Aircraft leasing used to be fairly predictable. Rising interest rates pushed up borrowing costs, lease rates climbed, and airlines paid more to add capacity. When borrowing costs eventually fell, ...

For all the advances aviation has made over the past century, one challenge has never gone away: weather. Storms, turbulence, icing, wind shear, and rapidly changing conditions continue to shape every ...

The nation’s aviation industry rarely speaks with one voice. Airlines, aircraft manufacturers, pilots, airports and travel groups often have competing priorities, especially when billions of taxpayer ...

Editor’s Note: This week, John Persinos interviewed Jacob Baumler, founder and CEO of CoachAir, which verifies private charter compliance and protects payments through partner branded infrastructure.

The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) on July 1 said it invited 19 companies to compete in the final stage of its second challenge round in August with a chance to win production orders worth a ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pursuing drone deals with European nations, even as the U.S. has so far delayed such a deal and as Ukraine uses increasingly long range, kamikaze “one way ...

Startup weapons developer Mach Industries on June 16 announced it won a contract award to serve as aircraft integrator for a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) program focused on developing ...

While the Air Force said in February that it had picked nine companies initially for Increment 2 of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, more than 20 remain eligible for awards, as the ...

Editor’s Note: This week, John Persinos interviewed Tim Lilley, a highly influential aviation safety and policy expert. Tim brings decades of hands-on experience from both military and commercial ...

Editor’s Note: This week, John Persinos interviewed Rick Adams, a leading aerospace expert specializing in the areas of training, simulation, artificial intelligence, and safety. A Fellow of the Royal ...

Mentioning the Pope and Elon Musk in the same sentence seems like the start of a bad joke, the kind that begins with two guys walking into a bar. But it’s closer to a snapshot of where the global ...

Editor’s Note: This week, John Persinos interviewed Matt Eales, managing director of EAL Engine Services, a UK-based aviation company focused on engine trading, leasing, asset management, teardown ...