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Aviation Week & Space Technology, May 23, 2016

VOL. 178 NO. 21 May 23, 2016

Propulsion

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Behind The Scenes Of P&W’s Production Plan

May 20, 2016
The engine-maker is using the latest in supply-chain methodologies and assembly line design to meet its production goals.
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Automation Is Key To Pratt & Whitney Ramp-up Plan

May 20, 2016
For big production increases, including for the PW1000G, Pratt is investing in manufacturing initiatives such as “intelligent” or automated production cells and advanced materials.
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Preparing To Test The World’s Largest Engine

May 20, 2016
GE and Boeing plan to put the behemoth engine—GE9-X—through the rigors of flight testing on the wing of an aircraft for which it was not designed.
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Positioning GE’s Flight-Test Operation For The Future

May 20, 2016
As GE readies for a series of new campaigns culminating in flights of the GE9X in 2017, it is feeling the operational benefit of changes made to cope with a set of simultaneous test efforts, which hit an all-time record in 2015.
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First Production-Standard Trent 1000 TEN Delivered

May 20, 2016
Rolls-Royce’s Trent 1000 TEN is designed to improve fuel burn by 2% over the current Package C production standard and is therefore crucial to the company’s long-term competitiveness battle against GE’s GEnx-1B, the alternate engine for the 787.
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Trent XWB For First A350-1000 Is Set For Delivery

May 20, 2016
The delivery of the Trent XWB engine brings Rolls-Royce a step nearer to realizing its long-cherished dream of exclusivity across a widebody family.

First Take

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First Take (May 23, 2016)

May 20, 2016
DEFENSE Saab hopes to fly its JAS 39E Gripen by the end of 2016 following rollout of the first of three single-seat test aircraft on May 17. Brazil will use two test aircraft, including one two-seat JAS 39F for which it leads development. Saab continues to offer the Gripen C/D as a lower-cost option.

Technology

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WPI, Aurora Researching Safer Autonomous UAVs

May 17, 2016
Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Aurora Flight Sciences bring computer science to bear on the problem of ensuring software-heavy unmanned aircraft behave as they are supposed to.
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Rolls-Royce Builds Next-Gen Advance Demo Engine

May 19, 2016
Rolls-Royce’s Advance engine demonstrator is a hybrid combining a Trent XWB-84 case, the fan system from a Trent 900 and the low-pressure turbine from a Trent 1000.
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The Week In Technology, May 16-20, 2016

May 16, 2016
FAA tests UAS counters; ADS-B in a tube for BVLOS; persistent stare from a Cessna; ship landing system that can see; navigating undersea by acoustic GPS.

Commercial Aviation

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Bombardier Sees High Level Of Maturity For C Series Entry

May 16, 2016
Bombardier and launch operator Swiss are confident of the C Series service readiness. But the next challenge for the manufacturer is to ensure a rapid ramp-up of serial production.
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Regional Carriers Use New Strategies To Retain Pilots

May 17, 2016
Many regional airlines of all sizes have finally implemented effective programs to attract and keep pilots, and the situation may not be as dire as some had predicted.
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Negative Yield Trends Raise Doubts About Planned Turkish, Emirates Growth

May 18, 2016
Even the most successful hub operators with well-distributed risk and access to fast-growing markets and government backing are not immune to turmoil in key business segments.
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ILA Berlin Air Show Finds New Focus On Innovation

May 20, 2016
The Berlin ILA air show is trying to promote its new focus on innovation, but A400M issues threaten to dominate instead.

Business Aviation

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European Business Aviation Struggling Again

May 20, 2016
Declining European business aviation activity in 2015 and early 2016 could signal the start of a downturn like those in 2009 and 2012-13.

Safety

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High-Altitude 'Upset Recovery' Renews Ice Crystal Interest

May 20, 2016
Certification criteria for new aircraft include protecting against the ice crystal phenomena, the culprit in a significant number of incidents and accidents, but what about legacy aircraft?

Space

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Mars-Water Discovery Driving Human Exploration Plans

May 19, 2016
NASA is using data it has collected from orbit and the Martian surface to seek “exploration zones” that encompass all of the features that would make up a successful human mission—a safe landing zone near water supplies that could be mined for oxygen and rocket propellant.
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The Vulnerabilities Of Satellite Navigation Systems

May 17, 2016
Governments are looking for ways to work around disruptions in service, increasingly caused by proliferating equipment that can jam and spoof GPS signals.

Defense

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Saab Sees Interest In Broader Fighter Family As Gripen E Emerges

May 20, 2016
Saab is targeting countries not cleared to purchase the JSF, but that can comfortably justify the higher upfront cost of the Gripen E/F.
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Australians Developing Ship-Detecting OTH Radar

May 18, 2016
A specialist ocean-surveillance radar should overcome challenges of over-the-horizon ship detection.
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Denmark Chooses F-35 For Future Fighter

May 16, 2016
Thrift was paramount in the selection, as the Danes plan to operate the fighters for 30 years.
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The Week In Defense, May 19-26, 2016

May 19, 2016
India’s missile defense interceptor test; MUOS to soon begin limited ops; U.S. to sell missiles to Egypt and UAE.

Up Front

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Opinion: Is Vertical Integration The Next Big Thing?

May 18, 2016
When five highly regarded and diverse business visionaries all bet on a similar supply chain approach, it certainly merits our attention.

Going Concerns

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Space Business Veteran Warns Of Boom, Bust

May 18, 2016
Remember the point Darth Vader made to Adm. Motti during the war council scene in “Star Wars IV?” Don’t choke.

Airline Intel

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Opinion: New IATA Chief, After Turbulent Nomination, Needs Clear Agenda

May 19, 2016
Alexandre de Juniac's nomination to be the next IATA director general may have had full support from the board of governors, but the appointment is still contentious.

In Orbit

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Can Elon Musk Patent Mars?

May 17, 2016
NASA stands to gain plenty for itself by helping SpaceX get to Mars. An amended Space Act Agreement makes clear the agency can use whatever it learns to land its own vehicles on Mars, it just can’t share it with any of SpaceX’s competitors.

Washington Outlook

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What’s Causing Long Waits At U.S. Airports?

May 20, 2016
A4A wants data to prove bag fees are not to blame | The return of space-based missile defense | Mars Travel As a Feasibility

Feedback

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Letters From Our Readers (May 23, 2016)

May 20, 2016
A compendium of comments about Aviation Week's 100th Anniversary issue.

Who's Where

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New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections (May 23, 2016)

May 20, 2016
Michael Watkins (see photo) has been appointed director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and vice president at Caltech. Watkins served as mission system manager for the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover. He succeeds Charles Elachi, who is retiring and will move to the Caltech faculty.

Aerospace Calendar

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Aerospace Calendar And Aviation Week Events (May 23, 2016)

May 20, 2016
Aerospace Calendar And Aviation Week Events (May 23, 2016)