The U.S. military's plans to acquire thousands of cheap unmanned aircraft systems and cruise missiles fuels demand for two newly announced engine families.
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Airbus has mostly ignored the new-built cargo aircraft market and instead slowly entered the conversion market, with rival Boeing in a much stronger position.
Infrastructure spending is a hot-button issue ahead of next year’s presidential election. The president may win the issue, for reasons important to A&D.
Honeywell’s Convair CV-580 flying testbed has had a career that included a key role in the evolution of industry’s most important safety avionics developments.
Earthquake damage at test range delays plans to demonstrate airborne launch and recovery of unmanned aircraft that would cooperate with manned platforms.