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Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 29, 2018

VOL. 180 NO. 4 January 29, 2018

Singapore Airshow

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Indonesian KF-X Participation In Doubt

Jan 23, 2018
Jakarta is behind in its contributions to KF-X, known in Indonesia as IF-X, and the finance ministry refused to authorize a payment due at the end of 2017. Photo: Cpl. Casey Gaul/Australian Defense Department
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A400Ms Perform Well, But Malaysia Has Other Defense Priorities

Jan 25, 2018
The military has much aging equipment and ammunition that needs to be replaced or upgraded.
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Thailand Needs To Renew Large Fleet of Utility Helos

Jan 25, 2018
Rotorcraft will become a focus of Thailand’s military imports in coming years.
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Domestic Threats Disrupt Philippines’ Defense Goals

Jan 25, 2018
Proposed acquisitions for the Philippines Air Force include fighters, additional light trainers, airlifters and light-attack aircraft.
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U.S. Navy Fire Scout Fleet Needs More Ship Deployments

Jan 24, 2018
The Navy continues to evolve and mature the Fire Scout maritime patrol UAV despite a limited number of deployment opportunities on the Littoral Combat Ship.
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European Navies Slow To Adopt VTOL UAVs

Jan 24, 2018
European Union planning demonstration of unmanned technologies, including naval UAVs.
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Airbus Preparing To Fly VSR700 Prototype In 2018

Jan 24, 2018
VSR700 program will turn a two-seat training helicopter into unmanned observer.
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Large Backlogs, In-service Capacity Slow Widebody Market

Jan 23, 2018
There are multiple factors contributing to the current sluggishness, including aircraft program issues, capacity considerations and airline strategy factors.

First Take

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First Take (Jan. 29, 2018)

Jan 26, 2018
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Hypersonics

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Hypersonic Race Heats With Boeing Reusable Demonstrator Concept

Jan 23, 2018
Boeing leverages X-43, X-51 and XB-70 design legacy to challenge Lockheed Martin for future hypersonic strike/reconnaissance role.

Urban Air Transport

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Reality Check for Urban eVTOL On Safety And Production

Jan 26, 2018
Vertical-lift OEMs warn that the best helicopter safety standards and production processes will be inadequate to ensure success of urban eVTOL air taxi market.
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Singapore To Test Drone Delivery In 'Smart Nation'

Jan 25, 2018
Airbus Helicopters prepares to launch a drone-based urban package-delivery trial service developed with partners in Singapore.

Interview

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Interview: The World According to John Leahy

Jan 22, 2018
Airbus chief salesman John Leahy, now that retirement is near, reflects on his career and how the industry has changed.

Technology

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Gesture Recognition Could Control Unmanned Aircraft On Carrier Decks

Jan 23, 2018
Systems Technology demos a machine-learning approach to maneuvering UAVs on carrier decks by recognizing the same gestures used to direct human pilots.
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The Week In Technology, Jan. 22-28, 2018

Jan 22, 2018
AirSpaceX eVTOL design taps electric vehicle tech; Zephyr stratospheric UAV for civil use; beefing up AUDS’ combat counter-UAS; reusable hypersonics study.

Safety

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‘In-Time’ Could Be Future Safety Standard

Jan 24, 2018
U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine describes a domain-wide system that would continuously monitor the airspace to identify risks.

Commercial Aviation

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A380 Crisis: It Is Not Over Yet

Jan 26, 2018
Emirates new order “underscores Airbus’ commitment to produce the A380 at least for another 10 years,” says departing sales chief John Leahy.
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ATR Addresses Regional Pilot Training

Jan 26, 2018
While ATR is working on an advanced vision system, lighter seats and a short-takeoff-and-landing version, it must help customers with a regional pilot shortage.

Space

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Rocket Lab’s Smallsat Launcher Enters Commercial Service

Jan 26, 2018
Rocket Lab’s Electron small-satellite launcher blasted off from New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula on Jan. 20 for a second test flight.

Defense

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For A-10 Pilots, Oxygen Deprivation Is Recurring Problem

Jan 22, 2018
Warthog pilots,have reported nine hypoxialike events since the beginning of fiscal 2017.
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Has China Replaced Russia As U.S.’s No. 1 Rival?

Jan 26, 2018
The U.S. targets China and Russia in its latest defense strategy, but what’s to stop both powers ganging up against Washington?
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Future Of Anglo-French UCAV Demonstrator Is Hazy

Jan 25, 2018
Are London and Paris balking at the high costs associated with the UCAV demonstrator’s development?
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The Week in Defense, Jan. 25-Feb. 1, 2018

Jan 25, 2018
India tests nuke-capable ICBM; court allows U.S. Army/Airbus sole-source deal; U.S. OKs Belgium F-35 sale; weapons tests on Russia’s most advanced fighter.

Rotorcraft

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Airbus Adjusts Heavy Helicopter Vision

Jan 26, 2018
Super Puma replacement may be rescoped for multirole mission as commercial market tumbles.
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South Korean Marines Consider Attack Version Of Surion Helicopter

Jan 25, 2018
The South Korean army rejected the bulky Surion as inappropriate for the attack mission, but the marines regard it as a candidate for the role.

Up Front

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Opinion: Why Pentagon Budget Boost Is Not A Done Deal

Jan 23, 2018
The federal deficit and interest rates threaten to constrain the Pentagon’s budget.

Going Concerns

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Pentagon Making Acquisition Speed An Equal Priority

Jan 26, 2018
Marines are used to getting people to move faster. Now a Marine is ordering the aerospace sector to do just that, and it would behoove industry to snap to it.

Airline Intel

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Market Trends, Timing And Competition Complicate NMA Case

Jan 25, 2018
Boeing needs to be able to offer what is likely to become a small twin-aisle aircraft at a very low price in order to capture some of the market.

The Launchpad

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NASA Aiming for Safer Space Taxis With Analytical Risk Assessment

Jan 24, 2018
Rating commercial crew vehicles on their chance of flight fatality turns out to be a nuanced art and science.

Viewpoint

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Opinion: The U.S.’s Dangerous New Nuclear Policy

Jan 26, 2018
The draft Nuclear Posture Review would lower the bar for a nuclear first strike and seeks to add new types of weapons to the U.S. arsenal.

Feedback

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Letters From Our Readers (Jan. 29, 2018)

Jan 26, 2018
Pilot safety, pilot retention and responses to a commentary on President Trump's defense posture dominated the recent reader exchanges.

Who's Where

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New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections (January 29, 2018)

Jan 26, 2018
Aviation Partners Boeing promoted Mike Stowell to president and CEO. ManTech International Corp. promoted George J. Pedersen to executive chairman.

Aerospace Calendar

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Aerospace Calendar And Aviation Week Events (Jan. 29, 2018)

Jan 26, 2018
Upcoming aviation and aerospace industry events and Aviation Week Network events