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Magazine Issue

Aviation Week & Space Technology December 8, 2014

VOL. 176 NO. 43 December 08, 2014

Defense

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U.K. Squadron Readies Kit For Front Line

Dec 04, 2014
By the end of this decade the U.K.'s Panavia Tornado GR4 will have exited service, the Eurofighter Typhoon will have become the Royal Air Force’s primary ground-attack platform, and the Lockheeed Martin F-35B Lightning II will be just starting its deployment and preparing for land-based and shipborne operations.
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Osprey Fires Guided Rockets And Missiles In New Trials

Dec 15, 2014
The U.S. Marine Corps seeks to update its V-22 Ospreys with sensors and weapons, much as it did for its KC-130s.

Technology

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The Week in Tech, Dec. 1-7, 2014

Dec 01, 2014
Mooney’s secret design partner; unmanned firefighting team; Sesar’s UAV trials; Darpa’s missile-defeating laser pod; morphing quadcopter’s narrow purpose
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U.S. Navy Funds LaunchPoint To Test Electric Tailrotor

Dec 01, 2014
Replacing tailrotor driveshafts and gearboxes with electrical generators and motors promises to increase helicopter safety and performance.
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MQ-4C Leads U.S. Toward Sense-and-Avoid

Dec 01, 2014
U.S. Navy’s need to fly Triton UAS in international airspace gets ahead of plans for common approach to airborne sense-and-avoid.

Air Transport

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Qantas Pushing More Efficient Transcontinental, Terminal Airspace Use

Dec 04, 2014
Aiming to reduce flight times and fuel burn on domestic routes in Australia, Qantas is working with air traffic authorities to use more flexible flight paths across the continent.
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Qantas ‘Confident’ Of Selling Remaining 767 Fleet

Dec 04, 2014
Short-term older aircraft disposals take priority as Qantas completes Boeing 737 fleet expansion and ponders long-haul replacement plans, pending a return t0 profitability.

Space

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First Space 3-D Part Produced On ISS

Dec 04, 2014
The printer serves as a prototype for a space additive-manufacturing capability that may one day become an essential part of NASA’s toolkit for human deep-space exploration.
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EFT-1 To Examine Orion’s Astronaut Environment

Dec 04, 2014
Humans will be noticeably absent from the NASA/Lockheed Martin Exploration Flight Test-1 Orion capsule as it embarks on its first spaceflight, a two-orbit test mission that will include a searing descent through the Earth's atmosphere.

Washington Outlook

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Washington Outlook: UAV Safety, RD-180 Replacement

Dec 04, 2014
Senate aims at UAV safety; House looks to replace RD-180 engines by 2019; USAF works on system for safe evacuation of Ebola patients.