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Aviation Week & Space Technology, June 27, 2016

Business

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Industry Tallies Cost Of Brexit

Jun 24, 2016
Pundits fear that British referendum could be catalyst for European disintegration.

Technology

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Solar Impulse: Atlantic Crossing Shows Aviation Still Leads Innovation

Jun 24, 2016
Switzerland’s Solar Impulse 2 completes Atlantic crossing on solar power as round-the-world attempt enters final stages.
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DARPA's VTOL X-Plane Designs In Detail

Jun 27, 2016
The companies that lost out to Aurora Flight Sciences to build DARPA’s high-speed VTOL demonstrator have taken the wraps off their competing designs.
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Solar Impulse Bolstered By Behind-the-Scenes Crew

Jun 20, 2016
Preparing the Solar Impulse for its ventures requires help from dedicated experts from many sectors.
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FAA Accepts Auto Safety Features Can Benefit General Aviation

Jun 23, 2016
The benefit of automotive safety features to general aviation persuades the FAA to grant Terrafugia a waiver of weight and stall-speed limits.
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The Week In Technology, June 20-24, 2016

Jun 20, 2016
Insights from the AIAA Aviation 2016 conference in Washington: NASA back in the X-plane business; thin-haul commuter to connect small cities; turbo-electric airliner an X-Plane option; China’s Comac studies open rotors.

Face to Face

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Bombardier CEO: We Will Continue To Develop New Programs

Jun 24, 2016
Bombardier’s Alain Bellemare talks to Aviation Week about the progress made since he became CEO in February 2015.
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Embraer CEO Sees Potential For Subsidy Case Against Bombardier

Jun 20, 2016
In his first interview since announcing his retirement as Embraer CEO, Fred Curado discusses how Embraer has changed, current challenges and the looming trade dispute with Bombardier.

Commercial Aviation

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Chinese Investors Join Virgin Australia Owners’ Club

Jun 21, 2016
Virgin Australia is attracting significant interest from China, with the HNA Group and Nanshan Group poised to become its latest stakeholders.
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Boeing’s Turn For An Iran Aircraft Order

Jun 24, 2016
Boeing must overcome banking and political roadblocks to finalize the Iranian aircraft order.
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Summer Marathon To Reach Global Aviation Emissions Deal

Jun 23, 2016
Airlines are willing to offset their carbon emissions with a global system, but are governments also aligned?
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FAA Medical Examiners Review Mental-Health ‘Firewalls’

Jun 24, 2016
Downstream of Germanwings, the FAA endorses the legacy approach to pilot mental health but looks to remove reporting barriers for its doctors.
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Boeing 737 MAX Gets Unexpected Boost In Paris

Jun 21, 2019
The troubled airliner’s return-to-service timeline is still not established.

Space

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Air Launch Carrier Stratolaunch Closing On Completion

Jun 20, 2016
Despite clear progress toward completion, Stratolaunch Systems remains coy about when the vehicle will begin flight tests.
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The U.K.’s New Emphasis On The Space Sector

Jun 21, 2016
A new report from the British Parliament calls on the government to view the recent return of astronaut Tim Peake from the International Space Station as an opportunity to support the U.K.’s growing space sector, not a cause for complacency.
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Curiosity To Image, Possibly Sample, Potential Mars Water Sites

Jun 22, 2016
Two small features on Mars’s Mount Sharp are targets for observation with Curiosity’s MastCam camera as part of the quest to determine whether there is life on the planet.

Unmanned Aviation

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Industry Wants FAA To Build Quickly On Small UAS Rule

Jun 23, 2016
Long in the making, the FAA’s final rule for commercial operation of small unmanned aircraft, or drones, gets the thumbs up, but industry is already impatient for the next set of capabilities.

Defense

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U.S. Navy Struggling With Readiness

Jun 21, 2016
A delay in the arrival of F-35s is limiting the fleet of flight-ready F-18s and affecting flight-training time.
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Outgoing U.S. Air Force Chief On Service’s Future

Jun 21, 2016
From the nuclear triad to the arsenal aircraft to Donald Trump as commander in chief, Gen. Mark Welsh discusses issues confronting the U.S. Air Force.
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Japan Issues Request For Information On Fighter Options

Jun 24, 2016
Tokyo would have to vastly increase its defense research and development budget to create an all-new fighter.
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The Week in Defense, June 23-30, 2016

Jun 23, 2016
India relaxes rules on foreign defense investment; first temporary EA-18G detachment deploys for training; Norway, Poland test naval strike missile; more North Korean missile tests.

Up Front

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Opinion: Why Civil Aerospace Is Turning Off Tier 1 Suppliers

Jun 22, 2016
There is concern among Tier 1 leader that the air transport segment is becoming structurally unattractive and less worthy of investment than its alternatives.

Inside Business Aviation

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Opinion: Flight Department Audits Can Make the Good Better

Jun 24, 2016
Auditors can help ensure that qualified pilots are at the helm, but in some cases their assessments can be compromised by faulty information or background checks.

Leading Edge

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X-plane's Return Challenges NASA To Be Creative

Jun 23, 2016
Reluctance by lawmakers to embrace the value of X-planes to U.S. industry has NASA coming up with creative approaches

In Orbit

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Smallsats Could Help Predict Solar Storms

Jun 22, 2016
A coronal mass ejection could be particularly devastating in today’s globally wired world. Scientists advocate research into solar storms with smallsats at the forefront.

Washington Outlook

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What Trump Or Clinton Would Mean For Aerospace And Defense

Jun 24, 2016
At the Pentagon and on Wall Street, they are beginning to consider the possible impacts from Trump vs. Clinton. On Capitol Hill, there is blow-back from Boeing’s Iran deal.

Farnborough 2016

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Prime Contractors In France Aid Equipment Suppliers

Jun 24, 2016
With production of several large programs ramping up this year, the challenge for French aerospace companies will be to maintain quality and schedule.
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U.K., U.S. Explore F-35 Partnership In Britain

Jun 23, 2016
With almost 200 F-35s set to call the U.K. home in the coming years, the U.S. and U.K. are talking up training and logistics.
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Three-Stream Engine Moves To New Phase

Jun 22, 2016
The technology is considered vital to achieving the high-speed, long-endurance performance requirements of the F/A-XX and F-X sixth-generation fighters.
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USAF Details Sixth-gen Combat Engine Research Plan

Jun 22, 2016
The Air Dominance Adaptive Propulsion Technology program builds on almost a decade of research, beginning with the Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology program.
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Europe Bridges Capability Gaps, Readies Joint MALE2020

Jun 23, 2016
As Europe gears up to develop a MALE UAS, Israeli and U.S. systems still dominate inventories.
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From Alcoa To Arconic, CEO Outlines Strategy

Jun 24, 2016
Splitting up is hard to do, but sometimes necessary. That is what Alcoa-turned-Arconic’s chief executive and chairman tells Aviation Week in a recent interview about his company’s future.