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Magazine Issue

Aviation Week & Space Technology, February 24, 2020

VOL. 182 NO. 8 February 24, 2020

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

business jet
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Bombardier Flies Into Uncertain Future As Business Aviation Specialist

Feb 19, 2020
Widely expected deals to sell train unit and the last of Bombardier’s commercial aero business, still leaves OEM in fragile bizav market.
parked jets
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737 MAX Inventory Clearing May Continue Into 2022

Feb 21, 2020
Undoing Boeing’s stockpile of roughly 900 grounded, parked and partially built MAXs and recoordinating its supply chain could take years.
medical supply cargo
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CAAC Backs Airline Mergers As Epidemic Response

Feb 18, 2020
The Chinese agency has long been vexed by the multiplicity of airlines. The industry crisis has prompted it to propose consolidation.
aircraft order
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Boeing And Airbus Need More Widebody Orders From China

Feb 17, 2020
Both aircraft manufacturers have been forced to reduce production rates for widebodies as weak demand persists.

FIRST TAKE

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First Take (Feb. 24, 2020)

Feb 21, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

AIR MOBILITY

demo jet
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Airbus Targets BWB Demo At Single-Aisle Sector

Feb 21, 2020
Long-running blended wing body studies have so far come to nothing, but Airbus may have the technology to bring it to reality.
cargo airlifter
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Airbus Pays High Price for A400M Export Assumptions

Feb 20, 2020
Hopes for a sale to Saudi Arabia are out of reach with German arms embargo on Riyadh.

ROTORCRAFT

EDAT testbed
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Bell Achieves Electric Anti-Torque Flight First

Feb 20, 2020
A radically modified demonstrator made its first flight in May 2019, but it has come to light only now after video was posted on social media.
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Tiltrotor Meeting Final Hurdles Before Commercial Service

Feb 19, 2020
Leonardo Helicopters CEO says AW609 is on right path, as certification nears.

SPACE

rocket launch
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Blue Origin Opens Engine Factory in Alabama

Feb 21, 2020
The company aims to produce up to 42 engines per year at the new plant.

DEFENSE

Solar-powered aircraft
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PHASA-35 First Flight Is Initial Step Toward Year-Round Endurance

Feb 21, 2020
Stratospheric test flights to come as PHASA-35 high-altitude pseudo-satellite makes first flight in Australia.
FIGHTER
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Defense Industry Wants To Maintain Momentum For European FCAS

Feb 17, 2020
Securing German funding for Future Combat Air System demonstrators is seen as a “decisive” milestone, but Berlin’s political inertia could affect momentum.
Russian naval aircraft
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The Week in Defense, Feb. 21-27, 2020

Feb 21, 2020
Russian Naval aircraft’s first flight; Space Force to integrate MILsatcom; F/A-18s tested in Finland; and Turkey’s armed drone.

U.S. FISCAL 2021 BUDGET

military helicopter
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Congress Pushes Back On Trump’s Pentagon Budget Request

Feb 20, 2020
How lawmakers and the administration are responding to the most surprising proposals in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2021 budget request.
advanced battle management system
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Era Of Hard Decisions Begins As U.S. Defense Spending Stagnates

Feb 20, 2020
U.S. Air Force decides to trade-off current capabilities in the near-term to finance next-generation projects.
light-attack aircraft
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Pentagon Budget Again Revives Light-Attack Aircraft Acquisition

Feb 21, 2020
Twelve years after the requirement emerged, the U.S. military finally appears serious about acquiring a light-attack aircraft fleet
ground-based interceptor
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MDA Embarks On A New Generation Of Missile Defense

Feb 18, 2020
Next-Generation Interceptors could be emplaced in the ground by the end of the decade.

TECHNOLOGY

urban air
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The Week In Technology, Feb. 17-21, 2020

Feb 17, 2020
Advancing Asian UAM; removing space debris; fuel could help in gusts; measuring X-59’s shocks; DLR’s new Falcon testbed.
autonomous cockpit technology
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Airbus Advances Autonomy Project As Part Of Future-Cockpit Concept

Feb 21, 2020
In a breakthrough use of computer vision, Airbus makes swift progress in its autonomous takeoff-and-landing project.

COLUMNS AND OPINION

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Opinion: Defense Budget’s Resilience Rests On Shaky Foundation

Feb 20, 2020
The GDP and interest rate assumptions on which the budget is predicated are questionable.
aircraft
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Why No One In The Defense Industry Is Worried About The Budget

Feb 21, 2020
While lawmakers always declare the president’s request dead on arrival on Capitol Hill, this year there was more than the usual dismissal by a rival branch of government.
military aircraft in flight
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Gun-Armed, Close-Support Missiles Among DARPA’s New Projects

Feb 20, 2020
DARPA fiscal 2019 budget request targets new weapons and communications concepts for contested environments.
space capsule
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SpaceX Signs Space Adventures To Market Crew Dragon

Feb 19, 2020
SpaceX tests space tourism waters by signing up with experienced flight services company.
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Opinion: Why Boeing Will Soar Again

Feb 18, 2020
Research shows that brand insulation with customers could help the aerospace giant regain its footing.
aircraft retreat
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Editorial: Bombardier And The Perils Of Government Interference

Feb 21, 2020
Bombardier’s retreat shows why governments should seed technology development and let industry carry the risk of creating new products.

DEPARTMENTS

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Letters From Our Readers (Feb. 24, 2020)

Feb 21, 2020
Readers write about the hypersonics race, electromechanical catapult systems, Bombardier management and a conversion correction.
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New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections (Feb. 24, 2020)

Feb 21, 2020
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
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Aerospace Calendar And Aviation Week Events (Feb. 24, 2020)

Feb 21, 2020
A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.