Nineteen months after they predicted UAM would be a niche market, Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick and Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia are back to address why investors are now pouring billions of dollars into the emerging sector. 

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks is conducting a review of some of the Pentagon’s key programs—considering where to scale back and what to accelerate as the fiscal 2022 budget request is prepared.

Speed, electrification and autonomy are among technologies unlocking the potential for VTOL to perform a wider range of missions.

After breaking F-35A order monopoly last year, USAF seeks wide range of alternatives to only domestic stealth fighter in production.

Gain insight into the pandemic’s impact on the global defence sector with the latest market analysis from Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s Data and Analytics team.

When budgets tighten, one-shot missiles cannot match the power projection of fighters and bombers.

Despite the impact of COVID-19, Kopter and new owners Leonardo are confident of bringing the SH09 to market by year-end 2022.

International travel is expected to build in the third quarter, and bilateral corridors will still be important.

As offshore operators adapt to the energy transition to renewables, demand is growing for helicopters to serve offshore wind farms.

Hill wants to maintain its supply chain and not be “held to ransom” by suppliers, in a bid to keep maintenance costs low for customers.

Aerospace manufacturing has been turned on its head almost overnight. Geared for record-high monthly production rates, the industrial base suddenly faces OEMs running at a quarter, third or even half as much for years, depending on the program. Liquidity remains a top concern, and consolidation is speeding up. Relationships are being redefined. Digitally, everything will change, with every month post-pandemic equal to a year pre-COVID. The market may change, too, with supersonic, UAM and hybrid-electric and sustainable fuels racing toward implementation.

The Annual Aerospace Manufacturing Conference seeks to shed light on these topics and help provide firm grounding for industry to take flight again. Find out more.