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Aviation Week reviews some of the key milestones along the long and sometimes bumpy road leading to CFM’s recently announced open-fan next-generation engine demonstrator initiative.
 
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First F-35C pilots certified for inaugural carrier deployment, Germany to purchase P-8 Poseidon, NASA gets backing for new astronaut radiation exposure limit and more. 
 
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Graham Warwick

As Airbus evaluates liquid hydrogen as a possible route to zero-emission commercial aviation by the mid-2030s, it has begun a research program to explore the potential of cryogenically cooled electric propulsion for large civil aircraft.
 
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Lee Hudson

The U.S. Air Force unexpectedly begins the search for a new tanker to supplement the KC-46.
 
Jen DiMascio

SDA to loft spacecraft; Indonesia receives ScanEagle delivery; Will LRASM survive in Japan?; and Qatar’s Hawk trainers take flight.
 
Steve Trimble

A new delay and a design problem raise questions about Boeing’s digital approach to T-7A design.
 
 
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