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Magazine Issue

Aviation Week & Space Technology, November 16, 2020

VOL. 182 NO. 46 November 16, 2020

PILOTS

pilots training in simulator
article

Demand For Pilots Seesaws Downward

Nov 11, 2020
In little more than a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended industry projections of a pilot shortage by creating a surplus.
Project Wingman flight crew volunteers
article

Pilots Strive To Stay Current And Help Others During Pandemic

Nov 12, 2020
Groundings and layoffs shift attention to pilots’ well-being as well as competency.

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

737 MAX in flight
article

Pilots Want More Thorough 737 MAX Training

Nov 09, 2020
Draft minimum curriculum needs more emphasis on the MCAS and manual-trim scenarios, pilot groups tell the FAA.

TECHNOLOGY

Transonic Truss-Braced Wing’s high-aspect-ratio wing
article

NASA: Digital Integration May Enable Partnership On Next Single-Aisle

Nov 11, 2020
NASA is looking at ways to enable industry to collaborate in maturing technologies for the next narrowbody airliner.
HQ-90 hybrid-quadrotor unmanned aircraft
article

The Week In Technology, Nov. 9-13, 2020

Nov 09, 2020
NASA’s moral autonomy; Beyond FAA’s UAS IPP; X-57’s lift props; VoltAero picks Sonaca; Hill’s in-house turboshaft; Canadian AAM.

URBAN AIR MOBILITY

NASA UAM map
article

NASA Gears Up For Advanced Air Mobility eVTOL Flight Testing

Nov 13, 2020
NASA and the FAA are cooperating to understand performance characteristics and operating requirements for urban air taxis.

DEFENSE

article

UK, U.S. F-35 Carrier Team Building Block To Operational Deployment

Nov 09, 2020
UK, U.S. F-35 commanders claim “seamless” integration in joint exercises on new British carrier.
Eurofighter
article

German Eurofighter Top-Up Order To Bolster Development Fleet

Nov 12, 2020
Germany is the first Eurofighter partner nation to top up its orders; Spain will follow in 2021.
F-X fighter
article

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Contracted To Develop F-X Fighter

Nov 13, 2020
BAE, Boeing and Lockheed Martin (supported by Northrop Grumman) are offering to work as MHI’s partner.
dual-band, circular and electronically scanned array
article

UESA Revival Offers Dual-Band Radar For Future Early Warning Aircraft

Nov 10, 2020
New testing shows that a 20-year-old concept can double the radiated power of future airborne early warning radars.
digital beam forming radar technology
article

Tokyo Reveals Anglo-Japanese Work On Digital Aircraft Radar

Nov 11, 2020
Research is clearly aimed at taking an advanced digital antenna technology from ground applications to F-X and Tempest.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (left) with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden.
article

NATO Awaits Renewed Transatlantic Relationship With Biden

Nov 13, 2020
Washington could take a tougher line on NATO members seen as undermining the alliance’s cohesion, including Turkey and Poland.
F-35s
article

The Week In Defense, Nov. 12-19, 2020

Nov 13, 2020
Potential Aircraft Sale for UAE; Boeing to train Qatari F-15QA pilots; Nigeria’s latest Chinese UAS order; and ESS contract for Lockheed.

SPACE

Ariane 6’s test fire launch
article

Ariane 6 Delay Puts Launch Capacity And Competitiveness At Risk

Nov 10, 2020
Now planned from 2021-23, the transition between the current Ariane 5 and its successor may be complex for Arianespace.

COLUMNS AND OPINION

Rolls-Royce engine maintenance
article

Opinion: Five Crucial Questions For Aeroengine OEMs

Nov 10, 2020
The answers to these questions will determine the segment’s shape and structure for the foreseeable future.
OEM production line
article

On A Wing And A Prayer: The New Reality Of Production Rate Signaling

Nov 12, 2020
OEM production rate guidance ain’t what it used to be; how the supply chain has to read between the lines.
DeLaurentis boarding aircraft
article

A Circumnavigating Pilot Fulfills A Solo Transpolar Promise

Nov 13, 2020
In 2015, Robert DeLaurentis set out to circumnavigate the world in a Piper Malibu Mirage. He made it, but things did not go as planned.