DEFENSE

With USAF T-X Award, Boeing Seizes a Trio of Contracts

Steve Trimble | Aviation Week & Space Technology

U.S. Air Force’s contract for trainers comes on the heels of Huey replacement and carrier-based UAV wins.

SPACE

Blue Origin Edges Out Aerojet for ULA Engine Contract

Irene Klotz | Aviation Week & Space Technology

The four-year competition to supply U.S. engine for new Vulcan rocket ends with Jeff Bezos-backed BE-4 toppling traditional supplier.

OPINION

Drones Enable Small Businesses And Help Drive U.S. Economy

Tulinda Larsen | Aviation Week & Space Technology

Small drone businesses face hurdles with the regulatory process that the FAA needs to remedy.

PODCAST

Gateways, Starshades, Exoearths and Hypersonics

Guy Norris and Graham Warwick

The mood at the AIAA Spaceplanes and Hypersonics conference was bullish amid growing investment in space infrastructure and hypersonic development. Listen in as our editors discuss their findings.

BUSINESS AVIATION

Managing Unmanned Flight

Angus Batey | Business & Commercial Aviation

The financial and practical benefits of routine flights by UASs in national airspace will only be realized if and when operators have a file-and-fly capability as easy and quick to access as that enjoyed today by pilots of conventional aircraft.

MRO

Available Aircraft Feedstock Limiting Cargo Conversions

Ben Hargreaves | MRO Network

The air cargo market is robust, but the market for used aircraft that can be converted is tight.

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