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Aviation Week & Space Technology, November 9, 2020

VOL. 182 NO. 45 November 09, 2020

ROTORCRAFT

36-ft.-dia. Single Rotor Test rig
article

Full-Scale Single Rotor Test Advances Maturity Of Karem’s OSTR

Nov 05, 2020
After 15 years of development, Karem’s Optimum Speed Tilt Rotor shows its potential on the test stand.

FIRST TAKE

Embraer concept
article

First Take, Nov. 9, 2020

Nov 06, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

DEFENSE

HyFly
article

Boeing Wins Chance To Reenter Hypersonic Weapons Race

Nov 05, 2020
Seven years after the demise of the X-51 program, the Pentagon puts Boeing back in the running for hypersonic cruise missile programs.
a fitting for Sikorsky H-53 heavy-lift helicopters
article

How COVID-19 Is Affecting The Defense Industrial Base

Nov 03, 2020
Fallout from commercial aviation business lost could eliminate businesses, create opportunities.
C-130H aircraft
article

U.S. Air Force Chief Tackles Trade-Offs With Congress

Nov 06, 2020
The new U.S. Air Force chief of staff is finding out how difficult it will be shed older aircraft and make way for a modernized fleet
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-9B UAS
article

The Week In Defense, Nov. 6-12, 2020

Nov 06, 2020
MQ-9Bs for Taiwan?; Collins’ $700 million ejection seat win; New carrier delivery strategy; and Air Force opens space structures lab.

SPACE

Osiris-Rex sample collector
article

Osiris-Rex Takes Overgenerous Bite Of Asteroid Bennu

Nov 04, 2020
NASA hastily packs up spacecraft for return trip home to avoid losing overflowing sample.
SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts
article

SpaceX, NASA Target Mid-November For Crew-1 Launch

Nov 03, 2020
Falcon 9 engine issue delays first U.S.-launched ISS crew flight since the space shuttle.
Swedish Space Corp.'s Esrange Space Center
article

Sweden Proposes Arctic Circle Launch Site For Smallsats

Nov 02, 2020
Five European countries are now actively exploring or investing in small satellite launch facilities.

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Boeing MAX production line
article

Airbus, Boeing Plans Bring 2021 Deliveries In Line With 2019 Levels

Nov 05, 2020
The likely return of the 737 MAX is adding to what many fear will be overcapacity as airline recovery stalls.
Mitsubishi Aircraft SpaceJet prototype in flight
article

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Suspends SpaceJet Work

Nov 04, 2020
With work reduced to documentation, it is not clear how the group is preserving corporate knowledge for a possible restart.
Japan Airlines Boeing 777
article

Japanese Carriers Cut Widebody Fleets In Response To COVID-19

Nov 06, 2020
Japan’s major airlines are drastically cutting back widebody fleets while also increasing their focus on medium-haul LCC subsidiaries.
noise-shielding testing
article

787 Flight Tests Boost NASA Noise-Prediction Tools For Future Aircraft

Nov 02, 2020
NASA tests on Boeing’s 787-10 ecoDemonstrator provided unprecedented system-level acoustic data for improving low-noise airliner designs.
Flyover noise measured by the ground array
article

DLR-GE Project Looks At Propeller Noise For Regional Aircraft

Nov 02, 2020
Flight tests for the first time synchronously measured noise on the ground and on the aircraft.

AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

U.S. Coast Guard personnel
article

Advancing Alternatives To GPS

Nov 03, 2020
Ongoing concern over the robustness of the GPS system in the U.S. undergirds development of alternative navigation systems for aviation.

PROPULSION

high-altitude aircraft concept
article

British Fuel-Cell-Powered Aircraft Proposed As Flying Cell Phone Mast

Nov 04, 2020
Cellular operators are baulking at the cost of establishing 5G networks. Could masts in the sky be an option?

TECHNOLOGY

Tecnam P-Volt all-electric aircraft
article

The Week In Technology, Nov. 2-6, 2020

Nov 02, 2020
Tecnam’s electric; China unmanned test sites; Canadian AAM; Volocopter’s UAM backbone; Beam solar charger; Loon stratospheric record

COLUMNS AND OPINION

VoloCity air taxi
article

Collaboration Is Crucial Across UAM Ecosystem, Report Stresses

Nov 06, 2020
Latest Roland Berger report highlights lack of dominant business model in nascent UAM market.
Bill Ingalls
article

NASA Chief Works To End Political Divide

Nov 05, 2020
Building common ground for space becomes NASA’s political mantra.

DEPARTMENTS

contrails
article

Letters From Our Readers, Nov. 9, 2020

Nov 06, 2020
POLITICAL BIAS? I am very disappointed in Aviation Week for spotlighting the challengers to Sen. Majority Leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell and House…
article

New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections, Nov. 9, 2020

Nov 05, 2020
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
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Aerospace Calendar And Aviation Week Events, Nov. 9, 2020

Nov 06, 2020
A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.