October 24, 2022

October 24, 2022

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AIRBUS A300 FIRST FLIGHT 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Family Business

By Jens Flottau15 min

20 TWENTIES

THE NEW FACES OF A&D 20 TWENTIES

By Lindsay Bjerregaard15 min

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

PAST THE GOLDEN AGE

By Chen Chuanren,Jens Flottau9 min

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AIRBUS A300 FIRST FLIGHT 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Family Business

> THE AIRBUS A300, WHILE NO FINANCIAL SUCCESS, WAS A KEY BUILDING BLOCK FOR AIRBUS > THE FIRST AIRBUS AIRCRAFT INTRODUCED WIDEBODY TWIN CONCEPT > SUBSTANTIAL FREIGHTER FLEET REMAINS IN SERVICE WITH FEDEX AND UPS

By Jens Flottau15 min

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20 TWENTIES

THE NEW FACES OF A&D 20 TWENTIES

Chicago Today’s aerospace and defense industry faces a host of challenges, from mitigating its impact on climate change to filling roles vacated by experienced professionals who have left the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aviation Week’s annual 20 Twenties program shines a spotlight on some of the people who will meet those challenges and fill those roles.

By Lindsay Bjerregaard15 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

PAST THE GOLDEN AGE

> COMAC C919 PASSES CERTIFICATION > UAC MC-21 IS TO BE RECONFIGURED FOR 2024 ENTRY INTO SERVICE > CHINESE AND RUSSIAN AIRLINES PLAN TO OPERATE NEW NARROWBODY TYPES

By Chen Chuanren,Jens Flottau9 min

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SPACE

Not Only the Moon

> MANY LAUNCHERS EMERGE FROM CHINA’S CREWED LUNAR PROGRAM > FUEL HAS CHANGED TO METHANE TO SUPPORT REUSE > CHINA STILL TARGETING HUMAN MOON MISSION AROUND 2030

By Bradley Perrett7 min

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SUSTAINABILITY

ECO EVOLUTION

> BOEING’S LATEST ecoDEMONSTRATOR READIES FOR EXTENSIVE FLIGHTTEST PROGRAM > 777-200ER TRIALS ARE PLANNED TO RUN THROUGH 2024 > NEW SMART VORTEX GENERATORS ARE BEING TESTED

By Guy Norris8 min

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SUSTAINABILITY

Making the Case for Aviation's Sustainability Options

> CASCADE MODEL STRESSES SAF IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABILITY > LIFE-CYCLE EMISSIONS OF ELECTRICITY AND HYDROGEN MUST BE CONSIDERED

By Graham Warwick7 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Challenging Changes

> U.S. PILOTS SPLIT OVER 737 MAX CREW ALERTING NEED > DEBATE CENTERS ON COMMONALITY VERSUS IMPROVED DESIGN

By Sean Broderick,Ben Goldstein6 min

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TECH TAKE

TECH TAKE

DARPA Eyes Airborne Wireless Energy Network DARPA has launched its Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program, an effort to demonstrate the long-distance wireless transmission of energy using lasers and uncrewed aircraft as relays.

By Graham Warwick6 min

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DEFENSE

China's Military Aviation Surge

> TIMING OF H-20 PROGRAM STILL A MYSTERY > ZHUHAI EVENT TO FEATURE TIANGONG SPACE STATION REPLICA

By Xian Y-205 min

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DEFENSE

Closing Ukrainian Skies

> RUSSIAN CRUISE AND BALLISTIC MISSILES AND IRANIAN-MADE DRONES STRIKE UKRAINE’S CITIES > 15 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE PLEDGING TO INVEST IN AIR DEFENSES

By Tony Osborne5 min

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