Lockheed Martin hopes to leave behind the F-35’s troubled past and shift the focus to the battlefield. The Paris display may not silence the critics, but it certainly changed the conversation.
With a clear niche identified in the company’s product lineup between the 737 single-aisle family and its bigger jets, Boeing is saying more than ever about the gap-filling NMA.
As Boeing dribbled out concept details, the Paris Air Show was rife with speculation about plans for the company’s New Mid-size Airplane. We discuss the NMA’s market potential, design details and what airlines are saying they want.
By Rupa Haria, Guy Norris, Jen DiMascio, Joe Anselmo, Tony Osborne
From the F-35’s first Paris aerial display, the emergence of Asian players, the potential end of the A380 program . . . and a few tidbits on Boeing’s new midsize airplane, listen in to a lively debate as our team on the ground discuss the main events at the Paris Air Show.
Increasingly throughout the A&D sector, major companies that are chin-deep in the business are suddenly finding themselves reevaluating their positions.
NASA transformed the ATR 42-500 in a design exercise to show how careful integration of propulsion and airframe can overcome the limitations of electric propulsion and unlock its benefits.
Objectives include studying the Solar System's origins, the possibility of extraterrestrial life and dangers to Earth from the Sun and small space objects.
Festooned with antennas, the aircraft notably features a large fairing with a dielectric window under the forward fuselage and many blade antennas aft.
Leaders of smaller airlines say the biggest ones would benefit from limiting Gulf carriers’ access to the U.S.; can the Pentagon sustain 3-5% budget growth over five years?
