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The Speed Racer project harkens back to the Skunk Works' origins as the company that built the first XP-80 in 143 days and the first U-2 in less than nine months.
 
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The U.S. Air Force is on the hunt for attritable aircraft to round out its inventory, but the service may already have what it needs in the MQ-9, according to the manufacturer.
 
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A congressional report reveals that Boeing did not modify the 737 MAX’s design or pilot training to address an issue discovered during development.
 
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Ask the Editors: The A220-500 would be great strategic asset for Airbus in its competition with Boeing and the 737 MAX.
 
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Speed and efficiency of a tiltwing promise time and cost savings over helicopters.
 
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Project Tesseract is designed to push the United States Air Force to improve efficiency in its maintenance and logistics effort through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Attend MALMS for an exclusive update from BG Linda Hurry on the expanding status and implementation of Project Tesseract, with its vision is to drive aircraft readiness. Results are already happening, get up-to-speed with the latest developments at MALMS - Virtual.