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Aviation Week & Space Technology, November 16, 2015

VOL. 177 NO. 45 November 16, 2015

Human Spaceflight

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Notional SLS Mission Manifest Already Reaches Mars

Nov 11, 2015
Ideas abound as NASA takes a deeper look at how it will use the big new Saturn V-class Space Launch System in the 2020s and beyond.
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SLS Rocket Could Help Scientists Answer Big Questions

Nov 16, 2015
NASA is betting that the search for the signatures of life can be enhanced by the massive Space Launch System now being built.

Commercial Aviation

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Test Period Compressed As Mitsubishi MRJ Makes First Flight

Nov 13, 2015
The sight of the MRJ flying past Mount Fuji will gladden the many Japanese who have long been frustrated by the mismatch between the country’s advanced aerospace technology, notably in manufacturing, and its failure to make its own complete airliner since the 1970s.
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Vueling’s Cruz Accelerating Change At British Airways

Nov 16, 2015
British Airways and other legacy carriers are increasingly tapping the expertise of low-cost carrier executives to increase efficiency.
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Airbus Goes Slow On A380neo, Like Emirates On A350/787 Order

Nov 10, 2015
Airbus gives Emirates some hope for the A380neo, while the airline considers ordering more A350s but keeps options open for the 787. Neither is acting quickly.

Dubai Airshow 2015

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Emirates Awaits Airbus Decision On A380neo

Nov 13, 2015
Airbus makes clear at the Dubai Airshow that it plans to build the new A380 version and possibly a larger A350 variant.
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Boeing’s New Midsize Airplane Plan Evolves

Nov 12, 2015
Although it will be years before Boeing officially commits to a new midsize airplane, clues about its potential design abound.
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UAE Launches Swing-Role Surveillance Development

Nov 12, 2015
After the failure of the E-10, Saab re-imagines the multi-sensor, single platform surveillance capability.
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UAE Experimenting With New Rotary Capabilities

Nov 12, 2015
UAE invests in tiltrotor and sends new light attack helos to Yemen.
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Pace Of Export Approvals Worries Defense Executives

Nov 12, 2015
U.S. industry, banking on worldwide sales, worries that the glacial government approval process could affect pending export deals.

Space

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ViaSat Planning Global Ka-band Constellation

Nov 11, 2015
Delivering a staggering 1 terabits per second of throughput, ViaSat-3 will also comprise the first spacecraft in a three-satellite constellation designed to provide global broadband from geostationary orbit, feeding mobile demand from the U.S. government and commercial aeronautical markets.

Technology

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Darpa Flies Hack-proofed Unmanned Little Bird

Nov 09, 2015
Mathematically proving software that does only what it is supposed to provides a route to eliminating cybervulnerabilities in airborne systems, Darpa’s Hacms program demonstrates.
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China’s Scramjet Claim Puzzles U.S. Hypersonic Researchers

Nov 09, 2015
China boasts a first in flying a regeneratively cooled, kerosene-fueled scramjet engine, but this feat seemingly repeats what the U.S. achieved in 2010-13 with the hypersonic X-51A.
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The Week in Technology, Nov. 9-13, 2015

Nov 09, 2015
Pipistrel pioneers cloud-based CFD; navigation by pulsar; NASA’s Ptera UAV is a flying lab; aviation fuel from gas tested; Aeryon gets equity boost for small UAVs.

Defense

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LRS-B Work Stops As GAO Reviews Protest

Nov 12, 2015
Boeing, Lockheed’s LRS-B protest could be aimed more at Congress than the GAO
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The Week In Defense, Nov. 12-19, 2015

Nov 12, 2015
Avic reveals details about China’s answer to the F-35; Boeing and Tata pursue ‘Make in India’ manufacturing center of excellence; Textron readies small precision weapons for purchase in 2016; Lebanon’s low-cost UAV.

MRO

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New Entrants Attracted To Aircraft Dismantling Arena

Nov 13, 2015
With 9,900 aircraft forecast to retire in the next decade, nontraditional players are chasing the disassembly market.

Up Front

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Opinion: Fictional Work Gives View Of Future Wars

Nov 12, 2015
Works in the Atlantic Council’s War Stories From the Future depict “how emerging antagonists, disruptive technologies, and novel warfighting concepts may animate tomorrow’s conflicts.”

Inside Business Aviation

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Global 7000 Primed To Enter Service In 2018

Nov 12, 2015
Bombardier says its Global 7000 will now enter service in 2018, but seems awfully quiet about the 8000’s schedule.

Leading Edge

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Cellular Technology, Challenges At Heart Of Small UAS Plans

Nov 13, 2015
Google X executive sets 2017 as the target date to begin commercial deliveries by unmanned aircraft, but will the technology and the airspace be ready by then?

In Orbit

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Dream Chaser's Cargo Version Could Get Boost From NASA

Nov 11, 2015
NASA evaluators appear to have winnowed the field for future ISS cargo contractors to the commercial-cargo capsules already operated by CRS-1 contractors Orbital ATK and SpaceX and an unmanned cargo version of the Sierra Nevada Corp. Dream Chaser reusable lifting body.

Washington Outlook

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Commercial Space Bill | Precision Weapons Demand

Nov 13, 2015
Commercial space bill nears final passage; Middle East nations seek precision weapons; DHS pledges new security enhancements; and Ex-Im Bank reauthorization takes another step forward.

Viewpoint

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Opinion: A New Bomber For $550 Million? Not Likely

Nov 13, 2015
If you believe LRS-B cost numbers or that Congress will buy 100 of them, you’re ignoring history.