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Lockheed Martin is developing a new air-dominance missile for the U.S. Air Force and Navy with significantly greater range than the AIM-120 Amraam as a counter to China’s new PL-15 weapon, a top U.S. Air Force official says.

The Paris Air Show shed no light on when the Boeing 737 MAX will return to service, but it provided a major morale boost for the tattered model all the same thanks to a 200-aircraft commitment from an airline consortium led by an iconic carrier. 

Airbus has not given up yet on securing a major narrowbody order from International Airlines Group (IAG)—flipping a commitment announced by the company for the Boeing 737 MAX earlier this week.

The rising clamor over aviation's carbon emissions could add impetus to studies of unconventional aircraft configurations, and offer a step change in efficiency – beyond simple improvements in engine technology​. Here are some of the novel concepts being considered.

Debate about whether UFOs existed – and the Pentagon was covering up their existence -- was covered extensively in Aviation Week & Space Technology more than 50 years ago. And our reporting had a decidedly anti-extra-terrestrial bent.

A look at some of the commercial aircraft on display at this year's Paris Air Show along with some of their associated MRO facts and figures.