May 3, 2021

May 3, 2021

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SPACE

NUCLEAR OPTIONS

By Guy Norris11 min

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MAKING BOEING GREAT AGAIN

By Michael Bruno10 min

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Better Days?

By Sean Broderick,Guy Norris9 min

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NUCLEAR OPTIONS

> NASA SET TO SELECT NUCLEAR-POWER DEVELOPERS FOR FUTURE MARS MISSIONS > REACTOR PLAN AIMS AT NUCLEAR CREWED MARS MISSION BY 2039

By Guy Norris11 min

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MAKING BOEING GREAT AGAIN

> CALHOUN NOW OWNS BOEING’S FUTURE, WITH A FRESH BOARD MANDATE AND NEW CFO > THE FUTURE COULD LOOK LIKE THE PAST, BUT WITH A DIGITAL TWIST AND DEBT OVERHANG

By Michael Bruno10 min

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Better Days?

> CONCERNS OVER CHINA OVERSHADOW BOEING’S 737, 787 PROGRESS > 787 DELIVERIES ACCELERATE AS QUALITY ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED

By Sean Broderick,Guy Norris9 min

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TECH TAKE

TECH TAKE

Enabling Precision Agriculture With Unmanned eVTOL Agriculture is the latest market to get the electric vertical-flight treatment, with crop-protection startup Guardian Agriculture emerging from stealth with a $10.5 million seed funding round.

By Graham Warwick7 min

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NASA Expands Ingenuity Flight-Test Envelope on Mars

> THIRD FLIGHT ADDS RANGE AND SPEED > TEST PERIOD ENDS ON MAY 4

By Irene Klotz,Guy Norris7 min

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SLOT SHIFTS

> U.S. AND UK HAVE EXTENDED SLOT WAIVERS FOR SUMMER > EUROPE HAS ADOPTED A NEAR-TERM HYBRID SOLUTION > RULES MAY BE UPDATED IN THE LONG TERM, AFTER THE MARKET STABILIZES

By Helen Massy-Beresford,Ben Goldstein7 min

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Breeze and Avelo Launch Into Rebounding U.S. Air Travel Market

> AVELO BEGINS SCHEDULED SERVICE FROM BURBANK > BREEZE TO OPERATE DUAL EMBRAER AND AIRBUS A220 FLEETS

By Ben Goldstein,Jens Flottau7 min

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Draco Embarks on Quest To Revive Nuclear Space Propulsion

> ON-ORBIT DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULED IN 2025 > MATERIAL SCIENCES DRIVE TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE

By Steve Trimble7 min

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Upping the Game

> AIRBUS CREATES LARGE AEROSTRUCTURES SUBSIDIARIES > DETAILED PARTS PRODUCTION WILL BE SPUN OFF AS NON-CORE

By Jens Flottau6 min

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Europe's Launcher Reusability Drive Weakens Ariane 6 Program

> CONTINENT-WIDE ORGANIZATION UNDER REVIEW > FOCUS SHIFTS TO ARIANE 6 SUCCESSOR

By Thierry Dubois6 min

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