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Optimism and sobering reminders why manufacturing in the sector has not changed.
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Michael Bruno

A decade after a surge of excitement over additive manufacturing in aerospace, the technology has not changed the landscape. Despite the frustrations, there is widespread agreement that AM’s role will continue to grow in A&D.
 
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The certification of an entire aircraft structure is extremely complex. An applicant must consider different aspects for structural approval to prove the strength of that structure sufficiently meets the design goals of the entire system. Learn how digital tools such as analysis and simulation help in aircraft structure certification.
 
Lee Hudson

In response to the novel coronavirus, the U.S. military was forced to think outside the box on how to produce pilots.
 
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Aviation Week Network forecasts that over the next ten years, 282 new Western-designed military scout helicopters will be built, 25 will be remanufactured, and 503 will be retired. See the full forecast.
 
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Christian Brose, a former majority director of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and author of the provocative book “The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare,” joins Aviation Week editors to discuss America’s failure to pursue advanced technologies needed to maintain its military edge.

The U.S. is now reaching for new networking tools that would allow its joint force to fight as one. But can the Pentagon retool fast enough to match China and Russia?

Friday, 19 June
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James Bosbotinis

The pace of hypersonic strike systems research is picking up internationally, galvanized by developments in Russia and China.
 
Thierry Dubois

France and Germany clear billions in support for aerospace, with France aiming at a carbon-neutral narrowbody.
 
Graham Warwick

Electric STOL for logistics; electric aircraft certification; Wisk back in flight; more funds for Lilium; Norway eyes e-fuels.
 
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