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Aviation Week & Space Technology, May 2, 2016

Commercial Aviation

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Delta’s C Series Order May Change Narrowbody Market

Apr 29, 2016
The Delta order for up to 125 Bombardier C Series has the potential to change the narrowbody aircraft market.
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Airbus Struggles With A320neo Engine Delays, Customer Complaints

Apr 29, 2016
Despite celebrating delivery of its first U.S.-built aircraft, Airbus is hitting bumps in the road to an increased global reach.
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First Pre-Production 777X Wing Parts Targeted For June

Apr 28, 2016
On May 2, engineers will begin occupying the Boeing’s enormous new 777X composite wing center, marking a key milestone toward the start of assembly of the company’s new flagship large twinjet.
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Brussels Airlines Is Optimistic It Will Recover

Apr 26, 2016
Brussels Airlines CEO Bernard Gustin: “We are more than ever assuming the role of Belgium’s national carrier, but we’re not government owned and we are not a legacy, old-style airline. We’re a successful hybrid.”
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Four Chinese Airlines Likely To Begin Operation By Mid-2016

Apr 26, 2016
As Chinese local airlines proliferate, they are increasingly adopting the budget model.
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Converted Jetliners Readied To Clear Oil Slicks

Apr 26, 2016
Boeing 727-200 finds a new role as aerial spray aircraft to combat oil spills at sea.

Technology

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NASA Testing For Close Encounters Of The UAS Kind

Apr 25, 2016
NASA is beginning UAS testing that deliberately plans close encounters with “intruder” aircraft.
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Cal Poly Test To Benefit Future Cubesat Designs

Apr 25, 2016
California Polytechnic—and a Florida high school—are working together to test a cubesat specifically designed as part of an experiment to wirelessly transmit payload data from launch to deployment.
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The Week In Technology, April 25-29, 2016

Apr 25, 2016
Open rotor on supercomputer; Vanilla’s 100-hr. UAS; AusPost delivers by drone; Improving composites manufacturing; Reinventing design tools.

Space

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NASA’s Challenge: Making Meals That Can Last Five Years

Apr 27, 2016
To get to Mars, astronauts will need tasty nutritious food that can withstand the demands of space travel.
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Thales Wins High-Altitude Tech Demo Contract

Apr 27, 2016
Thales Alenia Space is leading development of Stratobus, a high-altitude platform that could perform many of the same functions of telecommunications and remote-sensing satellites, but closer to Earth.

Defense

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Saudi Arabia Unveils Major Military Industrial Effort

Apr 28, 2016
While traditional foreign military sales to Saudi Arabia conceivably could decline under the inward push, all is not necessarily lost.
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MHI X-2 Fighter-Technology Demonstrator Makes First Flight

Apr 28, 2016
The X-2 is intended to demonstrate such technologies as stealth shaping, skin sensors. fly-by-light controls and thrust vectoring.
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The Week In Defense, April 28-May 5

Apr 28, 2016
First lift for cargo-carrying Stallion | U.S. to sell hundreds of missiles to Australia | India and France still grappling over fighter contract | North Korea continues missile tests | Raytheon to operate drug-tracking radar

Inside Business Aviation

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Pilot Population—Commercial and Private—Dwindling

Apr 27, 2016
Reasons for the decline in pilot numbers include retirement age and dismally low salaries, but organizations such as AOPA and GAMA are offering some solutions to help boost private pilot numbers.

In Orbit

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Space Entrepreneurs Need A ‘Giant Leap’

Apr 27, 2016
There’s a renaissance in spaceflight innovation, but a leap is needed for it to reach the financial tipping point and close the business case for the off-planet economy.

Washington Outlook

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House Lawmakers Would Allow 18 RD-180s

Apr 29, 2016
Bill sets up showdown with the Senate; hope for change; a wartime wish list

Viewpoint

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Opinion: U.S. Not Matching Defense Spending To Threats

Apr 29, 2016
By clinging to a Cold War strategy and force structures, we are mismatched for the actual threats we face today.