October 25, 2021

October 25, 2021

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

'We Came Close To Pulling It Off'

By Jens Flottau20 min

Back in Business

By Bill Carey,Joe Anselmo,Molly McMillin12 min

SUSTAINABILITY

MagniX Charges Ahead With Electric Aviation Power Plan

By Guy Norris10 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

'We Came Close To Pulling It Off'

> ONLY 14 YEARS AFTER FIRST DELIVERY, AIRBUS ENDS A380 PRODUCTION > LACK OF ENGINE AND AIRFRAME EFFICIENCY WERE COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGES > EMIRATES IS SET TO RECEIVE THE LAST THREE AIRCRAFT IN NOVEMBER

By Jens Flottau20 min

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Back in Business

> BUSINESS AVIATION COMMUNITY GATHERS AGAIN FOR SIGNATURE TRADE SHOW > AVIATION SUSTAINABILITY IS THE MAIN THEME > HONDA REVEALS THE HONDAJET 2600 CONCEPT

By Bill Carey,Joe Anselmo,Molly McMillin12 min

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SUSTAINABILITY

MagniX Charges Ahead With Electric Aviation Power Plan

> ELECTRIC POWER UNITS ARE ON TRACK FOR 2023 CERTIFICATION > INITIAL PRODUCTION IS PLANNED FOR 200 UNITS A YEAR

By Guy Norris10 min

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SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINING STRATEGY

> ALASKA AIRLINES 737-9 IS EIGHTH ecoDEMONSTRATOR > PROGRAM HAS TESTED ALMOST 200 TECHNOLOGIES TO DATE

By Guy Norris9 min

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TECH TAKE

Starfish Advances Servicing Satellite U.S. satellite servicing startup Starfish Space has raised $7 million in funding to develop its planned Otter space tug. The Otter is a small satellite designed to enable servicing missions to be economically viable.

By Graham Warwick7 min

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DEFENSE

WHAT'S NEXT FOR FVL

> FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT CONTRACT EXPECTED NEXT YEAR > SIKORSKY-BOEING SB-1 DEFIANT FLYING FASTER, PRACTICING ARMY MISSIONS > BELL CHECKING V-280 VALOR DEMONSTRATOR HEALTH AFTER THREE YEARS OF FLIGHT

By Brian Everstine6 min

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SPACE

CHARTING A NEW COURSE

> U.S. AIR FORCE EXPERIMENTS WITH SATELLITE TO AUGMENT GPS > NTS-3 SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH IN 2023 > MORE THAN 130 EXPERIMENTS ACROSS SIX AREAS OF SCIENCE ARE PLANNED

By Jen DiMascio6 min

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PROPULSION

Boeing Details Proposed Nacelle Improvements

> CHANGES FOCUS ON ENSURING PARTS DO NOT BREAK AWAY FOLLOWING FAN BLADE FAILURES > INITIAL DESIGN CHANGES ARE PLANNED TO BE ROLLED OUT NEXT YEAR

By Sean Broderick5 min

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DEFENSE

FCAS Might Disrupt Multinational Eurofighter Fleet Plans

> ITALY HAS JOINED UK-LED RADAR 2 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM > FLEET HARMONIZATION FOCUSES ON EUROFIGHTER MISSION-DATA CAPABILITIES

By Tony Osborne5 min

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SPACE

Lucy in the Sky With Asteroids

> NASA PROBE HEADS FOR CLOSE LOOK AT ASTEROIDS IN JUPITER’S ORBIT > SOLAR ARRAY COULD BE A CONCERN

By Irene Klotz5 min

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