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Entering the conversion market
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Jens Flottau | Aviation Week & Space Technology

Airbus has mostly ignored the new-built cargo aircraft market and instead slowly entered the conversion market, with rival Boeing in a much stronger position.
 
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Michael Bruno, Jen DiMascio and Jens Flottau  | Aviation Week & Space Technology

Listen in as our editors explain how Europe and the U.S. find themselves on the precipice of a ruling that could prevent U.S. airlines from taking delivery of Airbus aircraft and European airlines from accepting Boeing ones.
 
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Counter-drone contracts, the Solar System’s second interstellar visitor, updates on KC-46A radar-warning receivers, US deploying Patriot and Sentinel, hypersonic weapon research project and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news.
 
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This summit will mainly focus on Composites (Carbon Fiber, Glass Fiber, Polymers, Thermoplastic/Thermosetting Materials, and Machine Tools).
 
Graham Warwick | Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Italy has become the first F-35 operator to deploy the fifth-generation fighter on a NATO mission, sending the aircraft to perform air policing in Iceland.
 
 
AviationWeek & Space Technology
 
Helen Massy-Beresford and Jens Flottau

After Aigle Azur and the collapse of Thomas Cook—Europe’s major airline casualties are mounting.
 
Sean Broderick

New board-level safety committee has been established, with the changes designed to elevate internal safety concerns, address varying regulatory environments.
 
Michael Bruno and Jens Flottau

The moral of the story of the airliner subsidy dispute at the WTO is: Be careful about starting fights. Now Boeing looks set to learn it the hard way.
 
Jen DiMascio

Sikorsky to begin HH-60W production; B-61 warhead cost overrun; Taiwan’s new trainer and Thailand Seeks AH-6i helos.
 
 
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