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Aviation Week & Space Technology, August 24, 2015

VOL. 177 NO. 33 August 24, 2015

Cockpits of the Future

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New FAA Rules Mean New Vision Systems

Aug 18, 2015
Marginal weather costs airlines billions of dollars related to ceiling and visibility issues; now rules and guidance systems on the horizon could greatly reduce that amount
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Bell, Lockheed Test Out Ideas For V-280 FVL Cockpit

Aug 20, 2015
Team developing V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor for U.S. Army’s mid-2030s Future Vertical Lift rotorcraft is using a full-scale cockpit mock-up to define concepts for an advanced cockpit.
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NASA Ushers In Connected Aircraft Benefits to Two Airlines

Aug 21, 2015
With ADS-B In and a new route-planning application, pilots can take part in saving airlines fuel, time—and money.
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Mi-2 To The Avionics Rescue

Aug 21, 2015
Cold War-era workhorse enables the next generation of helicopter situational awareness.

Japanese Defense

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Japan Looks For Answers To Rising Chinese Strength

Aug 20, 2015
Tokyo’s defense focus shifts, but budget pressures and a pacific population stand in the way of new needs
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Analysts Fret Over Sino-Japanese War Risk

Aug 21, 2015
If a provocation led to unplanned violence between Japan and China, leaders may struggle to control nationalist pressure for escalation. Technical factors, especially the vulnerability of ISR systems, would also be destabilizing.
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Distant Islands Central To Japanese Defense Strategy

Aug 20, 2015
Japanese islands stand between China and free access to the Pacific. So Tokyo is concentrating on defending them.
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Focused On China, Japan Expands Sigint Stations

Aug 21, 2015
Japan probably has the third or fourth largest sigint establishment in the world, ranking behind the U.S. and Britain but possibly ahead of Russia and China, say Australian researchers.
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Japan Working On Anti-Stealth Missile Guidance

Aug 24, 2015
Japanese missile engineers aim to shorten engagement times and deal with stealthy aircraft by working out where maneuvers will take the targets

Technology

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New Road Map For DLR’s Suborbital SpaceLiner

Aug 18, 2015
Why German hypersonic researchers believe tapping into a tiny fraction of the global long-haul air passenger market could be a boost to low-cost access to space.
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Space-to-Space Power Beaming Could Enable Rapid Orbital Transfer

Aug 17, 2015
Electric propulsion for satellites is efficient, but low-thrust. An infrastructure of power-generation satellites in orbit would help speed the time it takes to change orbits
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The Week in Technology, Aug. 17-21

Aug 17, 2015
Unmanned aircraft in the news: hunting submarines in Canada; designing UAS to fight wildfires; forecasting weather with small UAVs; hybrid propulsion for small air vehicles

Space

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NASA Pursues ISS Commercial Exposure Lab

Aug 19, 2015
Agreement calls for experimental facility and sample carriers to begin traveling to the International Space Station in early 2017.
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India’s Antrix Adds U.S. Microsatellites to Launch Manifest

Aug 18, 2015
Launch deals follow agreement to jointly develop a dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite.

Commercial Aviation

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JetBlue Mint Premium-Cabins May Give It A Competitive Advantage

Aug 21, 2015
Carrier looks to new service to give it a leg up in transcontinental market.
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Weak June Traffic Growth Could Signal Start Of Worldwide Slowdown

Aug 21, 2015
If Chinese economic expansion slows down, it will only add to the general slide in growth of international air passenger traffic.
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Brazil’s Economic Downturn Causes Troubles For Airlines

Aug 21, 2015
Airlines in Latin America’s largest economy are having to deal with a massive drop in demand.
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Fleet Upgrade Broadens Royal Brunei’s Options

Aug 18, 2015
Southeast Asian carrier moves past its restructuring and looks to grow with new Airbus 320neos

Safety

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U.K. Probe Urges Design Changes After Ethiopian 787 Fire

Aug 21, 2015
British investigators call for more testing of lithium battery-powered aircraft equipment.
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European Regulators Attempt To Deal With UAV Threat

Aug 21, 2015
British safety regulator aims to simplify unmanned aircraft operating rules after near-misses close to major airports.

Defense

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Skunk Works Reveals U-2 Replacement Plan

Aug 21, 2015
Lockheed’s plan builds on the foundation of the constantly upgraded U-2 platform to fill perceived gap in Air Force ISR capability.
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Spain’s Planned Defense Boost Includes Drone Funds

Aug 21, 2015
The money is part of Madrid’s broader purchase plan calling for a €171-million investment in medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial system technology through 2020, though the first UAS is not expected to be operational before 2017.

Inside Business Aviation

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A New Approach To An Old Problem

Aug 18, 2015
Yingling Aviation is selling remanufactured Cessna 172s priced at less than half the cost of new.

Leading Edge

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NASA To Demonstrate Self-Learning Flight Controls

Aug 21, 2015
NASA’s Learn-To-Fly project holds out the prospect of a radically different approach to flight testing new aircraft, particularly future unconventional and unfamiliar configurations

In Orbit

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Proposed Lunar Mine Could Pull Space Commerce Outward

Aug 19, 2015
Can water at the Moon’s poles provide rocket fuel for human exploration deeper into the Solar System?

Washington Outlook

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Proliferation Of UAVs, Open Skies And Budget Politics

Aug 21, 2015
If the FAA can’t keep UAVs away from airports, maybe Congress can. The Pentagon plans more UAV patrols. Air Line pilots prepare for a decision on open skies, and Democrats plead for budget talks.

Viewpoint

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Opinion: Artificial Gravity Would Solve Most Space Problems

Aug 21, 2015
Human missions to Mars could prove difficult without artificial gravity. Why has the space community not moved forward on this basic principle?

Feedback

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Letters From Our Readers (Aug. 24, 2015)

Aug 21, 2015
Outside-the-box refueling concept; decrying Pentagon's refueler aircraft choice; exasperation over some airline safety mechanisms; remembrances of our late comrade, Pierre Sparaco

Who's Where

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New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections (Aug. 24, 2015)

Aug 20, 2015
Gena Lovett (see photo) has been appointed vice president-operations at Boeing Defense, Space & Security, headquartered in St. Louis. She succeeds Bill Schnettgoecke, who has retired. Lovett is responsible for manufacturing and company initiatives at 20 global facilities. She was most recently chief diversity officer at Alcoa, and before that director of manufacturing there