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Aviation Week & Space Technology, March 7, 2016

VOL. 178 NO. 10 March 07, 2016

Commercial Aviation

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First Embraer ‘E2’ Begins Ground Tests

Mar 01, 2016
The E190-E2 is expected to begin the flight test and certification campaign midyear and will enter service in 2018, with hopes of gaining a bigger slice of the 70-130-seat passenger market.
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Tianjin Plant Could Support Airbus’s A320 Delivery Push

Mar 04, 2016
If the Tianjin plant accelerates output, it will do so as part of Airbus’s push to a rate of 60 aircraft per month, which is supposed to be reached by mid-2019. Stepping up to six a month from four would be easy.
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Boeing Australia Drives Down Costs For Control Surfaces

Mar 01, 2016
To thrive in high-wage Australia, Boeing’s Melbourne plant must fabricate using advanced processes, such as the resin-infusion, oven-curing technology it applies to 787 work.
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Airbus: Modern Airliner Manufacturing Means No More Cyclicality

Mar 04, 2016
New players to the world of financing airliner manufacturing and purchases are hearing there is a new normal in industry.
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Republic Airways Holdings Seeks Relief Via Bankruptcy

Mar 04, 2016
The U.S. airline industry is booming. Why did one large regional airline company file for bankruptcy?
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Where Does European Passenger Flight Delay Liability End?

Mar 01, 2016
The EU Court of Justice ruling on flight delays is blurring the concept of contract of carriage, which is normally only between a carrier and a passenger.

Cybersecurity

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F-35 Logistics System May Be Vulnerable To Cyberattack

Mar 03, 2016
Cybersecurity specialists call plan to deploy ALIS before testing it “absurd.”
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Pentagon Cyberweapons Are Operational

Mar 03, 2016
The Air Force fields two cyberweapons to defend the front lines of its battlefield networks.
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Avionics-makers Step Up Their Cybergame

Mar 01, 2016
Hackathons, cyberchiefs, attack surfaces and fuzzing are now part of the avionics engineer’s lexicon.

Technology

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Aurora Wins Darpa VTOL X-Plane Bid With Unique Hybrid

Mar 04, 2016
Another attempt to combine high speed with hover agility produces a unique solution combining tandem tiling wings, hybrid turbine-electric power and distributed electric propulsion.
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Singapore Develops Microchip Radar For Small UAS

Feb 29, 2016
Able to fit on a fingertip, a microchip developed by Singapore’s NTU could revolutionize all-weather radar imaging for small unmanned aircraft and satellites.
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Drone Racing Pushing Small, Fast UAS Technology

Feb 29, 2016
Forget your slow-moving DJI Phantom and check out the 80-mph-plus racing drones—they could be a harbinger of a faster unmanned future.
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The Week In Technology, Feb. 29-March 4, 2016

Feb 29, 2016
Elbit Skylens for tight spaces; Snecma CROR for Europe’s Clean Sky; 3-D UAS Prints On-Demand

Defense

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Embraer Readies Second KC-390 For Test Effort

Mar 03, 2016
The second KC-390 is set to speed Brazil’s tanker-transport test program.
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The Week In Defense, March 3-10, 2016

Mar 03, 2016
China to receive Sukhoi fighters; B-52s are on temporary duty in Europe; UAE requests defenses for its C-17s; Pakistan considers JF-17 engines from Russia; Boost to India’s defense budget.

Rotorcraft

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New Light Helicopters Emerge Despite Impending Economic Storm

Mar 04, 2016
Light helicopters hog the Heli-Expo limelight as aircraft-makers worry about softening markets.
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MD Helicopters Invests In Dual-Use Programs

Mar 04, 2016
MD’s Tilton sets ambitious targets for new single and twin light helicopters.
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Airbus Turning Dual-Use Helicopters Into Gunships

Mar 04, 2016
Airbus is proposing using stepped options to arm dual-use helicopters.

Space

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Cislunar Habitat Schedule Heading To The Right

Mar 02, 2016
Budget uncertainties—driven by political uncertainties—are affecting NASA’s decision on whether to add a small habitat to a cislunar mission.
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Kornienko, Kelly Return From ‘Year-in-Space’ Mission

Mar 04, 2016
The mission is designed to give scientists and engineers the human data to develop life-support hardware and operational protocols for crews making the 2-3-year round trip to Mars.

Inside Business Aviation

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Opinion: Pilot Organizations Shelter All

Mar 02, 2016
Pilot clubs cater to a broad spectrum—priests, lawyers, blacks, gays, blimp builders, the deaf and many others.

Leading Edge

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Affordable Low-Boom X-plane Goal Of Lockheed’s QueSST Design

Mar 03, 2016
NASA’s X-plane will create the shaped shockwave signature of a 100-120-seat supersonic airliner to enable community testing to determine the public acceptance of low-boom designs

In Orbit

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European Service Module Foreshadows Post-ISS Cooperation

Mar 02, 2016
The Orion crew capsule European Service Module is a rare example of the kind of international cooperation best exemplified by the International Space Station.

Washington Outlook

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Experts Raise Security Concerns About Trump

Mar 04, 2016
Republicans who served President George W. Bush list some of Trump's scariest national security flaws.

Viewpoint

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Opinion: Protect Open Skies From Special-Interest Attacks

Mar 04, 2016
Open skies agreements benefit U.S. passenger and cargo carriers, the U.S. economy and communities around the country.

Airlines

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Malaysia Airlines May Activate Parked 747

Mar 04, 2016
Malaysia Airlines may bring aircraft out of storage to cover for Airbus A380s while they undergo maintenance checks this year.