The aviation-centric class amphibious assault ship (LHA 6) USS America is showcasing its flexibility at the Rim of Pacific (Rimpac) exercise off the Hawaiian coast.
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter finally made its Farnborough Airshow debut this week, impressing visitors to the trade show with its hovering capabilities.
In 1916, Bill Boeing declared “we could build a better airplane” then went on to found The Boeing Company. Marcel Bloch (later Dassault) built his first propeller, symbolizing his entry into aerospace and forming what would become a French industry giant. In the same year, the ‘grandfather’ of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine was first published. One hundred years later, all three companies are here at the Farnborough Airshow, celebrating their milestones and looking to the future.
The U.S. should stay the course with the Space Launch System exploration rocket and Orion crew capsule to underpin NASA’s human deep-space exploration ambitions, while fostering a growing commercial presence in low Earth orbit as the U.S. undergoes a transition in presidential administrations, industry and government veterans say.
U.S. Air Combat Command chief Gen. Herbert Carlisle says there is strong interest among potential and existing Lockheed Martin F-35 operators to furnish more aircraft.
The head of U.S. Air Combat Command (ACC) has called for the development of “a new counter-air aircraft” as part of a future family of air superiority weapons that would include a long-range successor to the mid-range Raytheon AIM-120 Amraam air-to-air missile.
The U.S. Air Force is estimating the cost of upgrading 36 early-model Lockheed Martin F-22As used for training at Tyndall AFB in Florida as it also seeks estimates for restarting Raptor production.
The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with production and testing of an “improved lethality” bomb body designed to rain down iron fragments as a fearsome substitute for cluster munitions.
Our editors are at the Farnborough Airshow this week. Listen in as they discuss key developments including the future of the A380 and what a middle-of-the-market airplane will look like. Also, F-35 finally made its long-awaited debut at the show and stunned our team with its hovering capabilities.
A KC-46 equipped with a reworked boom has successfully refueled a C-17 heavy cargo aircraft, a sign that Boeing’s tanker troubles may finally be coming to an end.
Saab CEO Håkan Buskhe is betting on reactivity at development and production levels to keep its Gripen C/D and Gripen E fighters attractive to foreign buyers.
Industrial researchers and entrepreneurs are finding new ways to use the International Space Station (ISS) to find profit in down-to-earth sectors far removed from the vacuum of space.
If the U.S. Air Force Reserve were to request more J-model C-130s, it would likely assign them to its dual-role aerial firefighting and spraying squadrons, according to the outgoing head of the Reserve, Lt. Gen. James Jackson.
Embraer's new multi-mission transport aircraft, the KC-390, has made its maiden stop at the Farnborough Airshow. Still in the thick of flight testing, the aircraft is flying internationally for the first time on a summer tour of Europe and the Middle East.
NASA’s Space Launch System could become a key player in plans to develop and deploy future generations of space-based observatories equipped to unlock the mysteries of the universe and seek out Earth-like planets around other stars, according to House panel testimony.
The outgoing U.S. Air Force Reserve chief says modernization of reservist Lockheed Martin 16s needs to keep pace with that of active-duty and Air National Guard fighters as the air branch embarks on a Fighting Falcon active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar upgrade and service life extension.
