January 13, 2025

January 13, 2025

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

TRANSFORMING LONG-HAUL

By Jens Flottau11 min

LAUREATES 2025

AVIATION WEEK'S 67TH ANNUAL LAUREATE AWARDS

ENGINEERING

French Aerospace Engineering Schools Expedite Green Curricula

By Thierry Dubois9 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

TRANSFORMING LONG-HAUL

> THE AIRBUS A350 MARKS 10 YEARS OF SCHEDULED FLIGHTS > ITS COMPOSITE FUSELAGE WAS A FIRST FOR AIRBUS > THE TYPE SET A NEW REFERENCE FOR LONG-HAUL OPS ALONGSIDE BOEING’S 787

By Jens Flottau11 min

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LAUREATES 2025

AVIATION WEEK'S 67TH ANNUAL LAUREATE AWARDS

Since its inception in 1957, the Aviation Week Network’s Laureate Awards have honored extraordinary achievements in aviation, defense and space. Each year, our editors review piles of internal and external nominations and choose exemplary individuals, teams and accomplishments.
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ENGINEERING

French Aerospace Engineering Schools Expedite Green Curricula

> TEACHING PROGRAMS AND CAMPUSES ARE TRANSFORMING > WITH TRAINING CENTERED ON SUSTAINABILITY, GRADUATES SHOULD INFLUENCE THE INDUSTRY IN THE COMING YEARS

By Thierry Dubois9 min

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The State of AI

Artificial intelligence is sweeping across the aerospace industry. But knowing where it is truly making a difference—rather than just hand-waving—can be difficult. To understand the state of the art of artificial intelligence better, where it is headed and the most important pieces of the software, Space and Emerging Technologies Editor Garrett Reim spoke with technologists at leading aerospace organizations.

By Garrett Reim9 min

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TECH TAKE

Airbus-BMW Challenge Shows Quantum Potential Anticorrosion coatings, sustainable supply chains and aeroacoustic modeling are among the applications demonstrated by winners of Airbus and BMW Group’s quantum computing challenge.

By Graham Warwick8 min

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Generative AI 'Super Analyst' May Change How Airlines Set Prices

> ADVANCEMENTS IN AI PROVIDE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR AIRLINES > PRICING, MAINTENANCE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE TOOLS ARE BEING TESTED

By Christine Boynton,Helen Massy-Beresford7 min

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DEFENSE

MISSION POSSIBLE

> DESIGNERS ARE PUZZLED AFTER CHINA’S DOUBLE-AIRCRAFT REVEAL > TRIJET LAYOUT FEATURES POINT TO REGIONAL BOMBER ROLE > TWINJET CONFIGURATION MAY FACE SPEED AND PAYLOAD CONSTRAINTS

By Graham Warwick,Steve Trimble7 min

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SUPPLY CHAIN

How China's Minerals Hegemony Imperils the Defense Industrial Base

> MINERAL EXPORTS BAN TARGETS U.S. AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE > SUPPLIER DIVERSIFICATION WILL REQUIRE BOTH DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL SOURCING

By Matthew Fulco6 min

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Thales Bets on Hybrid AI for Future Automation

> DRONE FLIGHT TESTING ADVANCES AI-BASED NAVIGATION SAFETY > AI MAY HELP PREVENT COLLISIONS IN AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

By Thierry Dubois6 min

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Autonomy Software Evolves from Military Platforms to Missions

> ANDURIL DRONES PRACTICE AIR-TO-AIR ROLES > COLLABORATIVE COMBAT AIRCRAFT AUTONOMY PROJECT MOVES FORWARD IN SECRECY

By Steve Trimble5 min

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