Choose Aerospace President Shares Impact Of Laureate-Winning High School Program
Choose Aerospace President accepted a laureate award, celebrating the organization’s high‑school aerospace program and its role in shaping the next generation of aviation talent. He traced the initiative to his decades of experience in flight operations, aircraft maintenance, and education, emphasizing that many students are unaware that aviation offers viable career paths. The program brings hands‑on training directly into high schools, aiming to demystify the industry. A highlighted success story involved a sophomore from Putnam City High School in Oklahoma who learned to change a Boeing 737 tire. By her senior year she secured a full‑time position with AAR, illustrating the program’s capacity to translate classroom learning into immediate employment. The achievement signals a growing pipeline of skilled workers for an industry facing talent shortages, and it underscores the business case for corporate‑backed vocational training that aligns education with employer needs.
Spoorti Nanjamma: Aviation Week's 20Twenties Winner
Embry‑Riddle student Pini Nandma was announced as one of Aviation Week’s 2020 20Twenties winners, a distinction that highlights emerging talent in aerospace. Nandma holds a bachelor’s in space‑flight operations and is completing a master’s in systems engineering, slated to graduate in...
Spotlight: The Mott Corporation
The video spotlights The Mott Corporation, a veteran aerospace supplier that has been delivering flow‑control hardware for space missions since the 1990s. Over a thousand components have flown on roughly forty platforms, ranging from satellite subsystems to the Cassini‑Huygens...
Editors' Picks: Trump's Historic Defense Budget
President Donald Trump unveiled a defense budget that would eclipse Ronald Reagan’s eight‑year military buildup in a single fiscal year, marking the most ambitious peacetime spending plan in modern U.S. history. The proposal, detailed by Aviation Week editors Steve...
How Next Generation LEO Satellites Are Reshaping Inflight Connectivity
The interview spotlights Telesat’s Lightspeed low‑Earth‑orbit (LEO) constellation and its promise to overhaul in‑flight connectivity (IFC) by delivering enterprise‑grade broadband that rivals ground‑based services. Schlurry explains that legacy geostationary satellites suffer from high latency, congestion and uneven coverage, whereas Lightspeed’s LEO...
Accenture Sponsors Aviation Week's 20 Twenties Program
The video announces Accenture’s sponsorship of Aviation Week’s 20 Twenties program, with senior manager Amy Verani explaining why the initiative matters to the firm. She describes the program as a career highlight that brings together emerging talent and industry veterans...
Embry-Riddle Leaders Celebrate 20 Twenties Success
Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University senior vice president Kelly Austin and director of nationally competitive awards Jennifer Schaefer announced that six students have been selected for Aviation Week’s prestigious awards, a milestone the school says underscores its ambition to be the world’s...
Can NASA’s X-59 And Boom’s Overture Really Deliver A New Era Of Supersonic Travel?
The Aviation Week Check Six podcast examined whether NASA’s X‑59 Low‑Boom Demonstrator and Boom Supersonic’s Overture can truly revive commercial supersonic travel. After the Concorde’s retirement in 2003, the industry has been stalled by high operating costs and public...
Spotlight: MSI DFAT Services
The SatShow 2026 interview highlighted MSI DFAT’s niche in direct field acoustic testing (DFAT) for spacecraft, a service the company pioneered around 2000. CEO Alex Corradi explained how the firm designs and manufactures loudspeaker systems that recreate launch‑induced acoustic loads,...
Editors' Picks: NASA Shifts Artemis From Gateway Station To Moon Base
The Editors’ Picks segment reports a major shift in NASA’s Artemis program: instead of building the Gateway orbital station as a staging point, the agency will now focus on establishing a permanent surface base at the Moon’s South Pole. The...
A Tale Of Two FALs—Airbus In Mobile & Boeing In Charleston | Check 6 Podcast
During a Check 6 Podcast, Aviation Week editors and AeroDynamic Advisory Managing Director Richard Aboulafia examined the status of Airbus’s final‑assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, and Boeing’s 787 assembly line in Charleston, South Carolina. Airbus is ramping up A320neo and A220 production, targeting...
Spotlight: Moog
At the 2026 SAT Show, Moog highlighted its 75‑year legacy in space, showcasing a new spacecraft bus destined for warfighter missions and emphasizing its long‑standing partnership with the Department of Defense. Chester Crane explained that Moog’s portfolio now includes radiation‑hard integrated...
Editors Picks: Are High-Energy Laser Weapons Ready To Fulfil Their Potential?
The editors’ pick focuses on whether high‑energy laser (HEL) weapons are finally ready to move from laboratory prototypes to fielded defensive systems. Joanne Samo and Defense Editor Steve Trimble discuss the technology’s long history, noting that while concepts date back...
The Impact Of The Iran War On Airlines | Check 6 Podcast
The Check 6 podcast examined how the Iran‑Israel conflict is reshaping airline operations across the Middle East, North America and Europe. Gulf carriers such as Emirates and Saudi Arabian Airlines are running at roughly 40‑45% of their schedules, with Qatar...
Rolls-Royce Wants A Piece Of The Next-Gen Narrowbody Market | Check 6 Podcast
The Check 6 podcast reveals Rolls‑Royce’s strategic push to re‑enter the single‑aisle engine arena, aiming to supply the next generation of narrow‑body aircraft slated for launch in the early 2030s. After exiting the market in 2011, the UK‑based engine maker,...
