Video footage exclusively shared with Aviation Week shows the dramatic moment when an unconscious USAF F-16 pilot is saved from certain death by the aircraft’s Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System.
Aviation Week's Commercial Managing Editor says the return of Singapore Airlines’ first leased A380 is terrible news for Airbus and the funds that own the aircraft.
When USAF Secretary Deborah Lee James announced a naming competition for the Northrop Grumman B-21 in February, she may have underestimated the creativity of airmen and the pitfalls of public polling, writes our Defense Editor.
After the Sept. 1 explosion that destroyed a Falcon 9 and its payload, our Senior Propulsion Editor asks what the incident means for SpaceX and its customers.
It’s reasonable to ask why the aviation industry hasn’t made the transition from indicated air speed to angle of attack as the primary performance indicator for target V speeds, says our Chief Aircraft Evaluation Editor.
Reaction Engines exclusively shared its plans to build a fighter-engine-size ground demonstrator of its reusable hypersonic propulsion system with Aviation Week's Senior Propulsion Editor.
Over the past 60 years, NASA X-plane programs have demonstrated technologies that changed the way aircraft are designed. Our Technology Manager Editor takes a look at NASA's X-planes and their contributions.
With a continuing lack of orders, the A380 program is in a deep crisis. Our interactive timeline looks at the airlines operating the mega-transport and how they are using it.
Our Chief Aircraft Evaluation Editor strapped into the left seat of Piper's new M600 single-engine turboprop. He reports how the M600 has the potential to carve out a considerably larger share of this market segment for Piper.
Although USAF has been fighting for years to sunset the A-10, Secretary Deborah Lee James tells Aviation Week's Pentagon Editor the air arm may again delay plans to retire the Thunderbolt II.
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