The journal is intended for a broad readership - generally anyone either active or simply interested in the aerospace field.

The journal was created with the purpose of collecting all the latest developments in the numerous subsidiary fields of aerospace engineering – including dynamics, structures, flight mechanics, materials, vibrations, aeroelasticity, acoustics, propulsion, avionics, wind engineering, and hydrodynamics – and condensing them into one single publication that gives readers a comprehensive summary of the latest advances in the aerospace field.

Authors may submit their articles through Elsevier, provided they fall within the criteria specified by the review board.

Authors are also expected to provide an abundance of graphs and images in their articles, again to familiarize more general aerospace readers.

In shifting from print to digital publication, the journal has adapted several content innovations, including interactive graphs and MATLAB plots, to engage readers.