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Discussions to use a distributed systems approach.
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Steve Trimble

Ask the Editors: U.S. Air Force and NATO officials have discussed replacing E-3s using a distributed systems approach, but options are not fully developed.
 
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Northrop Grumman: Learn more about the B-21
 
Guy Norris

Startup Boom looks ahead to flying its XB-1 scaled demonstrator in 2021 and going supersonic by year-end.
 
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Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett

The new liquid-propellant weapon appeared to be an enlargement of North Korea’s previous ICBM, Hwasong 15, which implicitly has insufficient payload-range capability for all of North Korea’s purposes.
 
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GE Aviation: Building a world that works
 
Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of CNES, tells Aviation Week’s Thierry Dubois about the agency’s progress on reusable launchers and other programs in conjunction with International Astronautical Congress 2020.
 
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NASA’s Artemis program to put humans on the Moon by 2024, the U.S. Defense Department’s creation of the Space Force and a growing middle market for space services are fueling at least one bright spot in the aerospace industry. Join our panel of experts in a discussion about the surge in space revenue and where new opportunities may lie.
 
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Graham Warwick

HAPSMobile flies high; Islander automated; multifuel UAV engines; NASA’s X-59 slips; Russia targets quiet supersonics; fresh fruit by autonomous aircraft.
 
Helen Massy-Beresford

Fleet upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic may have an impact on the feedstock available for conversion.
 
 
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented disruption across global aerospace and defense supply chains.

Aerospace and defense M&A is likely to accelerate in response to these challenges. Well-capitalized suppliers and financial sponsors will see opportunities for consolidation, while reduced demand will force many weaker players to sell, restructure or exit the market entirely.