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Aviation Week & Space Technology, November 21, 2016

VOL. 178 NO. 47 November 21, 2016

Technology

DARPA Sees Cockpit Assistance Building Pilots’ Trust In Autonomy

Nov 18, 2016

Aurora Flight Sciences and Sikorsky complete autonomy demonstrations under Phase 2 of DARPA’s ALIAS cockpit-automation program. Both are now bidding for Phase 3, to mature selected technologies for transition to potential customers—military and commercial.

Digital Aircraft Structures Could Reduce Weight, Save Fuel

Dec 21, 2016

Digital imagery provides the model for a new approach to assembling complex aircraft structures from small and simple, mass-produced building blocks.

NASA: Anomalies Drive UAS Traffic Management

Nov 18, 2016

NASA is looking for a few good anomalies to help researchers develop an unmanned aircraft traffic management system that will work any time and all the time.

FAA Says UAV Registrations And Pilot Applications Booming

Nov 18, 2016

After massively simplifying rules, the FAA is seeing strong growth in remote pilot applications and UAV registrations for commercial uses.

Lockheed, Sikorsky Show Off Their Combined Unmanned Abilities

Nov 18, 2016

What do you get when combining Lockheed’s Indago quadcopter, fixed-wing Desert Hawk and optionally piloted K-Max with Sikorsky’s SARA autonomous helicopter?

AeroVironment Launches Into Commercial Drone Market

Nov 15, 2016

The company has formed the Commercial Information Solutions business unit and launched the Quantix, a tailsitting drone that takes off and lands vertically but transitions to wingborne forward flight for increased efficiency and range.

AeroVironment Enters Commercial Drone Market With Hybrid Quadcopter

Nov 15, 2016

The Week in Technology, Nov. 14-18, 2016

Nov 14, 2016

Fly/drive drone launched; Unmanned resupply advanced; UTM’s out-of-sight demo; C-Astral goes solar-powered; Aerotenna’s radar avoids obstacles.

First Take

First Take (Nov. 21, 2016)

Nov 18, 2016

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The Trump Era

Incoming: What To Watch For From The Trump Administration

Nov 18, 2016

Donald Trump’s election to the White House means change is coming to the A&D world, but practically no one—maybe not even the president-elect—knows exactly what those changes will be.

Military Training

‘Red Air’ Contractors Grow As Industry Builds An Air Force

Nov 15, 2016

Private companies in the U.S. are buying up whole fleets of F-5s, A-4s, MiG-21s and F-16s to fly "bandit" training forces.

Nellis AFB Leads In Use Of Contractor-Based Aggressor Fleets

Nov 17, 2016

To meet immediate training and evaluation needs, Nellis AFB in Nevada has turned to contractor agressor fleets, a trend others may follow.

European Air Arms Begin To Embrace Contracted Red Air

Nov 16, 2016

Defense training by commercial operators is commonplace in Europe, but aerial aggressor work has yet to take off.

Canada Weighs Competing Bids For Airborne Training Services

Nov 17, 2016

Two companies offering airborne aggressor services vie for 10-year contract from Canadian Armed Forces.

Simulation And Training

New Tools For Military Multiengine Simulation And Training

Nov 18, 2016

While the flight needs of the U.S. Army and Navy could not be more dissimilar, the expectation for positive results through simulation and training upgrades is common.

Alabama Company Teaches All Things Mi-17

Nov 15, 2016

Built like a 1970s pickup truck, the trusty Mil Mi-17 is becoming popular with oil and gas companies in the Americas, who are increasingly sending their pilots and maintainers to Alabama to stay up to speed.

Commercial Aviation

Can Aeroflot Make The Top 20 Of Airlines?

Nov 17, 2016

Despite unfavorable conditions, Aeroflot continues to transform itself, showing strong traffic and revenue growth.

First Production CFM Leap 1B Engines Enter Predelivery Testing

Nov 14, 2016

CFM assembly sites are preparing for an unprecedented production increase as Leap engine rates rise.

Safran Shifts Leap Engine Program Focus To Cost Reduction

Nov 15, 2016

Safran already had planned on a 40% reduction of production costs for Leap over 2016-20, much of it by cutting supplier expenses.

Rockwell Collins Working On Touch Screens, Smarter Pilot Assistance

Nov 16, 2016

Cockpit automation is ramping up with improved displays in the short term, while data aggregation and interactive systems are in development.

Russia’s Only LCC Is Growing Fast And Expanding Internationally

Nov 18, 2016

Aeroflot Group’s LCC Pobeda is expanding rapidly and will make it harder for other low-cost airlines to enter the market.

Space

Casic Plans Big Solid Launcher That Competes With CASC

Nov 18, 2016

China's Casic says its KZ-11 can hurl 1 metric ton to a 700-km (430-mi.) sun-synchronous orbit, exactly the same that CASC attributed last year to Long March 6.

Defense

U.S. Air Force F-35s Ready For First Overseas Deployment

Nov 16, 2016

The first operational F-35A squadron’s participation in an upcoming theater security package will signal the U.S. military’s capability and credibility.

Meet Raytheon’s Drone-Destroying Microwave-Energy Weapon

Nov 11, 2016

Watch video of Raytheon’s swarm-destroying high-power microwave technology, demonstrated at the U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 2013. Details are now being released.

RAAF’s Maritime Surveillance Ability To Surge With P-8s, MQ-4s

Nov 18, 2016

The Australian P-8 Poseidon is due to arrive in November, heralding a decade of change.

How Grounded F-35s Returned To Flight

Nov 14, 2016

Aviation Week visited the U.S. Air Force’s first operational F-35 squadron to get an inside look at how maintainers fixed a problem with faulty insulation on the aircraft’s avionics cooling lines.

The Week in Defense, Nov. 17-24, 2016

Nov 17, 2016

In this week’s roundup: Singapore air force’s unusual runway, Poland receives two of eight new trainer aircraft, MBDA tests laser technology and Rolls-Royce partners with the U.S. Air Force to maintain Global Hawk engines.

Up Front

Opinion: Beware Republican Election Sweep Cross Currents

Nov 17, 2016

The Trump administration’s stance toward Russia, uncertain Pentagon allocations and geopolitical surpise could roil the U.S. defense industry in 2017.

Going Concerns

A&D Heavyweights Roll Out Venture Capital Arms

Nov 18, 2016

After years of declining research efforts, defense primes and aerospace OEMs are repositioning to become the perfect partners for startups via corporate venture capital projects.

Airline Intel

In Orbit

Trump NASA Transition Set In Motion

Nov 16, 2016

Space policy transition is taking shape slowly following Donald Trump’s surprise election victory.

Washington Outlook

How Will Trump Handle Russian Threat?

Nov 18, 2016

In this week’s Washington Outlook: Heritage Foundation on military options for new administration; Trump may back bilateral space ties with China; and the flood of new UAV pilots.

Feedback

Letters From Our Readers (Nov. 21, 2016)

Nov 18, 2016

Readers comment on supersonic aircraft advances; Boeing's 777X pursuit; climate-change doubter terminology; query about amount of space pollution

Who's Where

New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections (November 21, 2016)

Nov 18, 2016

The U.S. Air Force has made several general officer assignments: Maj. Gen. Timothy G. Fay has been named director of operations, strategic deterrence and nuclear integration for the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Africa, Ramstein AB, Germany. Fay, who had been director of strategic plans, deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and programs at the Pentagon, replaces Maj. Gen. John K. McMullen, who has been named vice commander of Air Combat Command Headquarters, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Also, Brig. Gen. Douglas K.

Aerospace Calendar

Aerospace Calendar And Aviation Week Events (Nov. 21, 2016)

Nov 18, 2016

Upcoming aviation and aerospace industry events in September and October, and Aviation Week Network events

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Technology

First Take

The Trump Era

Military Training

Simulation And Training

Commercial Aviation

Space

Defense

Up Front

Going Concerns

Airline Intel

In Orbit

Washington Outlook

Feedback

Who's Where

Aerospace Calendar