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PLUS: MQ-20 emerges as new candidate for adversary air surrogate.

Thursday 01 August 2024

Aerospace Digest

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Boeing Warns 2024 Is Another Red Ink Year

Michael Bruno

Boeing CFO Brian West indicated that the troubled airframer and large defense prime will see another year full of red ink when 2024 results are reported. Read more.

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MQ-20 Emerges As New Candidate For Adversary Air Surrogate

Steve Trimble

A new U.S. defense project is devoted to converting two General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-20s into air-to-air adversaries for training fighter pilots.

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Europe Readies Next Ariane 6 Flight As APU Investigation Continues

Robert Wall

Europe is pressing ahead with the second Ariane 6 launch, even as program officials continue to assess an upper-stage glitch during the rocket’s first flight.

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Gallery: Alaskan C-17, Chinook Support Joint Airborne Parajump/TACP Training Exercise

Angus Batey

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hosted an exercise rehearsing pararescue ops. Special ops TACPs deployed via C-17 and CH-47F aircraft for conventional and unconventional scenarios.

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FARNBOROUGH AIRHSHOW 2024

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Jens Flottau speaks with Lilium CEO Klaus Roewe to learn more about the jet's production, delays in the planned first flight, and the 100-aircraft Saudia order.

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Fixed-Price Programs Drive Operating Loss For Boeing Defense Unit

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A strategy used from 2011 to 2018 to win five fixed-price development programs with low-priced bids continues to haunt Boeing’s defense and space business.

CFM's Leap 1A Production Plan Hit By Low HPT Blade Output

Thierry Dubois

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