Guy Norris | Aviation Week & Space Technology After a long hiatus from the market, supersonic airliners may be poised to make a big comeback, and Boom Technology is looking to be first in the market. | Graham Warwick | Aerospace Daily & Defense Report Aurora Flight Sciences is flying a Cessna Caravan fitted with a robotic copilot as part of a Darpa program to demonstrate automation that could reduce the crew required to fly existing aircraft. | | Lara Seligman | Aviation Week & Space Technology The new battlefield necessitates a short-takeoff, lower-signature—if not fully stealthy—refueling aircraft that moves away from the commercial-derivative tankers of years past, Lockheed Martin says. | Fred George | Business & Commercial Aviation Gulfstream’s newest aircraft is setting a new benchmark in business aviation technology. BCA Senior Editor Fred George strapped into the left seat of the new $44.65 million G500. Read his pilot report. | | Antoine Gelain | Aviation Week & Space Technology Musk’s approach is flawed. If he truly believes that what is at stake is the long-term survival of humanity, then he should not expect to charge people $200,000 for the trip, opines Antoine Gelain. | Tony Osborne | Aviation Week & Space Technology North Korea held its first-ever public airshow last month, displaying MD500 light helicopters, Nanchang/Shijiazhuang Y-5s and a Pacific Aerospace PAC P-750 XSTOL, among other aircraft. | | James Drew | Aviation Week & Space Technology The outgoing chief of the U.S. “Mighty Eighth” Air Force has thrown his support behind a reengining of the Pratt & Whitney TF33 turbofan-powered Boeing B-52 heavy bomber. | James Pozzi | Inside MRO With a growing share of A380s entering the first D-check stage, a number of MROs have added to their capabilities to cover the aircraft. | | Frank Morring, Jr. | Aviation Week & Space Technology Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, two billionaires with ambitious visions for space colonization, have markedly different approaches to settling the ‘final frontier.’ | Chris Kjelgaard | Inside MRO The 747 might only now be reaching the halfway point in its remarkable, world-altering flying career. | | |
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