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Magazine Issue

Aviation Week & Space Technology, May 4, 2015

VOL. 177 NO. 17 May 04, 2015

Unmanned Systems

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Autonomous Aerial Refueling Could Reshape Unmanned Aircraft

Apr 30, 2015
A look inside how Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy autonomously refueled an unmanned aircraft in flight, and what it could mean for aviation
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Navy Balances UCAS-D Continuation Against Uclass Competition

Apr 30, 2015
U.S. Navy faces a choice between reducing risk and reducing competition for the Uclass carrier-based unmanned aircraft if it keeps X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrators flying.

Technology

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NASA-Led Consortium Will Bring Science To Art Of Composites

Apr 27, 2015
NASA, FAA and industry join to reduce burden of costly, time-consuming materials and structures testing that comes with using carbon fiber in aircraft.
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The Week in Technology, April 27-May 1, 2015

Apr 26, 2015
Russia’s MS-21 gets active side-sticks; EcoDemo 757 tests active-flow-control tail; British air-breathing rocket engine passes AFRL exam; small UAS aims for 100-hr.-plus flight; Solar Impulse prepares for cross-Pacific flight.
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Carplane, A Roadable Aircraft Designed For Drivability

Apr 27, 2015
Making a flying car a good aircraft is one challenge; making it good to drive is another.
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Blaming Valve, SpaceX Plans Another Falcon 9 Recovery Attempt

Apr 27, 2015
Slow throttle valve response is blamed for the failure of SpaceX’s latest attempt to recover and reuse the first stage of its Falcon 9v1.1 launch vehicle.

Space

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NASA Counting On Next SpaceX Cargo Run

Apr 29, 2015
SpaceX is juggling a mix of commercial and government missions at a time when its cargo-resupply services are in growing demand.
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Sierra Nevada Continues To Push Its Dream Chaser

Apr 29, 2015
Sierra Nevada is using its deep pockets to keep the Dream Chaser mini-space shuttle alive while it looks for paying customers.

Defense

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Space Control Finally Gets A Boost

May 01, 2015
China’s ASAT tests have forced the Pentagon to funnel billions of dollars into new satellite architectures and defensive measures.

Commercial Aviation

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Lobbying Against Gulf Carriers May Be To No Effect

May 01, 2015
Airlines and groups that have alleged some Gulf carriers are subsidized are changing the message from opposition to compromise.
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Norwegian Is Buoyant On Long-haul Services And 787s

May 01, 2015
The LCC is slowing expansion, and all of its growth will be on long-haul routes, including to the U.S.
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Are U.S. Airlines Heading For A Record Year?

Apr 28, 2015
Despite interruptions from winter storms, a sustained drop in jet fuel prices underpinned the rosiest first quarter for major U.S. airlines in years.
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Growing In Long-Haul, Hainan Plans Big 787-9 Fleet

May 01, 2015
Hainan Airlines may not be as comfortable as China’s big three state carriers, but it shows great ambitions for long-haul services.
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Asian Airline Group Seeks Closer Safety Oversight

May 01, 2015
Early this century, Asian airlines’ major accident rates improved markedly. Now they are drifting higher again, and the industry association wants tighter regulation.
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Delta Develops New Training For Full Stalls And Upsets

Apr 28, 2015
Airlines are going back to school to build new training programs to demonstrate deep-stall and upset recoveries in the simulator.
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Airbus, Boeing Set Sights On Synthetic Vision

Apr 29, 2015
Business jet and general aviation pilots already enjoy the safety benefits of synthetic vision. Airline pilots are next in line.
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Honeywell Readies Situational Awareness Tools For Embraer E2 Pilots

May 04, 2015
Synthetic vision and exocentric 3-D taxi views are designed to boost situational awareness for less-experienced pilots.

Business Aviation

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Regulators, Market To Determine Fate Of Synthetic Vision Guidance Systems

May 05, 2015
OEMs and avionics companies are turning to their customers to make the case for next-generation synthetic vision systems approval.
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Cirrus Begins Assembly Of First Production SF50 Vision

May 01, 2015
Rejuvenated by new financing from China, Cirrus Aircraft has certification in sight for its long-awaited single-engine personal jet.

Up Front

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Opinion: Green Sprouts In Pentagon’s Tech-Sector Outreach

Apr 30, 2015
Carter unveils plans and delivers observations that could weigh on defense company strategies and how those businesses are valued.

Inside Business Aviation

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Mason Holland Creates Eclipse Aerospace And Plans Expansion

May 01, 2015
Eclipse Aerospace joins with Kestrel, a single-engine turboprop under development, forming ONE Aviation.

Leading Edge

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Lockheed Martin Seeing Civil UAS Niches Develop

May 01, 2015
Involvement in the small UAS market is taking defense giant Lockheed Martin into unfamiliar areas such as firefighting, shark-spotting, farm-surveying, disaster-mapping and search and rescue.

In Orbit

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Missions, New Spacecraft Reflect Spaceflight ‘Churn’

Apr 29, 2015
Certainly there is a new space race underway, just as there was 50 years ago. This time the goal is profits—and the skilled workforces that can generate them—although national prestige remains important, too.

Washington Outlook

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Keeping A-10s, Cutting Earth Science, Securing Cockpits, Caucusing Inventors

May 01, 2015
Lawmakers keep A-10 aircraft but cut NASA climate science; the FAA learns of cyber vulnerabilities; and inventors band together.

Viewpoint

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Opinion: The Boeing-Lockheed Team Is The Most Qualified

Apr 30, 2015
Boeing and Lockheed Martin together have been lead integrators for 95% of the Air Force’s bomber and strike aircraft.
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Opinion: Stealth And Integration Experience Point To Northrop Grumman LRS-B Advantage

Apr 30, 2015
Deeper dive into Air Force requirements and the competing teams’ capabilities establishes Northrop Grumman as an overwhelming favorite to produce the LRS-B.

Feedback

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Letters From Our Readers (May 4, 2015)

May 01, 2015
Civil Air Patrol could solve USAF training woes; Truly new weapons are needed, not JSF; Aerospace engineers vs. video game developers is unbalanced comparison; Call to bring back flight engineers; United safety standards queried; Fatigue is a killer

Who's Where

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New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections (May 4, 2015)

May 01, 2015
Colin Bole has been appointed senior vice president-sales and asset management for Montreal-based Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Peter Likoray senior vice president-sales for Bombardier Business Aircraft. Bole was chief commercial officer at Intrepid Aviation and was a senior vice president at International Lease Finance Corp. Likoray has been Bombardier vice president-business aircraft sales for North America.