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Aviation Week & Space Technology, August 3, 2015

VOL. 177 NO. 30 August 03, 2015

Airlines in China

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Chinese Airlines Proliferate As Economy Slows

Jul 28, 2015
Chinese regulators do an about-face on airline strategy; growth is now encouraged in light of straitened fiscal environment.
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Asian Traffic, Especially To Japan, Leads Chinese Airline Growth

Jul 28, 2015
Rapidly growing Chinese tourism, despite slower economic growth, is driving the increase in international air traffic, especially to other Asian nations.
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CAAC Allows HNA Freight Airline Take Passengers

Jul 28, 2015
Until now, Hainan Airlines and other HNA carriers have lacked a passenger airline at Shanghai with local privileges. When they convert Yangtze River Express, they will have one

First Take

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First Take (Aug. 3, 2015)

Jul 31, 2015
COMMERCIAL AVIATION Evidence is strengthening that a section of airfoil found washed ashore on Reunion Island on July 29 is a flaperon from a Boeing 777, possibly Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370), which disappeared on March 8, 2014. Barnacles indicate the debris has been floating some time, and Indian Ocean currents suggest the part could have drifted from the arc west of Australian where the search for MH370 is focused. For updates, see AviationWeek.com/mh370

Pentagon’s Tech Outreach

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New Pentagon Approach to Technology, R&D, Brings Culture Shock And Shrugs

Jul 30, 2015
The Pentagon’s new approach to ignite and capture innovation and technology may be both meaningful and meaningless.
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Defense Primes Will Reign Even With Technology Outreach

Jul 30, 2015
The Pentagon may be looking toward Silicon Valley for cutting edge ideas, but it still needs the leadership and experience of its legacy primes, including in a new role guiding the new players.

Space

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Second SS2 To Incorporate Modified Feather Unlocking System

Jul 31, 2015
The design, test and procedural weaknesses unearthed in the SpaceShipTwo accident should ultimately improve commercial spaceflight safety.

Commercial Aviation

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What's Behind The Aircraft Performance Changes Boeing Has Quietly Made

Aug 04, 2015
Boeing is updating the standard rules for its airliner family brochure which will impact range, but this does not mean a change in actual performance, says the company.
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Plowing U.S. Airline Profits Into Foreign Airline Shares

Jul 31, 2015
Some U.S. carriers are fiscally creative with profits, acquiring small stakes in some major airlines in potentially lucrative demographic areas.
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Found Flaperon Fits MH370 Profile

Jul 31, 2015
An aircraft component believed to be from a Boeing 777-200ER has washed ashore on Reunion Island and may help finally solve the MH370 crash mystery.

Defense

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Boeing Prepares T-X For First Flight As Competition Intensifies

Jul 30, 2015
Boeing and Saab are close to flying their new advanced trainer, but M-346 could be back in the race soon.
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Combat Lessons Prompt U.S. Navy To Consider New Growler Payload

Aug 05, 2015
Post-Libya, the Royal Australian Air Force adds forward-looking infrared and air-to-air missiles. The U.S. Navy may follow suit.

Business

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GKN Targets Work On A350, F-35 With Fokker Buy

Jul 31, 2015
GKN hopes its purchase of Dutch aerostructures company Fokker will help it gain a foothold as a supplier to the aerospace giants

Technology

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Cella, IAI To Study Solid-Hydrogen Fuel-Cell UAV

Jul 27, 2015
Running a fuel-cell power system on hydrogen stored in solid pellets breaks the barrier to electric-UAV endurance set by battery life.
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NASA Studying Flying-Wing Mars Aircraft

Jul 27, 2015
A 1932 paper by famed German aerodynamicist Ludwig Prandtl inspires NASA Armstrong work on a tailless flying-wing aircraft that could eventually fly on Mars
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The Week In Technology, July 27-31, 2015

Jul 27, 2015
It’s been a busy week for unmanned-aircraft developments, including: naval debut for 3-D-printed UAV; Sony enters small-UAV services market; prescriptions arrive by UAV at free clinic; record claimed for swarming UAVs; unmanned wingman to the rescue; and the acoustic anti-drone sensor.

Going Concerns

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Opinion: If Ex-Im Bank Goes Away, So May Boeing Jobs

Aug 03, 2015
Congress leaves town for summer break without reauthorizing the Ex-Im bank as a fuming Boeing threatens to shift operations overseas.

Airline Intel

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Pilot Union Signals Give Lufthansa, Air France-KLM Hope

Jul 28, 2015
Acceptance of Eurowings low-cost platform by union a big step forward in Lufthansa negotiations

Commander's Intent

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Opinion: Aggressive Politicking Threatens Australia’s Submarine Program

Aug 07, 2015
Some Australian politicians say they know the best answer for the country’s submarine needs. They don’t.

In Orbit

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Launch Failures Do Not Appear To Slow ‘New Space’ Advances

Jul 29, 2015
Despite the failure of two cargo supply missions within a year, commercial space companies are full-speed ahead with their next experiments and payloads

Washington Outlook

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Artificial Intelligence, Ex-Im Sniping Spreads, More Sales To Middle East

Jul 31, 2015
“Autonomous weapons will become the Kalashnikovs of tomorrow,” a letter from the heavyweights of science and engineering says.

Viewpoint

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Opinion: Electronic Warfare Must Get More Nimble

Jul 29, 2015
Global competition is forcing the U.S. and allies to pursue smaller, more powerful electromagnetic weaponry.

Feedback

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Letters From Our Readers (Aug. 3, 2015)

Jul 31, 2015
Tapping atmospheric energy; Does fortune favor the F-35?—many different points of view.

Who's Where

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New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections (Aug. 3, 2015)

Jul 31, 2015
Mark Jenks (see photo) has been named head of Seattle-based Boeing Corp.’s 787 Dreamliner program. He succeeds Larry Loftis, who retired on July 31. Jenks’s responsibilities will include reducing the $27 billion in combined unit losses that have accumulated during production of the aircraft. He was most recently program deputy general manager.

Aerospace Calendar

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Conferences & Exhibitions (Aug. 3, 2015)

Jul 31, 2015
Future Events Oct. 13-15—MRO Europe. London. Nov. 3-5—MRO Asia-Pacific. Singapore. Nov. 3-5—AerospaceDefenseChain. Scottsdale, Arizona. Jan. 21-22, 2016—MRO Latin America. Lima, Peru. Feb. 3-4, 2016—MRO Middle East. Dubai. March 3, 2016—Laureates. Washington. April 4-5, 2016—Brazing Symposium. Dallas, Texas. April 5-7, 2016—MRO Americas. Dallas, Texas.