Aviation Week & Space Technology

China’s new space station is due to be completed in 2022 after 11 missions.

International relations are in play with the opening of China’s new space station.

From the first Shenzhou capsule launch in 1999 to the Shenzhou 12 launch carrying three taikonauts to the Chinese Space Station.

After a battery fire destroyed its demonstrator, Lilium has revamped the energy storage system in its eVTOL air taxi.

Next set of issues is likely to include sustainability and urban air mobility initiatives.

Israel’s defense industry has achieved a global first by successfully demonstrating that a compact, airborne High Power Laser can shoot down unmanned aircraft systems.

Russian eSTOL demonstrator; MagniX unveils EPUs; JAXA promotes supersonics; Racing eVTOL flies; and Ascendance tests hybrid.

Countries eyeing crewed missions to planned Moon base by 2035.

An end to the 17-year airliner subsidy spat frees the West to repair its aerospace industry and prepare to tackle competition from China.

Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun spoke with Aviation Week editors about the direction he's steering the company. Watch video clips with his views on a dozen hot topics his company and the industry are tackling.

The FAA, with lessons from Boeing 737 MAX, is confident it can handle certification of more advanced vehicles, such as eVTOLs.

Lockheed Martin’s goal to reduce the F-35A’s cost per flight hour to $25,000 by 2025 is not fully within the company’s control.

Certification by 2024, 1,000 aircraft a year by 2026, $1/seat-mile costs among Vertical’s lofty goals.

Airbus Helicopters has already had to adapt to challenging market conditions, and now it’s gearing up for a digital transformation.

A new kind of permanent shock could hit the jetliner industry if the U.S. and China do not come to a rapprochement.

OEMs are trying to raise expectations around the future of airliner manufacturing, but the supplier base remains grounded in reality.

This webinar took place June 17, 2021. In the shadow of China’s expanding military power, nations across Asia are adding muscularity to their defenses

The helicopter industry has taken the first steps toward using sustainable aviation fuels and to do their bit to meet emissions targets.

Arjan Meijer, president and CEO of Embraer Commercial Aviation, sits down with AW&ST to chat about technology and aviation’s status quo.

The U.S. military plans to become an early adopter of using rockets to move cargo.

China is top talking point for NATO; Considering B-21 exports; New hypersonic weapons contracts; and NRO launches secret payloads.

The Florida base has pinned water wings on 25,000 pilots and counting. A ticket to access two-thirds of the Earth’s surface.

Many countries in the region are making little progress in reopening borders as vaccination rates lag.

Michael Griffin, former NASA administrator and head of R&D for the Pentagon, reflects on acquisition reform and hypersonic technology.

This webinar took place June 15, 2021. FAA Administrator Steve Dickson faces no shortage of challenges, from revamping how aircraft are certified to