Business & Commercial Aviation

Business & Commercial Aviation (B/CA) has been in circulation since 1958 and serves as the monthly publication focused on business and regional commercial aviation within the Aviation Week Group. This group, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, stands as the leading provider of multimedia information and marketing solutions for the worldwide aviation and aerospace sector.

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Space Compass Wins Contract To Demo GEO Laser Relay Sat Tech

22 hours ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

Space Compass Corp. has won a contract from Japan’s ministry of defense to demonstrate laser communications from a geostationary satellite. The demonstration is intended to show that optical communications can transmit large volumes of data gathered from space domain awareness activities in...
China Ratchets Up Critical Mineral Export Curbs On U.S.

1 day ago | aviationweek.com | Matthew Fulco

China is further restricting critical mineral exports to the U.S. by cutting off some supply from South Korea. China is widening the scope of its restrictions on the export of critical minerals to the U.S., raising risks for the aerospace and defense sector. In what seems to be a targeted escalatory move, Beijing told several South Korean transformer manufacturers this week in an official letter not to...
HAECO Looks To Long-Term Amidst Tariff Uncertainties

1 day ago | aviationweek.com | James Pozzi

HONG KONG—MRO provider HAECO says it is committed to its long-term investment and strategy goals across the business despite recent uncertainties emanating from Trump administration tariffs and an escalating U.S.-China trade war.
Taiwan, India Team Up On Drone Production

1 day ago | aviationweek.com | Matthew Fulco

Taiwan’s AVIX and India’s Optiemus Unmanned Systems (OUS) will collaborate on the production of drone components for defense applications in the subcontinent, the two companies said on April 23. The two firms will jointly develop and manufacture advanced drone cameras, gimbals, and other key...
The Space Industry Can Grow Faster With Urban Factories

1 day ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

Manufacturing dozens of satellites per year in the heart of San Francisco, with its tight urban confines and infamously high rents, might seem like an odd choice. But for Astranis, builder of small geostationary communications satellites, the choice was obvious. “San Francisco is the best city to...
SpaceOps: NASA Safety Panel Flags ISS Risks

1 day ago | aviationweek.com | Irene Klotz |Mark Carreau

The U.S. plans to operate the International Space Station (ISS) for another five years, but risks to the orbital outpost are a growing concern, an independent NASA safety oversight panel says. The ISS, which has hosted rotating teams of astronauts and cosmonauts since 2000, is experiencing a small but persistent air leak in the Russian segment, cause unknown. The air is leaking from cracks in the access tunnel, known as the PrK, between the Russian Zvezda service model and a docking port.
Firefly To Develop Ceramic Matrix Composite Rocket Nozzle Extension

1 day ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

A second-stage rocket nozzle extension would be fixed and is intended to improve performance and reduce costs. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Firefly Aerospace a contract to develop a ceramic matrix composite rocket nozzle extension for liquid rocket engines. The second-stage nozzle extension would be fixed and is intended to improve performance and reduce costs, Firefly said on April...
Hexcel’s Q1 Earnings Slide On Boeing, Airbus Delivery Woes

2 days ago | aviationweek.com | Matthew Fulco

Hexcel’s first quarter earnings fell on OEM delivery woes, prompting the company to revise its 2025 sales guidance downwards. The tariffs beginning to disrupt the aerospace and defense industry were the least of composite material supplier Hexcel’s problems in a tepid first quarter performance that saw sales fall 3% and earnings per share decrease 16%. Commercial aerospace end-market sales of $280.1 million were down 6.4%...
DARPA Solicits Spacecraft For Moon’s Unstable Low Orbit

3 days ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

DARPA is soliciting a lunar orbiter capable of flying in the Moon’s unstable low orbit, from which it can conduct space domain awareness and water ice prospecting. The Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) aims to develop and demonstrate new propulsion and autonomous navigation technology...
Cargo Dragon Docks To International Space Station

3 days ago | aviationweek.com | Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.