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Aviation Week & Space Technology, July 13, 2015

VOL. 177 NO. 27 July 13, 2015

Military Training

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Europe’s Helicopter Forces Train In Italy

Jul 09, 2015
Interoperability of Europe’s helicopter crews is tested by the Italian Blade exercise.
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Live, Virtual, Constructive: A New Paradigm For Training?

Jul 09, 2015
Could live, virtual training fundamentally change the dynamics of future Red Flags?

Defense

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South Korea, Australia Order A330 MRTTs

Jul 09, 2015
With Seoul’s selection of the A330 MRTT, the Airbus tanker has now beaten the Boeing KC-46 in nine non-U.S. competitions. Launch customer Australia, meanwhile, has set Airbus’s airliner-to-tanker conversion program in motion.

Commercial Aviation

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China Gets A330 Plant, But Airlines Must Take A330s

Jul 07, 2015
The Chinese government has ordered A330s in bulk and will encourage—if necessary, direct—Chinese airlines to take them. Hainan Airlines has the best reason to comply.
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Can Big Four U.S. Carriers Hang On To Their Comfortable Ride?

Jul 10, 2015
It may be difficult to prove, but the Justice Department is looking into how the big four U.S. airlines may have publicly signaled each other about capacity discipline.
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Aegean Growth Strategy Threatened By Greece’s Imminent Insolvency

Jul 10, 2015
The latest Greek financial crisis may seriously affect Aegean Airlines, which has grown in the past few years despite continuous national fiscal problems.
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Heathrow Expansion Faces Political, Legal Obstacles

Jul 06, 2015
The U.K. Airports Commission’s unanimous decision to select the £15 billion northwest runway option proposed by Heathrow’s owners was hardly a surprise, but it will likely provoke protests.
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Tokyo Strategies Differ For ANA, JAL

Jul 10, 2015
Japan’s big two airlines are following different courses on international growth, but both are adding to what are already the world’s largest Boeing 787 fleets.
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Vietnam Airlines Looks At Possible New Boeing Orders

Jul 09, 2015
Vietnam Airlines says it is considering orders for new Boeing 777X/787-10s as part of a further boost to its long-term fleet-upgrade plans.

Rotorcraft

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Incremental Improvements In The ‘Greening’ Of Helicopters

Jul 10, 2015
Airbus trials technologies to improve fuel efficiency, payload and environmental impact of helicopters.

Technology

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Dzyne RotorWing Tackles Long-Endurance VTOL Challenge

Jul 06, 2015
Design house Dzyne Technologies is flying a subscale model of an VTOL unmanned aircraft that uses its wing as its rotor.
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Technology Strategy Sets Goals For U.K. Industry Civil R&D

Jul 06, 2015
U.K. government investment in civil aerospace R&D is now channeled through the Aerospace Technology Institute, and the organization releases its first strategy to guide where the money will be spent.
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The Week In Technology, July 6-10, 2015

Jul 06, 2015
Clinic deliveries by UAS; new turbine superalloys in the mix; airline backs biofuel from waste; Embraer to fly ecoDemonstrator; better carbon-fiber repairs.

Space

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Aerojet Rocketdyne Faces Thorny Path To EELV

Jul 14, 2015
The U.S. Air Force might need to continue using Russian-made RD-180 engines for the time being, despite congressional wishes otherwise, crimping Aerojet Rocketdyne’s EELV ambitions.
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ISS Research Trumps Supplies Despite Cargo Failures

Jul 10, 2015
The recent ISS cargo failures are not slowing down the momentum toward research focus, especially when it comes to space commercialization.
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Celebration On ISS After Successful Resupply

Jul 08, 2015
Russia’s Progress 60 resupply vehicle delivered supplies to ISS crew, along with a sense of relief to space handlers worldwide in the aftermath of a spate of resupply mission launch failures.

Face to Face

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Raytheon CEO Says Key Is Being Own Disruptor

Jul 10, 2015
In a Q&A with Aviation Week editors, Raytheon Chairman and CEO Tom Kennedy talks about new opportunities, challenges, and being his own disruptor.

Up Front

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Opinion: How To Improve Earnings Calls

Jul 10, 2015
Aerospace management leaders who explain more in earnings calls may be better able to win the battle for talent and capital, too.

Airline Intel

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Opinion: High Hurdle For Airline Collusion Investigators

Jul 07, 2015
If regulators are concerned about the Big Four U.S. carriers colluding, why did they allow so much consolidation in the first place?

Inside Business Aviation

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AirVenture’s Unofficial Watering Hole Is Primed

Jul 10, 2015
The fabled Oshkosh tavern is always a great place to unwind—and get some aerial history with your drink—during the EAA.

Leading Edge

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Technology Strategy To Bolster U.K. Industry’s Supplier Role

Jul 10, 2015
Strategy for government and industry R&D investment aims to build the U.K.’s position as a supplier of key components and systems for civil aircraft as new architectures and configurations emerge.

In Orbit

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NASA Seeks Human Landing Site On Mars

Jul 08, 2015
How to get to Mars is only part of the question. NASA calls for ideas on the best places to actually land, optimal also for living, mining resources and conducting scientific exploration.

Washington Outlook

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Defense Bill Differences, Open Skies Lobbying and a Growing Space Economy

Jul 10, 2015
Will McCain’s proposal to bring service chiefs into weapons-buying process stand? Will Obama side with airlines or airframe makers? And the space economy grows.

Viewpoint

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Opinion: Nav Services Business Models Will Be Upended

Jul 10, 2015
The unfolding shift from air traffic control to air traffic management is rife with opportunities and fraught with peril.

Who's Where

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New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections (July 13, 2015)

Jul 10, 2015
Airberlin has named Desi Barkhuizen senior vice president-revenue management and pricing, and Ole Orver senior vice president-network strategy planning (see photos). Barkhuizen rejoins the airline after a five-year stint as vice president-revenue management at strategic partner Etihad Airways; Orver was most recently senior vice president-corporate planning at Qatar Airways.

Feedback

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Letters From Our Readers (July 13, 2015)

Jul 10, 2015
Remote towers and security concerns; the Moon's limited assets; gravity of loss of Falcon 9 noted; Gulf carriers, some good and bad points; FAA partly to blame for high-fare situation