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Aviation Week & Space Technology, February 22, 2016

VOL. 178 NO. 8 February 22, 2016

Air Traffic Management

New Data Uses Driving Increased Capacity for U.K. Airports

Feb 19, 2016

NATS is using historical data to drive out bottlenecks and increase capacity at British airports.

Field Trip: Validating PBN Procedures At Airports

Feb 19, 2016

A small cadre of designers are boosting safe and efficient access to airports around the globe for the growing number of aircraft that have performance-based navigation capability.

Tactical Transatlantic ATC Near To Reality

Feb 19, 2016

Airliners, without any new equipage, will soon fly as if in domestic airspace over oceans and remote areas using Aireon’s satellite-based surveillance network, unless routes cross into regions that have not signed up.

Interview: Canada’s ANSP Innovator John Crichton

Feb 19, 2016

In an interview with Aviation Week, recently retired Nav Canada CEO John Crichton discusses the ANSP industry and his new role at Aireon.

Singapore Airshow

Boeing To Define Midsize Market Initiative Within One Year

Feb 22, 2016

Boeing may be moving up the launch of a new midsize aircraft program.

Pratt's Leduc Leads Focus On GTF Ramp-up

Feb 19, 2016

The new president faces the critical challenge of steering Pratt’s production system through the largest ramp-up in its peacetime history.

Prospects Poor For Any Future Pratt-Rolls Grand Alliance

Feb 19, 2016

“To be honest, we have got a set of partners on [the geared turbofan] already,” says Pratt President Bob Leduc.

MRJ Infrastructure Could Support Later Programs

Feb 19, 2016

In preparing facilities and support infrastructure for the MRJ, Mitsubishi Aircraft is looking at follow-on programs. Meanwhile, the first flight-test aircraft is back in the air, and the company has found its first lessor customer.

GlobalEye AEW&C-Intel Aircraft Detailed

Feb 19, 2016

The radar for the GlobalEye is already running, in rooftop tests at Saab’s Gothenburg site, and the first Global 6000 platform for the UAE is due to arrive in Linkoping soon for modifications.

MPAs Are Key Focus At Singapore Airshow

Feb 19, 2016

Saab is proposing a maritime patrol aircraft based on the Bombardier Global 6000 business jet that it regards as a competitor to Boeing’s P-8 Poseidon, at perhaps two-thirds the price.

Technology

NASA Set To Flight Test Twisting Morphing Flap

Feb 15, 2016

NASA tests of morphing flap technology on a modified Gulfstream III aim to demonstrate the viability of the flexible flap, which could form the first step toward eventual development of a morphing wing.

Sikorsky Pushes Ahead On Autonomy With Lockheed Backing

Feb 15, 2016

With S-76 and UH-60MU autonomy testbeds flying, Sikorsky looks ahead to flying optionally piloted UH-60A and fielding advanced capabilities enabled by fly-by-wire across the Black Hawk fleet.

The Week In Technology, Feb. 15-19, 2016

Feb 15, 2016

Cockpit technology shrinks combat vehicles; Google testing Internet from the air; DLR seeks end to reentry blackout; TsAGI tests convertiplane UAV; Bristow buys into Sky-Futures.

Commercial Aviation

Air Canada Deal Hailed As Turning Point For C Series

Feb 19, 2016

Bombardier hopes to build on Air Canada order for C Series airliner to secure other major customers around the world.

Government Intervention Causes Uncertainty At TAP, Air Berlin

Feb 16, 2016

New private investors have been very beneficial to TAP, but the country’s government still wants to regain control over the airline.

WestJet Reacts To Alberta’s Weakening Economy

Feb 16, 2016

As Alberta’s economy worsens, WestJet will shift capacity to Eastern Canada.

Industry Keeps Heat On Lithium Battery Safety

Feb 16, 2016

Battery industry advocates face off with aerospace industry safety advocates over a proposed ban on shipping lithium-ion batteries on passenger aircraft.

Space

Round Two Of Battle Over Russian Rocket Engines

Feb 17, 2016

The U.S. Air Force will need help from Congress to pursue its next-generation launch system plan, but Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) continues pressure against the use of RussianRD-180 rocket engines.

India Pursues Heavier Launch Vehicles

Feb 17, 2016

The Indian space industry is aiming to correct a chronic criticism-—that it lacks the heavy-launch vehicles necessary to compete on the international commercial space launch market.

Defense

Lockheed Backs Low-Risk Approach To T-X

Feb 18, 2016

After evaluating clean-sheet designs for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X trainer requirement, Lockheed Martin decides to stick with Korea Aerospace Industries’ T-50.

USAF LRS-B Award To Northrop Grumman Is Upheld

Feb 19, 2016

Even though the GAO has sided with the Air Force and its incumbent bomber provider, a contentious atmosphere means we have probably not heard the end of this dispute.

French Procurement Agency Grows With Arms Exports Boost

Feb 18, 2016

After record arms sales in 2015, French military procurement agency DGA is sharpening its spear, with plans to fill 500 new positions by 2019.

The Week In Defense, Feb. 18-25, 2016

Feb 18, 2016

Triton nears production; Spain to buy Reapers; KC-46A refuels F/A-18; and the U.S. is to sell F-16s to Pakistan.

Up Front

Opinion: Why Equity Investors Are Worried About The Aerospace Sector

Feb 18, 2016

Orders, backlogs and airline results are the building blocks of the current wall of worry for equity investors.

Opinion: Singapore Air Force’s Missing Puzzle Piece

Feb 15, 2016

Most countries struggle with the usual budget limitations and a broad array of fleet replacement and new aircraft needs. But in the case of Singapore, there is a very interesting capability gap that implies a significant short-term requirement.

Inside Business Aviation

Opinion: GA Advocates Oppose New ATC Corporation

Feb 18, 2016

General aviation boosters are extremely wary of the proposed Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act, fearing airline control if it is passed into law.

Leading Edge

Aerospace Corp. Puts Counter-UAS Technologies To The Test

Feb 19, 2016

California-based nonprofit R&D organization Aerospace Corp. sees it role as becoming fluent in counter-UAS technologies so it can advise its government clients on their effectiveness.

In Orbit

CubeSats Moving Beyond Low Earth Orbit

Feb 17, 2016

The initial payloads on the first launch of the heavy-lift Space Launch System will be relatively small CubeSats, but the results could be huge, heralding a day when swarms of minuscule satellites ride piggyback deep into the Solar System for missions now conducted by billion-dollar, custom-built spacecraft.

Washington Outlook

Defending The New Uclass | SAMs In South China Sea

Feb 19, 2016

Experts back idea of carrier-based refueling UAV; McCain presses Obama to stand up to China; U.S. Air Force still working cost growth on GPS ground segment; airlines can apply for flights to Cuba.

Viewpoint

Opinion: More ‘Financial Engineering’ Will Not Work

Feb 18, 2016

If results are to remain strong, aerospace and defense companies must shift from stock buybacks and like to an emphasis on fundamentals.

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Aviation Week & Space Technology, February 22, 2016

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Air Traffic Management

Singapore Airshow

Technology

Commercial Aviation

Space

Defense

Up Front

Inside Business Aviation

Leading Edge

In Orbit

Washington Outlook

Viewpoint