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The most read content in February.
| Aerospace Digest This month's top civil, military and space content | | |
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| U.S. Navy’s Aircraft Launch Rail Gun Revealed | Guy Norris
Details of the U.S. Navy’s new generation, electrically powered aircraft launch and recovery system, currently under test for the first time on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) carrier, are visible in a large-scale model at the Singapore Airshow. |
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| How New B-21 Stealth Bomber Compares To B-2A | | A new rendering of the Northrop Grumman B-21A released by the U.S. Air Force Jan. 31 offers a fresh perspective on the overall size and features of the highly secretive stealth bomber, revealing an aircraft that, as expected, broadly resembles the B-2A but with several important differences. |
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| Boeing Hints At New Direction For NMA Refocus | Guy Norris
Boeing appears to be redirecting its next new airliner project to compete more directly with the long-range Airbus A321XLR rather than take on the broader 757-767 replacement market previously studied under the shelved New Midmarket Airplane project. |
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| Airbus Unveils Blended Wing Body Demonstrator | Guy Norris
As it becomes clearer that disruptive new airliner configurations will be one of the few ways of meeting the reduced emissions targets of the future, Airbus has revealed it is flight-testing a scaled blended wing body (BWB) technology demonstrator. |
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| Airliner Concepts: A Step Change In Efficiency | Graham Warwick
The rising clamor over aviation's carbon emissions could add impetus to studies of unconventional aircraft configurations, and offer a step change in efficiency – beyond simple improvements in engine technology. Here are some of the novel concepts being considered. This article was originally published in 2019. |
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| A Brief History of Rotorcraft Development | Graham Warwick
Helicopters have proved extraordinarily versatile and valuable across a wide range of missions, but even after the first brief pioneering flights their successful development involved decades of trial and error. Aviation Week takes a visual journey through that history. |
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| Retirement Uptick Will Restock Used Engine Parts | Sean Broderick
After several years of lagging aircraft retirements, there are signs that an expected wave of removals is imminent if not underway, which will provide much-needed used-parts feed for several popular engine platforms. |
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