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Magazine Issue

Aviation Week & Space Technology, October 23, 2017

Commercial Aviation

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Boeing Trade Action Misfires As Airbus Backs C Series

Oct 20, 2017
Airbus and Bombardier say their tie-up is strategic and not a response to Boeing’s price-dumping charges, but analysts believe the U.S. manufacturer miscalculated and drove the C Series into its rival’s hands.
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Airbus, Safran And Suez Aim To Expand Aircraft Storage Facilities Worldwide

Oct 18, 2017
Tarmac Aerosave has found its bread and butter in the aircraft storage business, primarily for leasing companies.

Air Traffic Management

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Advanced Procedures Help Tame Mountain Approaches

Oct 13, 2017
Performance-based navigation and runway improvements are crucial to airline night operations at a New Zealand airport surrounded by mountains.

Propulsion

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Rolls-Royce Readies For Advance3 Core Test

Oct 19, 2017
The core is the common element of the company’s plan to make a step change in efficiency with two engine families, the Advance and the UltraFan, for the 2020s.

C Series In-Service Report

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Airlines Praise C Series Performance, Manage Early Issues

Oct 20, 2017
Bombardier’s heavy emphasis on system testing during C Series development and its detailed preparations for service entry have largely paid off.

Technology

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NASA Relearning Lost X-plane Skills With Low-Boom Demo

Oct 20, 2017
NASA’s low-boom flight demonstrator will be the agency’s first manned supersonic X-plane since 1990.
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Project Wing’s New Drone Delivery Trials Focusing on Users

Oct 19, 2017
If retailers and customers need new skills to use drone delivery, the idea could have difficulty taking off, so Alphabet’s Project Wing is working with real-world users of its planned service.
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VTOL Flexrotor Flies 32 Hr. As Small UAVs Push Endurance Limits

Oct 17, 2017
Small unmanned aircraft set new standards for flight endurance as developers push the limits of aerodynamics and propulsion.
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The Week In Technology, Oct. 16-20, 2017

Oct 16, 2017
Scaled flies Model 401; Yamaha goes multicopter; Flirtey flies defibrillators; Spike tests supersonic design; DARPA taps Aerojet for TBCC; Dubai’s firefighting UAV.

Business

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Honeywell, BAE And SAIC Slimming Operations

Oct 17, 2017
September was a busy month at several high-profile companies, and it could be a good indication of what is to come for the industry as many of them adjust to market conditions.

Space

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NASA To Test Fission Reactor For Space Missions

Oct 17, 2017
After a hiatus of more than 50 years, NASA plans a trial run of a full-scale nuclear-fission power system designed to produce 1 kW of electricity.
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Apollo 11 Command Module Tour Benefits Orion Crew Vehicle Engineers

Oct 18, 2017
The Apollo 11 command module, Columbia, has left its Smithsonian home for a new mission—a traveling exhibit commemorating the upcoming 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s touchdown on the Moon.

Defense

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South Korean Tactical Ballistic Missile To Be Ready By 2018

Oct 20, 2017
The new weapons are intended to counter North Korean artillery bombardment of border areas, including Seoul.
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Cross-Border Research Increases Missile Technology Options

Oct 16, 2017
MBDA’s missile programs are benefiting from a joint research initiative that involves participants from industry and academe.
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UK Issues Cybersecurity Mandate For Defense Supply Chain

Oct 18, 2017
With clear standards and an emphasis on the basics, the UK Defense Ministry hopes to protect the security of its industrial base.
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The Week in Defense, Oct. 19-26, 2017

Oct 19, 2017
Northrop Grumman buys SpaceX launch for a U.S. government customer, U.S. State Department clears Greece for an FMS of F-16 upgrades, Indonesia receives Panther helicopters, and Embraer sells six Super Tucanos.

Up Front

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Opinion: NBAA 2017—Flat Is The New Up

Oct 19, 2017
Nothing extraordinary is expected heading into 2018, but the status of the business jet industry looks a lot better than it has for most of the last decade.

Inside Business Aviation

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GE Gains Little By Grounding Its Corporate Jets

Oct 19, 2017
Details on the benefits of business aircraft departments were released near simultaneously to GE’s grounding of its jets.

Washington Outlook

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Renewing The Call To Increase Defense Spending

Oct 20, 2017
Washington think tank proposes repairing and replacing the military’s equipment; Defense Secretary James Mattis wants a new round of base closures; Santa Monica airport is free to shorten a runway.

Viewpoint

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Opinion: Why The U.S. Should Allow Supersonic Flights Over Land

Oct 17, 2017
Sonic booms should not pose a barrier to speeding progress in aviation technology.
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Opinion: C Series Deal Ends Aerospace Status Quo

Oct 18, 2017
The Airbus-Bombardier arrangement will set off a chain of action and reaction that establishes a new order of dominance, extinction and relationships.