Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Opening of the facility is a public sign of the progress being made by electric-aircraft startup Beta Technologies
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Flying hydrogen laboratory; trainer flies on SAF; Joby eVTOL for Korea; and airport cargo robot.
Emerging Technologies

By Kevin Michaels
For too long, OEMs assumed that compliant aerostructures suppliers were a given. That era is over, and aerospace stakeholders must plan for a new reality.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau, Guy Norris
NASA, the Japan Exploration Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency will analyze some of the 250 grams of material from the asteroid Bennu.
Space

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

Readers write about the Chinese Navy’s Case 3 operational capability, SAF and supersonic aircraft and the Senate’s hold on military promotion confirmations.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
Sales and strategy expert Christian Scherer to run Airbus Commercial Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
To many foreign observers, the fast-growing Chinese advanced air mobility industry is a black box.
NBAA

Clementine Starling and Julia Siegel
SpaceX’s tussle in Ukraine illustrates the industry’s rising power in modern conflict.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Team wants data on S4 dynamics in simulated lunar space.
Space

By Sean Broderick
Forged documents and regulatory emphasis of paperwork’s importance combine to spark fake parts sales scheme.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Matthew Fulco
China is learning the science of airliners, but politics remains an issue, experts say.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble, Byron Callan
Byron Callan and Sam Bendett join to discuss the Pentagon’s initiative to manufacture masses of uncrewed vehicles with an eye on the Indo-Pacific theater.
Check 6

By Steve Trimble
Two long-range weapon systems are coming online to extend the reach of ground-launch fires far beyond the 300-km limit of the Army Tactical Missile System.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
After a pre-pandemic boom, Chinese lessors have sharply curtailed their business expansion.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
MBDA is growing its Bolton, England, facilities to support growing export demands for ground-based air defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jens Flottau
China’s decades as aviation’s fastest growth country is over for now, and it will take years for aircraft deliveries to return to previous levels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon develops a concept to flood the Taiwan Strait with a horde of drones to confuse Chinese countermeasures.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick, Garrett Reim
The company selects Dayton, Ohio, for its manufacturing plant and delivers its first eVTOL to the U.S. Air Force.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon still lacks a plan to successfully wrestle sustainment functions away from the collection of contractors that now jealously own those roles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
UAV-maker envisions pushing decisions to frontline soldiers, autonomous weapons.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Abating long-haul climate impact; Automotive power for e-aviation; CycloRotor flies; Pentagon battery move; and Avic’s eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By James Pozzi, Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Accelerated checks of PW1100G geared turbofans are underway, increasing fleet availability pain for many A320neo operators.
Safety, Ops & Regulation