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Aviation Week & Space Technology, December 19, 2016

VOL. 178 NO. 51 December 19, 2016

Defense

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Canada Picks Airbus A295W As Buffalo Successor

Dec 12, 2016
Airbus’s C295W triumphs in Canada over Leonardo C-27J and Embraer KC-390 in the fixed-wing SAR competition.
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Trump Tweets Have An Impact On F-35-Related Stocks

Dec 16, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump's Dec. 12 Twitter attack on F-35 costs is not the first time his tweets have had an impact on defense stocks, following on the heels of his Boeing Air Force One comments the previous week.
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Germany Presses Ahead With Rotary-Wing Modernization

Dec 15, 2016
Germany gives Sea Lion room to succeed as it mulls other helicopter acquisitions.
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German Eurofighters Stand Guard In Baltic States

Dec 16, 2016
Armed German Eurofighters are supporting the expanded Baltic Air Policing Program.
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Will Politicians Put Raytheon’s T-100 Over The Top?

Dec 14, 2016
Sens. Cochran and Wicker lend Republican clout to the company’s low-risk entry for the U.S. Air Force T-X trainer competition under a Trump presidency.
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Cockpit Upgrade Lifts Airspace Restrictions On NATO AWACS

Dec 15, 2016
The Boeing E-3 Sentry’s 1970s-vintage cockpit gets a facelift to enable free access to international airspace and reduce the aircrew required on the flight deck.
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The Week In Defense, Dec. 15-22, 2016

Dec 15, 2016
Former Indian air force chief faces charges related to the AW101 helicopter scandal; the Philippines builds a fleet of FA-50 fighters; Lithuania beefs up surface-to-air missile force; and the U.S. State Department reviews munition sales to Saudi Arabia.

Commercial Aviation

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Airbus Modular Cabin Promises New Passenger Experiences

Dec 13, 2016
Airbus’s Silicon Valley outpost is developing a modular cabin for widebody freighter aircraft that will provide new types of passenger experience that can generate additional revenue for airlines while making it quicker and easier to change cabins, even between flights.
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IATA Sees Airline Cycle Peak, But Traffic Growth Will Continue

Dec 12, 2016
IATA’s first look into 2017 is sobering, given that the airline industry has only recently been able to reach margins common in many other sectors.
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Pursuing Clearer Government Policy On UK Airspace Design

Dec 13, 2016
London’s busy and complex airspace is a key target for redesign.
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Perth-London Flight Underscores 787 Role In Australia

Dec 16, 2016
New Qantas services will boost Australia’s share of longest 787 flights
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Threats, Noise Keys To Israeli Performance-Based Navigation

Dec 15, 2016
Israel is showing the aviation industry a new use for noise-reducing and efficiency-boosting performance-based navigation procedures: avoiding the rocket’s red glare.

Space

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SpaceX Struggles To Recover From 'Complex Failure'

Dec 14, 2016
The Sept. 1 launch-pad explosion, among other problems, is putting a crimp, for now, in the big plans for Elon Musk’s "new space" company.
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Avio, ESA Plan For More Capable Vega C ‘Plus’

Dec 15, 2016
Soyuz maybe nudged out of many launches due to the increased payload capability of the Vega C.

Face to Face

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Promise And Peril: Raytheon CEO On The New Technology Revolution

Jan 09, 2017
Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy talks to Aviation Week’s editors about its cyberbusiness and transformational technologies.

Technology

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LiquidPiston Rotary X-Engine Offers Compact UAV Power

Dec 13, 2016
A new thermodynamic cycle could produce a lightweight, fuel-efficient heavy-fuel engine for unmanned aircraft.
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The Week In Technology, Dec. 12-18, 2016

Dec 12, 2016
Extra sets electrifying record; transforming UAV launched; DARPA wants swarm tactics; NASA steers sonic booms; hydrogen filling stations for UAVs.

Manufacturing

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Aerostructure Suppliers Strive To Seduce OEMs

Dec 14, 2016
Although the size of the aerostructure suppliers’ pie to be shared is increasing, competition for a slice is growing.
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Lower-Tier Suppliers Must Grow To Survive

Dec 14, 2016
Supply-chain companies face a growth dilemma many have not encountered in recent memory, if at all.

Going Concerns

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Trump’s Tweets May Only Speed Up Automation

Dec 15, 2016
It is looking like, under Trump, U.S. workers increasingly will have to compete with both foreign labor and robots at home.

In Orbit

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Momentum Builds For International Moon Base

Dec 14, 2016
Jan Woerner’s Moon village concept is looking better to NASA, and the Trump administration could move things along faster.

Washington Outlook

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Is Senator Sessions Going Soft On Russia?

Dec 15, 2016
In this week’s Washington Outlook: Sessions urges more peaceful relations with Russia, American Airlines faces tarmac delay fines and Warren joins the Senate Armed Services Committee.