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Aviation Week & Space Technology, December 12, 2016

A more efficient gas turbine engine, one that burns fuel and air at constant volume rather than constant pressure, may be the key to a step change over today’s jet engines. Aerojet Rocketdyne, is testing a constant-volume combustor in a rotating detonation engine. Aerojet Rocketdyne photo. Also: Japan’s next fighter | Trump’s blast at Boeing | Virgin Galactic flight tests

Technology

Dec 12, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Aerojet Rocketdyne Explores Detonation Engine Options   34

Aerojet Rocketdyne rotating detonation-engine study takes a big step toward boosting gas turbine efficiency through pressure-gain combustion....More
Dec 6, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Safran Progresses Toward Open-Rotor Testing   7

Counter-rotating open-rotor interest falters as replacement aircraft for single-aisle aircraft has been postponed....More
Dec 8, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Solar-Powered Flight Finding Practical Application With UAVs   2

Whether hand-launched or high-altitude, unmanned aircraft are turning to solar power to extend endurance for missions such as agricultural surveys and pipeline monitoring, as well as communications and surveillance, which need longer ranges and flight times....More
Dec 5, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

The Week in Technology, Dec. 5-9, 2016  

Mods to increase C-17 efficiency; German center funds "virtual aircraft" research; Deutsche Telekom enters drone defense; Gulfstream patents in supersonic work....More

ISR

Dec 5, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

UTAS Designing Hyperspectral Sensor For Global Hawk  

UTC Aerospace Systems is expanding its MS-177 "family" to include two hyperspectral configurations with embedded autonomy....More

Commercial Aviation

Dec 5, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

GE Assembles First GE9X Certification Engine   1

GE is also completing key endurance tests of lightweight, heat-resistant ceramic matrix composites that are pivotal to the GE9X meeting performance goals....More
Dec 8, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Norwegian Accelerates Long-haul Expansion After U.S. Ruling  

Following a two-year application process and a heated debate, NAI’s foreign air carrier permit is finally approved by the U.S. Transportation Department....More
Dec 7, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Tokyo Airport Capacity Plans Are Vital To JAL, ANA Growth  

Ambitious efforts to boost Tokyo airports’ capacity will be spur for long-term airline expansion....More
Dec 8, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Is An Aircraft-Based Broadband Network Viable?   23

Airborne Wireless Networks’ “Infinitus Super Highway” replaces LEO satellites with aircraft in a mesh communications network to deliver broadband data....More
Dec 6, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Washington Insider Selected For Transportation Secretary   4

Elaine Chao, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for Transportation secretary, is the ultimate Beltway veteran, but her positions on current aviation issues are largely a mystery....More

Business

Dec 9, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Aerospace Industries Association Will Have Busy 2017 Agenda   1

After Donald Trump’s surprise election as president, the top aerospace trade group has a lot to do....More

Space

Dec 7, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Life-Support Worries Shaping First Orion Capsule Flight   9

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is hearing that life-support technology remains a question mark in NASA’s exploration plans....More
Dec 6, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Virgin Galactic's Second SpaceShipTwo Begins Glide Flights   1

Virgin Galactic has begun glide flights of the second—and significantly improved—SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle after completing a fourth and final captive carriage flight under the WhiteKnightTwo mothership....More

Defense

Dec 8, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Raytheon CEO: ‘We Don’t Get Into A Competition To Lose’   6

Tom Kennedy outlines why he thinks the U.S. Air Force will want the kind of low-risk T-X trainer Raytheon is offering....More
Dec 9, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

U.S. Air Force Is Looking For A Long-Range Stealthy UAV   8

USAF is “aggressively” pursuing a long-range, stealthy unmanned surveillance aircraft to go places its high-altitude Lockheed Martin U-2S and Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk cannot....More
Dec 9, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

Proposed Japanese Combat Aircraft Is Bigger Than F-22   16

Drawing up a concept that emphasizes weapon load and endurance over maneuverability, designers at the Japanese defense ministry have come up with an aircraft that is longer than the F-22 and has a considerably greater wingspan....More
Dec 8, 2016
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Aviation Week & Space Technology

The Week In Defense, Dec. 8-15, 2016   5

In this week’s roundup: Saudi Arabia on the verge of getting highly advanced F-15s, Russia’s land forces take delivery of an upgraded Buk SAM, Chile buys six S-70i Black Hawks and Russia prepares to export its Alligator helicopter....More

Up Front

Dec 7, 2016
Commentary
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Opinion: Boeing’s $50 Billion MRO Play   5

With its new Global Services unit, Boeing aims to triple its aftermarket revenue to $50 billion within the next decade....More

Inside Business Aviation

Dec 7, 2016
Commentary
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Bliss Jet Launches By-seat New York-London Charter Service Jan. 8   2

A one-time flying boat terminal at LaGuardia Airport will be the U.S. base for a new shared charter service between New York and London....More

In Orbit

Dec 7, 2016
Commentary
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Positioning ‘Old’ NASA For ‘New Space’ And Trump   4

A top NASA administrator discusses the U.S. space program at what may be an ‘inflection point’ between the old and the new ways of doing things....More

Washington Outlook

Dec 9, 2016
Commentary
Aviation Week & Space Technology

AIA President Says NASA Should Keep Monitoring Climate   26

America’s aerospace trade association said it is preparing for a “challenging” policy arena in both Washington and around the world....More
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