Pentagon awards contract for long-lead work on next batch of F-35s
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DEFENSE

Lockheed Gets $1.3B F-35 Down Payment

The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin $1.3 billion to continue production of the next batch of F-35s.

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Airbus, Boeing Claim Victory In Latest WTO Ruling

Do state subsidies for the Boeing 777X program add up to $50 million, or $8.7 billion? The answer is at the center of the World Trade Organization’s latest ruling in the seemingly never-ending dispute between Airbus and Boeing.

 

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

When Aviation Week Bought Lies Over U-2 Crash In Russia (1960)

Two weeks after a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by Soviet air defenses on May 1, 1960, Aviation Week was still buying the false line that the aircraft had not been taken out by a Russian missile but crashed after an engine failure.

SPACE

NASA’s Mars Orbiter Points To New Martian Subsurface Ice Deposit

Researchers using radar data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have observed a subsurface ice deposit on the Red Planet that rivals the size of Lake Superior, the largest of the U.S. Great Lakes.

 

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Although there has been progress, systemic cost and scheduling issues facing the sector have become even more critical. We delve into the progress that has been made, explore the root causes of today’s challenges, and provide recommendations for sustainable and long-term improvement.  deloitte.com/us/aerospace
 

MRO

Ranking Commercial Aviation's Cybersecurity Priorities

Aviation Week survey reveals intellectual property threats rank as the greatest for commercial aviation manufacturing and MRO.

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

First US Commercial Passenger Flights To Havana, Cuba Launched

The first commercial passenger flights in 55 years between the US and Havana, Cuba, departed Nov. 28, as American Airlines and JetBlue Airways each launched scheduled service to the island nation’s capital.

 

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