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Magazine Issue

Aviation Week & Space Technology, March 23, 2020

VOL. 182 NO. 12 March 23, 2020

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

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Air Transport Enters Its Worst Crisis As COVID-19 Spreads Worldwide

Mar 22, 2020
IATA wants $200 billion of state aid for airlines to survive. Those that do will be in a very different industry, with fewer players.
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Aerospace Manufacturing After COVID-19 Will Be Different

Mar 20, 2020
Aerospace manufacturing has awakened to a nightmare. Customer demand could swoon as air travel is crippled, battering a sector already reeling from narrowbody and widebody cuts alike.
MAX
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ET302 Interim Report Piles On MAX, Ignores Pilots

Mar 19, 2020
Draft sent to the U.S. contained a probable-cause statement despite report’s status as an interim update

FIRST TAKE

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First Take, March 23, 2020

Mar 20, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

CONNECTED AEROSPACE

ADSB-In approach
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Quantifying The Benefits Of ADS-B In Applications

Mar 17, 2020
American Airlines, ACSS and the FAA are collecting data on the operational value of flights using ADS-B In.

BUSINESS

executive portraits
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Lockheed Signals Change Is Coming With New CEO

Mar 18, 2020
Jim Taiclet, a relative outsider, could herald big changes at Lockheed as the Pentagon’s top contractor changes CEO.

DEFENSE

M-346
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RFX Contract Revives USAF Hopes For Losing T-X Aircraft

Mar 18, 2020
Eighteen months after Boeing/Saab team won the T-X contract, the T-50 and M-346 continue to compete for USAF deals.
derrick
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Missile Defense Agency Seeks Two-Year Schedule Bump For New GBI Option

Mar 17, 2020
Advanced ICBMs drive faster schedule, but can MDA deliver?
missile concept
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Marines Dial Back UAS Strategy

Mar 19, 2020
The U.S. Marine Corps has opted to pursue an unmanned family-of-systems instead of having one large expensive air vehicle.
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U.S. Army Pushes Ahead With Black Hawk Replacement Program

Mar 20, 2020
The U.S. Army awards Bell and Sikorsky risk-reduction contracts for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program.
F-35s
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Post-Brexit Defense Review Challenged By Costs And Coronavirus

Mar 20, 2020
Despite COVID-19 Britain is undertaking its biggest defense and foreign policy review since Cold War.
jet
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Defense Aircraft Opportunities In South America

Mar 20, 2020
A look at military requirements across the continent that may translate into orders over the next decade.

SPACE

Musk and Behnken
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SpaceX Founder Bemoans Slow Pace Of Innovation

Mar 19, 2020
Taking 18 years to fly people in space won’t cut it to get to Mars, says Musk.
space launch
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Space Force Ups the Launch Ante

Mar 16, 2020
The 45th Space Wing sees launch on demand for commercial and government satellites in the near future.
satellite-servicing vehicle
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Northrop Partners With DARPA To Build Robotic Satellite Servicer

Mar 16, 2020
Northrop Grumman takes a next step on in-orbit satellite servicing through a public-private partnership with DARPA.

PROPULSION

hybrid-electric twin-engine aircraft
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NASA Planning Electrified Propulsion Flight Demonstrations

Mar 17, 2020
NASA looks to industry power train demonstrators to advance electrified aircraft propulsion.

COLUMNS AND OPINION

Musk and Behnken
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SpaceX Founder Bemoans Slow Pace Of Innovation

Mar 19, 2020
Taking 18 years to fly people in space won’t cut it to get to Mars, says Musk.
aerial view of airport
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Editorial: Why Coronavirus Cannot Kill Aviation

Mar 20, 2020
Commercial aviation has weathered numerous crises, and each time it has recovered and grown stronger.

DEPARTMENTS

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Letters From Our Readers, March 23, 2020

Mar 20, 2020
Readers write about aviation English language proficiency, Convair 880 memories, flight training for manual flying and gallons-per-minute measure.
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New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections, March 23, 2020

Mar 20, 2020
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
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Aerospace Calendar And Aviation Week Events, March 23, 2020

Mar 20, 2020
A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.