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Aviation Week & Space Technology Covers From 2021

December 14, 2021

January 11 - 24 - Front-Runners And Dark Horses: Who Is Leading The UAM Race?

A half-dozen startups are making the pace in the race to unlock UAM, with at least as many close behind. Who will be the winners?

January 25 - February 7 - Virgin Territory

Virgin Orbit had barely tweeted news of the successful Jan. 17 space debut of its LauncherOne vehicle on social media when new launch contracts began arriving in the company’s email inbox.

February 8 - 21 - Reaper's Next 20 Years

Neal Blue’s original idea for what became the feared MQ-9 Reaper was not an armed unmanned aircraft system at all, or even a military reconnaissance platform.

February 22 - March 7 - Opening Salvo

Beyond its conventional cruise missile development efforts with the UK, France is also pursuing the development of a replacement of the AMSP-A nuclear-tipped missile for its strategic forces.

March 8 - 21 - EDL: Live To Tape

A suite of video cameras provided an unprecedented view of what it is like to land on Mars.

March 22 - April 8 - F-35A Is Caught In Acquisition Dogfight Within The U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force is seeking alternatives to the only domestic stealth fighter in production.

April 5 - 18 -Electric Pioneer

Several airlines explore business cases and operational feasibility of replacing small turboprops with all-electric aircraft very soon.

April 19 - May 2- From Kitty Hawk To Jezero Crater

NASA prepares for the first powered flight on Mars.

May 3 - 16 - Nuclear Options

NASA gets serious again about nuclear space propulsion for missions to Mars and beyond.

May 17 - 30 - Regional Renaissance

Embraer and ATR devise new strategies after several OEMs have exited the regional market.

May 31 - June 13 - In For The Long-Haul

Widebody market in crisis following long boom.

June 14 - 27 - Supersonic Return

Almost two decades after the Concorde's retirement, United's Boom Overture order signals a commercial supersonic revival.

June 28 - July 11 - Open Options

GE-Safran demonstrator aims to make open-rotor engines a reality for new single-aisle aircraft.

July 12 - 25 - Swiss Summit

Switzerland looks to the U.S. to meet future air defense needs with F-35 and Patriot selections.

July 26 - August 8 - The Rise of the Private Astronauts

Virgin Galactic’s Unity-22 and Blue Origin’s New Shepard-16 open a new chapter in human spaceflight

August 9 - 29 - Freighter Face-Off

After being largely absent from the new-build freighter market, Airbus proceeds with the A350 freighter, and Boeing considers its response

August 30 - September 12 - Hybrid Connection

Ampaire completes trial flights with a hybrid-electric testbed on regional airline route in Scotland

September 13 - 26 - Fixed Focus

Beta Technolgoies’ Alia eVTOL hews as close to a conventional fixed-wing aircraft as possible

September 27 - October 10 - U.S. Human Spaceflight Sans NASA

SpaceX completes first civilian charter in low Earth orbit

October 11 - 24 - Full Hand

Gulfstream Aerospace debuts the G400 and G800, in stealthy development for years.

October 25 - November 7 - Sustaining Strategy

Despite unprecedented fiscal pressures, Boeing says continuing ecoDemonstrator support is investing in the future.

November 8 - 21 - Middle East Fighter Transformation

Air forces in Middle East transition to new fighter fleets.

November 22 - December 5 - Webb’s World

The success of the James Webb Space Telescope is riding on 10 new technologies developed for it.

December 6 - 19 - Photo Contest Winners

Emerging from pandemic isolation, photographers traveled to air shows, airports and space launch sites again to snap the stunning images in this year’s issue
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joe bacheller
Wed, 12/15/2021 - 13:52
Alaska Air photo was excellent
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