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Aviation Week & Space Technology, August 31, 2015

VOL. 177 NO. 34 August 31, 2015

Aeronautical Engineering

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Lockheed, NASA Advanced Airlifter Tests Validate Fuel Savings

Aug 28, 2015
Has Lockheed Martin found the right mix of advanced design and conventional thinking with its Hybrid Wing Body airlifter concept? Wind-tunnel tests confirm its efficiency promise and a demonstrator is on the cards.
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Lockheed HWB Test Showcases NTF Tunnel Capabilities

Aug 28, 2015
Highly accurate performance tests on Lockheed Martin’s HWB airlifter design stress the National Transonic Facility’s capability to reproduce near-flight-like aerodynamic conditions.

First Take

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First Take (Aug. 31 , 2015)

Aug 28, 2015
DEFENSE After years of delays, the U.S. Army and Navy have awarded Lockheed Martin a $66.3 million contract to develop a dual-mode millimeter-wave-radar/semi-active-laser guidance section for the Hellfire II air-to-surface missile under the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile program.

Technology

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NASA’s Electric-Propulsion Wing Test Helps Shape Next X-Plane

Sep 04, 2015
Its next X-plane may still be on the drawing board, but NASA is already learning the challenges it will face building and testing the aircraft, which will demonstrate distributed electric propulsion.
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Subscale Model Flight Testing Expands Role At NASA

Aug 24, 2015
Working on a shoestring budget, NASA Armstrong’s “model lab” is testing potentially game-changing aerodynamic innovations as well as designs that could one day be the first aircraft to fly over Mars
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The Week in Technology, Aug. 24-28, 2015

Aug 24, 2015
Transonic buffet mitigation; sensor helps pierce brownout environments; airport noise reduction via steeper approaches trialed; "skycar" proposed to handle rescue missions

Business Aviation

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VTOL Business Aircraft Project Takes CrowdFunding Route

Aug 28, 2015
Former Sikorsky and Cessna presidents, Piper chief designer lead effort to develop ducted-fan vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for point-to-point executive travel.

Connectivity

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Airlines See Benefit In Broadband Beyond Inflight Entertainment

Aug 25, 2015
New connectivity software could help with everything from pilot flight planning to flight crew inventory control.
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Internet Access Nearing On Asian, European Short-Haul Services

Sep 08, 2015
Airlines around the world are realizing they need to offer Internet access network-wide, not only on long-haul flights.

Commercial Aviation

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Boeing Prepares 777X Folding Wingtip Prototype Tests

Sep 02, 2015
Boeing is testing a deployable wingtip feature, the first of its kind to enter service on any commercial airliner, that will increase the 777X's overall span for flight and retract for ground operations.
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Strong Rebound Enables Qantas 787-9 Orders

Aug 25, 2015
Australian carrier confirms aircraft purchases after reporting dramatic earnings turnaround.
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Checklist Lack, Chain Of Events Cited In Jet2 Emergency

Aug 28, 2015
Minor problems cascade to make life difficult for a Jet2 crew on an early evening approach to East Midlands.

Space

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Canada Reiterates Support For SAR Satellite Upgrades

Aug 26, 2015
With a large area to cover, Canada plans to build 24 repeaters for the global Medium Earth Orbit Search-and-Rescue project.
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Japanese Cargo Delivery Eases ISS Supply Crunch

Aug 26, 2015
Restocking, including crucial filters for environmental control systems, will keep the space station productive with six crewmembers
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Progress Made In Assembly-Free Space Structure Field

Aug 26, 2015
Silicon Valley startup is investigating using additive manufacturing techniques to enable fabrication of large structures in space that would collapse under their own weight on Earth

Defense

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Stolen Emails Provide Cyberwarfare Lessons

Sep 08, 2015
Hackers are earning top-dollar to find security gaps in computer systems, but companies are slow to patch them, and government protections are uneven.
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European Air Forces Explore Using Outside Operators For Aviator Training

Aug 28, 2015
Contractors study options to reduce operational cost of fifth-generation fighter fleets.
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Russia Upgrades Jamming Technology

Aug 28, 2015
High-powered radar jammers blur the line between interference and damage.
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U.S. Strategy Details Military Buildup In Pacific

Aug 27, 2015
From the F-22 to bombers and new aircraft carriers, the U.S. pivot to the Asia-Pacific is becoming more and more visible

Up Front

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Opinion: The Best Way To Reinvigorate Air Travel

Aug 28, 2015
Instead of investing in faster aircraft, what about investing in something that would truly make a difference for the majority of passengers?

Going Concerns

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Opinion: Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better When It Comes To Aircraft

Aug 28, 2015
Market factors show the twin-aisles are very healthy now and will prevail as the aircraft of choice for most airlines going forward.

Airline Intel

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Qantas Success Shows Legacy Road Map

Aug 28, 2015
All of the Australian carrier’s business units are now profitable, and how it did that can help guide other big carriers.

In Orbit

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GPS Pressed Into Service For Hurricane Tracking

Aug 26, 2015
The Southwest Research Institute is working on a set of eight microsatellites designed to improve hurricane tracking by measuring GPS signals reflected off the ocean surface beneath the gathering storm.

Commander's Intent

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Opinion: Sizing Up The U.S. Air Force’s Next Bomber

Aug 31, 2015
Some people conjecture that the next bomber will be supersonic or B-2-sized. It probably won’t be either.

Washington Outlook

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Raptor To Europe; Pilots On Air Traffic Privatization; Pakistan’s Nukes

Aug 28, 2015
The Air Force is sending F-22s to Europe, airline pilots prepare for a stopgap FAA bill, Pakistan is making 20 nuclear weapons a year and a blunt solution to unwanted drone flights.

Viewpoint

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Opinion: Why It's Time To Re-Evaluate MH370 Search Efforts

Aug 31, 2015
With the current strategy, it could take 20 years to find wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines 777-200ER.

Feedback

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Letters From Our Readers (Aug. 31, 2015)

Aug 28, 2015
Refueling comments, two different angles; either/or approach to design philosophies questioned.

Who's Where

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New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections (Aug. 31, 2015)

Aug 28, 2015
Daryl Taylor has been named vice president-operations and general manager at Airbus Americas’ Mobile, Alabama, plant. After transition training at Airbus assembly facilities in Europe, he will take the reins from Ulrich Weber, who led the construction and commissioning of the plant, Airbus’s first in the U.S. Taylor most recently has been vice president and general manager of two GKN Aerospace facilities in Kansas and California.

Aerospace Calendar

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Conferences & Exhibitions (Aug. 31, 2015)

Aug 31, 2015
Future Events Oct. 13-15—MRO Europe. London. Nov. 3-5—MRO Asia-Pacific. Singapore. Nov. 3-5—AerospaceDefenseChain. Scottsdale, Arizona. Jan. 21-22, 2016—MRO Latin America. Lima, Peru. Feb. 3-4, 2016—MRO Middle East. Dubai. March 3, 2016—Laureates. Washington. April 4-5, 2016—Brazing Symposium. Dallas, Texas.
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Upcoming Events (Aug. 31, 2015)

Aug 28, 2015
Sept. 1-4—European Rotorcraft Forum-2015. Technical University of Munich. Munich. See erf2015.dglr.de Sept. 9-10—CargoIS Forum. Sheraton Munich…