decided, some countries are still on the hunt for new aircraft.

Industry pushes for more geographic diversifcation of SAF projects.

With private space stations on the horizon, NASA may soon have options for astronaut services.

Engines and cabin interiors top the list of missing components, while airlines and airports struggle to keep up normal operations.

The new Fujian carrier substantially upgrades its naval aviation and naval warfare tactics.

Two clear winners emerged from a barrage of fighters orders between May 2021 and May 2022, leaving the outcome of pending orders in India more important than ever.

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

Using virtual reality to fly a helicopter has money-saving potential.

Though not designed for in-space servicing, the James Webb Space Telescope is somewhat fixable from afar.

Airbus is struggling with implementing big production increases, as is Boeing, which also faces uncertainty over 737 certifications.

MQ-1 Gray Eagles can be transferred to Ukrainian forces to help defeat Russia’s Black Sea blockade.

With commencement of flight tests, Airbus is moving closer to new territory: true long-haul narrowbody services.

Astronomers hope to find the universe’s first lights.

Trials will measure ability to handle applications such as a long-range artillery shell and a Mach 4 air-launched missile.

Space remains popular. But everything moves faster in a vacuum, including cash burn.

From sustainable materials to improved wheelchair access, cabins must be a part of aviation’s reassessment.

GKN’s hydrogen hopes; Dutch zero-emission regional plan; Sceye stratospheric airship; and Amazon Prime delivery drone.

The concept of a winner-take-all battle between the FAA and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the title of global aviation safety’s “gold standard” regulator is amusing at best, and absurd at worst.

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association offers seminars, a refresher course and services to address needs or concerns of participants.

Pilot labor is unabashedly leveraging a very real pilot demand/supply imbalance for its benefit.

Like many of AOPA’s “Rusty Pilots,” Ted Malone set aside life’s interruptions to return to the wild blue yonder.

For new space and advanced air mobility startups, the past two years have been a heady experience of investment, mergers with special purpose acquisition companies and high-risk plays into segments of the aerospace and defense industry that were mere dreams a decade ago. As the economy changes, Aviation Week editors discuss what comes next.

Soaring fuel and fares will test the strength of the recovery—and the consumer.