March 4, 2014

March 4, 2014

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The World

PROPULSION

Future Fans

By Guy Norris

MILITARY SPACE

Neighborhood Watch

By Amy Butler

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The World

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PROPULSION

Future Fans

Rolls-Royce highlights composites, gears and architecture changes in new engine road map

By Guy Norris

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MILITARY SPACE

Neighborhood Watch

U.S. Air Force to deploy ‘taskable’ intel sats to spy in GEO belt

By Amy Butler

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DEFENSE

Cross Talk

Secret Lockheed Martin demo is a step toward fixing F-22 and F-35 communications problem

By Amy Butler

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DEFENSE

Least-Bad Option

Pentagon offers Congress two ’15 budget scenarios—dire or more dire

By Amy Butler,Michael Bruno

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DEFENSE

Heading Hold

Staying on track with technology demonstration is critical to U.S. Army helo replacement agenda

By Graham Warwick

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Building Blocks

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MAINTENANCE CHECK

Global Observations

Having flown more than 35,000 mi. in the past month between North America, South America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific—on aircraft including an Embraer 190 within Brazil to a Boeing 777-300ER from Dubai to Singapore—how could airline operations not have occupied my mind?
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Slimming and Growing

MRO providers seek new revenue streams

By Henry Canaday

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YOUNG AND LEAN

For successful young MRO providers, economy is essential and growth is a constant goal. “Effective energy-consumption management is one of our main priorities,” says CEO Zilvinas Lapinskas of FL Technics, based in Lithuania. All FL hangars and repair shops have integrated energy-control systems that monitor and automatically change electricity and heating.
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