February 10, 2025

February 10, 2025

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SAFETY

Institutional Failure

By Sean Broderick,Brian Everstine,Christine Boynton10 min

SUPERSONIC AVIATION

ON TO OVERTURE

By Guy Norris9 min

BUSINESS

Could This Be the Year Boeing Finally Starts To Recover?

By Sean Broderick,Michael Bruno8 min

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SAFETY

Institutional Failure

> PROBE INTO MIDAIR COLLISION IS IN EARLY STAGES > SIGNS POINT TO MISSED CLUES OF HELICOPTER OPERATIONS RISKS > FAA BANS MIXED HELICOPTER/FIXED-WING FLYING NEAR REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT

By Sean Broderick,Brian Everstine,Christine Boynton10 min

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SUPERSONIC AVIATION

ON TO OVERTURE

> BOOM SWINGS FOCUS TO OVERTURE AFTER XB-1 SUCCESS > SYMPHONY CORE TO BE TESTED BY YEAR-END > XB-1 HITS MACH 1.12 IN MILESTONE RUN

By Guy Norris9 min

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BUSINESS

Could This Be the Year Boeing Finally Starts To Recover?

> THE OEM HOPES TO BUILD 42 737s PER MONTH BY YEAR-END > DEFENSE AND SPACE PROGRAM CHARGES SOW CONCERNS

By Sean Broderick,Michael Bruno8 min

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TECH TAKE

TECH TAKE

Turbine/Fuel-Cell Hybrid Study Funded The feasibility of a novel aircraft propulsion system concept combining gas turbines and fuel cells, both using liquid hydrogen, is to be studied under a grant awarded by NASA to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

By Graham Warwick8 min

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SUPERSONIC AVIATION

Unexpected Power Options Emerge From Boeing Supersonic Study

> ADVANCED FUSION PROPULSION IS PROPOSED > BOEING’S VISION VEHICLE TARGETS MACH 4

By Guy Norris7 min

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TRAINING

Aviation Poised To Reap Benefits of Evidence-Based Training

> AUTHORITIES SEE VALUE IN NEW METHODOLOGY > INSTRUCTORS FOCUS ON NONTECHNICAL SKILLS AND PERSONALIZED EXERCISES TO MAKE PILOTS RESILIENT

By Thierry Dubois7 min

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MISSILE DEFENSE

A NEW HOPE

> TRUMP’S “IRON DOME” ORDER ECHOES COLD WAR-ERA PLAN > THE PLAN INCLUDES A NEW GROUND-BASED DEFENSES UNDERLAYER > ACQUISITION CHANGES WILL BE NEEDED, EXPERTS ASSERT

By Brian Everstine7 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Facing Headwinds, American Airlines Lags in Profits Among Big Three

> AMERICAN CITES LABOR DEALS AS PART OF COST ESCALATION > UNITED AND DELTA LAND AT THE TOP WITH NET INCOMES OF MORE THAN $3 BILLION EACH

By Lori Ranson,Christine Boynton7 min

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DEFENSE

GROWTH ENGINE

> INDIA’S FRUSTRATED DEFENSE MARKET SEEKS AN INDUSTRY SHAKE-UP > WESTERN COMPANIES WILL DEVELOP THE COUNTRY’S FUTURE FIGHTER ENGINE CORE > PROCUREMENT AND COMPETITION REFORMS ARE UNDER REVIEW

By Steve Trimble6 min

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ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY

Vertiport Players Chart Incremental Course for Air Taxi Adoption

> “MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCT” PLANNED FOR LOW INITIAL VOLUME > EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ESTABLISHED PROCESSES TO BE LEVERAGED FOR EARLY SERVICES

By Ben Goldstein5 min

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