Aviation Week & Space Technology

The U.S. Army is flexing a new high-altitude sensor platform in the skies over Eastern Europe.

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

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

Readers write in about curbing contrails and propulsion elements for space launch systems.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

The Tempest will feature the Isanke system, which will link all of the fighter's onboard sensors to transform pilot understanding of the battlespace.

The OEM may sell parts of Premium Aerotec but must convince union IG Metall that the company has better perspectives with new ownership.

Revised 777X -family plan leverages air cargo boom and seeks to expand 777-8 interest with marginal capacity increase.

With the worst of the pandemic hopefully behind them, U.S. carriers are resuming their stalled fleet transformation plans.

The project is symbolic of the closer UK-Japan links, UK Asia-Pacific pivot and Japan broadening defense relationships beyond U.S.

Amid huge program changes are signs that Boeing may finally be turning the corner.

A U.S. Air Force tanker contender; Belgium adds billions for defense; F-35’s new cloud-based logistic system; and F-15EX fires a weapon.

Boom’s supersonic flight path continues with engine tests on the XB-1 and a decision to assemble the Overture airliner in North Carolina.

Clean Sky regional demo; FlyZero’s 75-seater; Orbital debris capture stalls; Surviving the lunar night, and Optical internet advances.

To patrol the Pacific, nations in Southeast Asia are turning to UAS, business jets and even space.

Boeing is to invest a further $450 million in urban air mobility joint venture Wisk.

The ongoing bad-tempered dispute between Airbus and Qatar Airways has to be resolved somehow.

After four years as CEO of electric propulsion pioneer MagniX, and later additionally as executive chairman of electric aircraft startup Eviation, Roei Ganzarski stepped down from both companies in January, sending a shockwave through the young industry.

Some carriers are beginning to reinstate U.S. and European routes.

Alitalia’s successor ITA Airways has only been flying for three months. Its sale would be a rare step in European airline consolidation.

The U.S. military has lost normal access to its primary data link due to concerns about a recent software change.

For U.S. leaders, the Lockheed-Aerojet acquisition was too much to ignore. In the future, smaller is better.