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Aviation Week & Space Technology, September 7, 2015

VOL. 177 NO. 35 September 07, 2015

Supersonic Research

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Keeping NASA’s Supersonic Demonstrator On Track

Sep 04, 2015
“Boom room” at Langley Research Center plays a key role in sustaining supersonic research while NASA pursues funds for a low-boom flight demonstrator.
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NASA’s Cockpit Display Helps Mitigate Supersonic Booms

Sep 04, 2015
Real-time display of shock wave location on the ground will help future commercial supersonic pilots minimize sonic boom impact.
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NASA Delineates Shock-Wave Geometry

Sep 04, 2015
Air-to-air photography and an image-processing technique that shows shock waves of a supersonic aircraft in flight will help validate design tools for low-boom demonstrator.

Defense

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USAF Provides Look At Secret Bomber Plans

Sep 02, 2015
The U.S. Air Force’s covert bomber project is further along than officials have let on, with years worth of risk-reduction work already done.
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Russians Showcase New Munitions

Sep 03, 2015
The U.S. and allies have counted on airborne early warning and ground surveillance radars as force-multipliers since the 1990s. That might not always work.
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European Armies Fund New Attack Helicopter Capabilities

Sep 04, 2015
After proving capabilities in Afghanistan, Europe looks to upgrade attack helicopters.

Space

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NTSB Chief Sees SpaceShip2 As Precursor To Future Probes

Sep 07, 2015
In this rapidly expanding information-technology-driven environment, the NTSB is adjusting its methods to take advantage of the details of incidents captured by the public on PDAs to enrich their investigations.
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NASA Takes Cautious Path With Next New Horizons Goal

Sep 02, 2015
New Horizons probably will aim for a tiny object 1 billion mi. past Pluto in an extended mission.
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Russia’s Proton Orbits Inmarsat Ka-band Satellite

Sep 02, 2015
The launch, managed by Proton commercial service provider ILS, is the Russian heavy-lifter’s first flight since a mishap last May resulted in the loss of a communications satellite.

Technology

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Norway Plans 2016 Hybrid Rocket Flight Test

Aug 31, 2015
The country’s efforts to develop an indigenous sounding rocket and nanosat launch capability advance, as Nammo plans a suborbital test flight of a new hybrid rocket motor.
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Space Systems/Loral Studies Satellite Self-assembly For Darpa

Aug 31, 2015
As satellites and their antennas get bigger, they become harder to launch. Spacecraft-maker Space Systems/Loral thinks on-orbit self-assembly, reconfiguration and repair using an onboard robotic arm could make satellites more powerful and more flexible over their lifetimes.
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The Week In Technology, Aug. 31-Sept 4, 2015

Aug 31, 2015
Prize challenge seeks drag-reducing ideas; precision location for NASA Langley UAS testing; carnivorous plant inspires morphing flap design; rocket-propelled fireballs will incinerate chem/bio agents; bend it, stretch it, wear it—Pentagon backs flexible electronics

Airlines in Brazil

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Latam, GOL Struggle To Find Answers In Brazil’s Crisis

Sep 01, 2015
Even though Latam and GOL are cutting back capacity to stop their decline, recovery is still a long way off.
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Azul Faces Three Concurrent Key Challenges

Sep 01, 2015
Azul is transforming its model, but now has to deal with a collapsed economy and planned deep cooperation with TAP Portugal.
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Avianca Brazil Joins Star Alliance, Sticks To Ambitious Growth Target

Sep 01, 2015
Even in the face of a shaky Brazilian economy, the regional carrier will continue its domestic expansion, and is even looking at more international flights.

Commercial Aviation

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Air New Zealand Readies For Looming Battles

Sep 03, 2015
Airlines have been given a deadline to meet minimum fleet size requirements as the transportation ministry enforces rules more strictly.
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Republic Airways Demands Union Ratify Final Contract Offer

Sep 01, 2015
Regional carrier says it will pursue “non-consensual restructuring” if pilots fail to ratify new labor agreement.
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Aeroflot’s Transaero Acquisition Concentrates Russian Airline Industry

Sep 04, 2015
Country’s largest carrier rescues smaller competitor from financial troubles caused by overexpansion..

Up Front

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Opinion: Apply ‘Bazaar’ Approach To Procurement

Sep 02, 2015
Mix-and-match concept is becoming more prevalent among purveyors of military systems.

Inside Business Aviation

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Now 55, Sporty’s Pilot Shop Is The Ultimate Purveyor To General Aviation

Sep 04, 2015
How a young flight instructor went from selling portable air traffic control receivers into Sporty’s Pilot Shop.

Leading Edge

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Aviation Will Miss ICAO’s Fuel-burn Goals

Sep 04, 2015
Commercial aviation is justifiably proud of its achievement in driving down fuel burn since the dawn of the jet age, but has it done all that it could?

In Orbit

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International Space Station Continues To Impart Valuable Lessons

Sep 08, 2015
Sustaining the ISS is an ongoing challenge that creates new problems and spurs creative solutions.

Washington Outlook

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Sizing Up A Shutdown, Tower Cost Control And SpaceX Scrutiny

Sep 04, 2015
Budget experts begin to worry about a potential government shutdown; the FAA disputes method of finding control tower inefficiencies; and NASA tells lawmakers it is tough on Space X.

Viewpoint

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Opinion: What Aviation Week’s NASA Editorial Missed

Sep 04, 2015
Slowing the rapid rate of growth of the Commercial Crew program is not a “cut,” but President Obama’s low-ball budget requests for Orion and the Space Launch System are.