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Aviation Week & Space Technology, March 5, 2018

Technology

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AIA: Large Passenger/Cargo UAS Market To Reach $30 Billion By 2036

Feb 26, 2018
Large commercial unmanned aircraft for cargo and passengers are closer than people believe, argues new report from U.S. trade body the AIA, and regulators need to start getting ready.
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Batteries Ready To Power Electric Regional Aircraft, Says Eviation

Feb 26, 2018
Israeli startup Eviation has selected Kokam to supply batteries to power a nine-passenger, all-electric regional aircraft, to fly by early 2019.
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Counterdrone Market Maturing As Customers Make Decisions

Mar 01, 2018
Portable jamming devices and fixed-site systems that avoid jamming to prevent collateral interference with radio signals are among counterdrone products of interest to early buyers.
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The Week In Technology, Feb. 26-March 2, 2018

Feb 26, 2018
Suburban drone delivery, turbine power for UAVs, automating track inspection, wind-resistant quadrotors and rolling composite parts.
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Batteries Ready To Power Electric Regional Aircraft, Says Eviation

Feb 26, 2018
Israeli startup Eviation has selected Kokam to supply batteries to power a nine-passenger, all-electric regional aircraft, to fly by early 2019.

Space

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Tsunami Of Smallsats Creating Opportunities And Problems

Feb 28, 2018
Megaconstellations of broadband satellites are expected to join flocks of cubesats in increasingly crowded low Earth orbit.
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Startup Bringing Plasma Propulsion Technology To Smallsat Crowd

Mar 01, 2018
Michigan-based Orbion is aiming to fly Hall effect thruster on smallsat in 2019.

Business Aviation

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Dassault's Falcon 5X Successor To Enter Service In 2022

Mar 02, 2018
The Falcon 6X retains most of the Falcon 5X’s systems, and Its PW812D engines are new and lighter-weight versions of the PW814GA and PW815GA turbofans.

Rotorcraft

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Incremental Change Coming To Light Helicopter Market

Mar 02, 2018
Kopter Group bags biggest order tally at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas, and the market is finally looking up.

Fast Five

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Five Questions For Bombardier Aircraft’s Commercial Sales Chief

Mar 02, 2018
Bombardier exec talks about C Series plans with Airbus and his take on a potential Boeing-Embraer tie-up.

Commercial Aviation

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Boeing Poised To Begin 777X Assembly

Feb 26, 2018
Parts for the first 777-9 are arriving from all over the world at Everett, Washington, where preparations for assembly and testing of the first of Boeing’s new-generation 777X twinjet family are in the final phases.
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Are Europe’s Airlines Overstretching Themselves?

Feb 27, 2018
After a good 2017, major European airlines are planning capacity increases­—but are they biting off more than they can chew?
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HNA Sells Down Airlines, Bundles Them To Raise More Funds

Feb 28, 2018
HNA’s airlines will become more closely integrated into the Chinese state and be better placed to receive further support in the future, especially subsidies.
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Meridiana’s Air Italy Rebrand Marks New Ambition

Mar 02, 2018
Italian carrier Meridiana is rebranding as Air Italy, aiming to compete with growing LCCs and insolvent Alitalia, whose ongoing woes highlight the challenge.

Defense

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How U.S. Air Force Is Preparing For War With China

Feb 27, 2018
The service is readying for a great-power conflict by accelerating development of a next-generation fighter family and redefining battle management.
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China’s Electromagnetic Weapon Surge

Feb 26, 2018
After fitting a railgun to the bow of a ship, the People’s Liberation Army is pointing to an apparent slowdown in development by the U.S.
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International Militaries Becoming Targets For Lessors

Feb 26, 2018
Portugal’s Skytech sees military leasing of Embraer KC-390 as future business model.
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Japan Deploys Its First F-35, Considers Buying More

Mar 01, 2018
The first batch of F-35As will replace Japan’s 51 remaining F-4EJ Kai Phantoms. More could replace some F-15s.
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TacAir Revives Jordan’s Tigers For ADAIR Contracts

Feb 28, 2018
Commercial companies are importing dozens of F1s, F-5s and F-16s to meet the Pentagon’s growing demand for aerial combat training services.
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The Week In Defense, March 1-8, 2018

Mar 01, 2018
India’s indigenous UAS; L-39NG airframe assembly begins; Italian Air Force’s new Predator training system, and Kratos to upgrade C2 system for Boeing satellites.

Inside Business Aviation

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Patient Transport Operation Poised For Enormous Growth Spurt

Mar 01, 2018
Upon merging with American Medical Response, Air Medical Group Holdings will become the largest patient transport operation in the world.

The Launchpad

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New Space Telescope To Survey For Nearby Earthlike Worlds

Feb 28, 2018
TESS expected to find targets for future exoplanet atmospheric studies by James Webb Space Telescope.

Viewpoint

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Opinion: Industry Can Help Prevent Drone Disasters

Feb 27, 2018
As government builds regulations to protect aviation infrastructure, it should work with industry, which is already developing technologies to enhance safety.