November 7, 2022

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Pressing Questions

DEFENSE

Germany’s First Responder

TECH TAKE

TECH TAKE

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Pressing Questions

> BOEING COULD FACE A TOUGH CHOICE ON THE 737-7 AND 737-10 > 737 DELIVERIES ARE CLIMBING BUT WILL FALL SHORT OF INITIAL 2022 GOALS > AIRCRAFT DESTINED FOR CHINA ARE CHANGING HANDS-AND COUNTRIES

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DEFENSE

Germany’s First Responder

> F-35 ACQUISITION AND COMBAT AIRCRAFT MASS ARE TOP PRIORITIES > THE GERMAN AIR FORCE PLANS TO RESTORE ITS ANTI-SHIP CAPABILITY

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TECH TAKE

TECH TAKE

China Flies Large Cargo UAV Another design has been added to the list of large uncrewed cargo aircraft under development in China, with Sichuan Tengden Science & Technology conducting the first flight of its Twin-Tailed Scorpion D on Oct. 25.

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Inside MRO

Monitoring the Metal

Lessors navigate technical oversight hurdles amid a resurgence in air travel demand

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BUSINESS

Is Boeing a Value Trap, Or Is It Back?

BOEING’S FATE THIS DECADE WILL be dominated by issues that few observers saw as existential challenges just three years ago, including China, airliner certification and deepening supply chain issues. But it is cash flow—which Boeing has long emphasized— that will haunt it the most.

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DEFENSE

MAKING CONNECTIONS

> U.S. ARMY’S PROJECT CONVERGENCE SHOWS PROGRESS DESPITE DATA TRANSLATION ISSUES > EXPERIMENT FOCUSED ON INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE PACIFIC > AUSTRALIA AND THE UK WERE THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS

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Inside MRO

Europe’s LCCs Plan for 2023

Over the past year, how have your maintenance strategies been refined or altered? Boris Rogoff, technical director at Vueling: We [at Vueling] worked with our partner Iberia Maintenance on heavy maintenance to develop their facilities in Barcelona.
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BUSINESS AVIATION

New Shapes, SAF and AAM Spell Business Aviation's Future

> BOMBARDIER PRESSES ON WITH ECOJET MODEL FLIGHT TESTING > SAF SUPPLY TO REMAIN AN ISSUE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE

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Inside MRO

Optimizing Nacelles

OEMs see composites as essential to keeping parts on wings longer

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SUSTAINABILITY

HYDROGEN HOPES

> UNIVERSAL HYDROGEN’S HYDROGEN-FUELED DASH 8 NEARS FLIGHT TESTING > INITIAL TRIALS WILL USE GASEOUS HYDROGEN > AIRCRAFT WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A BATTERYLESS POWERTRAIN

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