April 22, 2024

April 22, 2024

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

CREDIBILITY CRISIS

By Guy Norris,Sean Broderick11 min

DEFENSE

ROTARY RENAISSANCE

By Chen Chuanren,Brian Everstine,Tony Osborne10 min

PROPULSION

MagniX Studies New Electric Roles as NASA Demo Steps Up

By Guy Norris9 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

CREDIBILITY CRISIS

> BOEING SAYS THE 787 FLEET HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS SAFETY > CONSERVATIVE TOLERANCES AND COMPOSITE DESIGN PROVE BENEFICIAL > EXTENSIVE TESTING AND FLEET PERFORMANCE UNDERPIN ITS SAFETY RECORD

By Guy Norris,Sean Broderick11 min

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DEFENSE

ROTARY RENAISSANCE

> A NEW CHINESE AIRCRAFT HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL PROGRESS FOR ATTACK HELICOPTERS > U .S. ARMY IS STILL CONSIDERING A MAJOR AH-64 UPGRADE PROPOSAL > I TALIAN AND TURKISH HELICOPTER OEMs SEEK EXPORTS

By Chen Chuanren,Brian Everstine,Tony Osborne10 min

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PROPULSION

MagniX Studies New Electric Roles as NASA Demo Steps Up

> NASA EFFORT PAVES WAY FOR CERTIFICATION > HYBRID-ELECTRIC DE HAVILLAND CANADA DASH 7 TO FLY IN 2026

By Guy Norris9 min

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TECH TAKE

TECH TAKE

Japan Backs Electrified Aircraft Japan’s government has selected four research themes for funding support under a program to develop hydrogenelectric propulsion technologies for next-generation commercial aircraft, with the goal of enabling carbon neutrality in aviation by 2050.

By Graham Warwick8 min

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SPACE

The End of an Era

> THE DELTA ROCKET PROGRAM COMES TO A CLOSE WITH ITS FINAL U.S. MILITARY MISSION > ATLAS BOOSTERS WILL BE RETIRED AS WELL

By Irene Klotz8 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

AIRLINE EXTRAS

> DIGITAL ADVANCES HELP AIRLINES CAPITALIZE ON SEAT CHOICES, ONBOARD SALES AND MORE > AIR FRANCE-KLM ANCILLARIES HAVE GROWN 28% SINCE 2019 > FRONTIER AIRLINES EXPECTS REVENUE BOOST FROM NEW OFFERINGS

By Helen Massy-Beresford,Adrian Schofield,Christine Boynton7 min

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PROPULSION

HYBRID THEORY

> HYBRID-ELECTRIC PROPULSION DEVELOPER SEES LONG-TERM POTENTIAL FOR THE TECHNOLOGY > PISTONAND TURBINE-BASED HYBRID PROPULSION IN DEVELOPMENT > A TURBO-ELECTRIC CONVERTIBLE ENGINE IS ON THE DRAWING BOARD

By Garrett Reim,Graham Warwick7 min

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ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY

Narrowing Runways

> STARTUPS RACE TO CERTIFICATION WITH LITTLE FINANCIAL BUFFER > LILIUM AND VERTICAL AEROSPACE COULD RUN OUT OF CASH BY THE THIRD QUARTER

By Ben Goldstein6 min

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DEFENSE

Pentagon Slows and Adapts Its Long-Range Hypersonic Defense Plan

> JAPAN IS EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE $1 BILLION FOR THE GLIDE PHASE INTERCEPTOR > LAWMAKERS PUSH BACK AGAINST INTERCEPTOR DELAY

By Steve Trimble6 min

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INTERVIEW

Big League

Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice talks with Senior Editor Guy Norris about the spinoff-turned-prime’s growth plans as its space defense business surges and its spaceplane prepares for flight.
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