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Aviation Week & Space Technology, September 24, 2018

VOL. 180 NO. 38 September 24, 2018

International Space Station

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New Mission For ISS: Go Commercial

Sep 21, 2018
As the International Space Station marks 20 years in low Earth orbit, NASA faces new imperative to expand its commercial realm.
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ISS Crew Finds, Patches Leak, But Source Proves More Elusive

Sep 17, 2018
Russia is investigating how a drill hole ended up in the upper section of a Soyuz capsule that carried three crewmembers to the ISS in June.

Defense

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J-Stars Demise Paves Way For Radical Shift In U.S. Air Force Strategy

Sep 20, 2018
U.S. Air Force hits point of no return on multidomain operational strategy.
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F-35 Factory Copes With Growth Spurt As Lot 11 Negotiations Drag On

Sep 21, 2018
Can Lockheed Martin’s global production system meet ambitious delivery, pricing targets?
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Affordability Initiative May Bring F-35 Price Under $80 Million

Sep 21, 2018
Through two phases of its Blueprint for Affordability program, Lockheed Martin has saved $5 billion over the program life cycle with a $250 million investment.
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Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ Carvalho On Six Years Of Growth

Sep 21, 2018
Driven by the F-35 and hypersonic programs, the defense contractor’s largest division sees 50% growth from 2012 to 2018.
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Raytheon To Add Commercial, Space-Based Sigint To Dataset

Sep 18, 2018
Hawkeye 360 is just the latest small satellite company to attract attention from the U.S. defense industry.
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Armed eVTOLs Could Provide Troops With Organic Air Cover

Sep 21, 2018
MBDA has begun flight-testing an armed eVTOL aircraft concept.
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Israel And Russia Wrangle Over Syrian Shootdown

Sep 21, 2018
Israel denies Russian claims and blames Syrian forces for indiscriminate anti-aircraft fire.
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UK Test Pilot School Adapting For Systems-Rich Flight-Test Era

Sep 19, 2018
Fundamental change for ETPS coming with new fleet and modernized learning processes.

Air Traffic Management

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Airbus Proposes Blueprint For Integrating Autonomous Aviation

Sep 18, 2018
Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost lays out a road map for transforming low-altitude airspace to enable growth in unmanned aircraft and autonomous air taxis.

Commercial Aviation

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Rolls-Royce Unveils Details Of Trent 1000 Fixes And Testing

Sep 20, 2018
Revised compressor blade design nears certification as Rolls uses flying testbed to validate durability of Trent 1000 with cracks still in place.
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Boeing NMA Engine And Fuselage-Shape Selections Loom

Sep 19, 2018
Boeing’s upcoming decisions will be an indication of how it plans to curb the NMA’s life-cycle cost.
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Supply Chain Ramp-Up Bodes Well For Boeing 737 Production Recovery

Sep 17, 2018
Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems and CFM all say they are almost back on track, but the depth of 737 production issues has become much clearer recently.
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Schulz Departure Adds To Complex Airbus Leadership Turnover

Sep 18, 2018
Airbus promotes company veteran Christian Scherer to the key post of sales chief, following Eric Schulz’s unexpected resignation.
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Superjet Faces Western Airline Pushback, But Aeroflot Wants More SSJs

Sep 20, 2018
With poor spares availability, Interjet wants to reduce its Superjet fleet, and Brussels Airlines is looking for wet-lease alternatives.
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Airline Groups Maneuver As Opening Of Beijing’s New Airport Approaches

Sep 19, 2018
Beijing’s business travelers are likely to prefer Capital International after the new airport at Daxing opens. But airlines see Daxing as having its own market.
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Flight Attendant Feedback Delivers Crossover-Jet Design Efficiencies

Sep 21, 2018
Designers of the new generation of crossover narrowbody jets have taken into account the cabin crew.

Space

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Satellite Industry Compelled To Reinvent Itself

Sep 18, 2018
With the communications satellite market still in flux, launch service providers are counting on aggregators and manufacturers to broaden their product ranges.

Technology

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The Week In Technology, Sept. 17-21, 2018

Sep 17, 2018
Comac’s braced wing; Tiltwing intercity VTOL; NASA’s UAM Challenge; Longer-flying drone; Transatlantic on biofuel

Inside Business Aviation

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‘Citizen Of The World’ Pilot Aims To Fly Pole To Pole In December

Sep 21, 2018
The multipurpose mission will be the second Earth circumnavigation for pilot Robert DeLaurentis.

The Launchpad

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Japanese Entrepreneur Books SpaceX BFR To Fly To Moon With Artists

Sep 21, 2018
An early customer for BFR puts a meaningful dent in estimated $5 billion development cost of BFR, says Musk.