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Aviation Week & Space Technology, August 26, 2024

VOL. 186 NO. 33 August 26, 2024
Aviation Week Cover, Aug. 26, 2024

Divergent is 3D-printing small UAV structures using aluminum. It says it has achieved a 95% part reduction and weight savings over a carbon-fiber structure.

Credit: Divergent

MANUFACTURING

robot arms at rest in a Divergent facility
article

Startup Develops Factory To Print And Glue Together Thousands Of Drones

Aug 21, 2024
Divergent Technologies’ fixtureless assembly cell uses 23 robotic arms to build structures.
Velo3D printer
article

Velo3D Boasts 3D Printer Repeatability With Contractor Network

Aug 21, 2024
SpaceX leans on fellow operators of the company’s 3D printers in a pinch.
Hadrian facility with U.S. flag draped on wall
article

Is Aerospace Manufacturing’s Future Robotic?

Aug 22, 2024
Advanced manufacturing companies are trying to automate complex aerospace work.
employees looking at a computer program
article

Space Industry Fosters Software Startups Focused On Faster Engineering

Aug 23, 2024
Some co-founders at new space tech startups are trying to codify innovation.
proposed Arsenal-1 plant
article

Anduril Unveils Arsenal-1 Factory And Bold Ambitions

Aug 22, 2024
The company has a billion-dollar industrialization plan to “hyperscale” manufacturing of its diverse defense product portfolio.

ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY

Diamond Aircraft eDA40 electric trainer
article

Mapping The Advanced Battery Landscape For Electric Aviation

Aug 23, 2024
Multiple energy-dense battery options are becoming available for aviation use, but are they good enough?

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Alaska Airlines blended wing body aircraft concept
article

Alaska Airlines Backs Blended Wing Body Venture

Aug 22, 2024
The startup’s blended wing plan is moving forward with new airline funding and a growing development team.
Alaska and Hawaiian aircraft on apron
article

Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Passes A Milestone

Aug 23, 2024
The airlines await final approvals for their pending merger following the expiration of a U.S. Justice Department antitrust review period.
Cathay Pacific A330neo in flight
article

Cathay Pacific’s Order Bolsters Airbus A330neo Outlook

Aug 22, 2024
The A330neo, not yet the success story Airbus has hoped for, may find its biggest opportunity in the Asia-Pacific region.
Air Europa aircraft above runway
article

Air Europa Pledges To Go It Alone After IAG Deal Fails

Aug 19, 2024
International Airlines Group called off the Air Europa deal due to regulatory hurdles.
CFM RISE Concepts
podcast

Podcast: Propulsion Puzzle

Aug 16, 2024
Airbus is really excited about an open-rotor engine. Boeing not so much. Here’s why.

TRAINING

Front view of aircraft on runway, lit up in red
article

FAA Working Group Proposes Pilot-Training Organization Standards

Aug 20, 2024
Prospective pilots have plenty of options for earning a commercial license, but better standards would improve the process.

SPACE

Polaris Dawn crew
article

Private Astronaut’s Second SpaceX Charter Includes Demonstration EVA

Aug 22, 2024
In addition to venturing outside the capsule, the Jared Isaacman-backed Polaris Dawn mission aims to break the 1966 altitude record.

MILITARY SPACE

military personnel with equipment
article

U.S. Army Sees New Offensive Space Role In Land Warfare

Aug 16, 2024
The service is contemplating nonkinetic space fires and new roles for its soldiers in a changing era of space-based warfare.
a tank pictured from behind rolling through a semi-frozen tree-lined body of water
article

Arctic Satcom Program Is A New Model For Allied Space Collaboration

Aug 21, 2024
The first U.S. military payload to be hosted aboard an international partner’s spacecraft is now in orbit.

DEFENSE

Airbus medium helicopter concept
article

Teaming Helicopters And Drones Could Dominate Future Battlefields

Aug 19, 2024
Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even contends that helicopters and uncrewed aircraft systems are natural battlefield teammates.
soldier pointing device at drone in distance
article

U.S. Army Counter-UAS Plans Include New Competition

Aug 20, 2024
New interceptors, radars, and command and control are on the near-term agenda.
View of sky from F-15 cockpit
article

Boeing Eyes Seventh Decade Of F-15 Production With Israeli Clearance

Aug 16, 2024
Indonesia, Poland and Saudi Arabia are the F-15EX’s next targets for exports contracts.
Sukhoi S-76(D) prototype
article

Sukhoi Unveils Modified S-71 Attack UAV Concepts

Aug 12, 2024
The Russian aircraft manufacturer is pursuing attack and logistics UAV concepts that have evolved because of the war in Ukraine.
Thai Gripen fighter
article

Lockheed And Saab Chase Combat Aircraft Deals In Southeast Asia

Aug 13, 2024
The U.S. and Sweden are dangling incentives to secure combat aircraft orders in Thailand and the Philippines.
Eurofighter Typhoons
article

Exercise Pitch Black Sheds Light On Future European Needs

Aug 15, 2024
As European nations grow increasingly worried about security in the Indo-Pacific region, their air forces explore scenarios for operating there.

TECHNOLOGY

blended wing body aircraft
article

The Week In Technology, Aug. 19-23, 2024

Aug 20, 2024
FAA funds sustainability projects; faster cryogenic fueling; hydrogen in a box; and sharkskins for 777s.
high-power-density electric motor
article

The Week In Technology, Aug. 12-16, 2024

Aug 12, 2024
Power-dense motors; controls from high flyers; rechargeable thermal battery; in-space refueling port.
SAF
podcast

Podcast: A Path For SAF?

Aug 23, 2024
Amid growing skepticism that airlines can achieve net zero emissions in 2050, a report lays out a road map for rapidly scaling up SAF. Listen in as one of those skeptics, Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick, talks with a co-author of the plan.

COLUMNS AND OPINION

P-51 Mustang fighters at factory
article

Opinion: It Is Time To Rebuild The Defense Industry’s ‘Middle Ground’

Aug 23, 2024
The goals of the U.S. National Defense Industrial Strategy need to be truly implemented to open the market to companies outside the traditional competitors.