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Steve Trimble

U.S. Army officials said on Oct. 11 that they will soon launch a competition for industry to supply a batch of contractor-owned, contractor-operated business jets equipped with a suite of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) payloads. 
 
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Graham Warwick, Tony Osborne

Russian supplies of munitions are being drained and the country’s forces are being exhausted by Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the head of the UK’s signals intelligence agency has indicated. 
 
Aviation Week talks with John O’Connor of Siemens as he explains why advances in A&D tend to increase complexity, and how Siemens Xcelerator can bring that complexity under control with digital threads running from design through planning and production and right into machines on the production line.
 
Garrett Reim

With cargo drone and air taxi companies aiming to launch operations within the next several years, NASA is pushing to better understand the urban weather in which they will operate.
 
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Joby to operate EVTOL premium airport service for Delta and U.S. Army close to requesting bids for Athena-R Fleet. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.
 
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From U.S. Army close to requesting bids for Athena-R Fleet and Northrop seeks to move survivability tool into FVL demos. Explore today's four top stories from the AUSA 2022 Show!
 
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All the news from the AUSA annual meeting & exposition, bringing together full coverage of the event taking place in Washington DC.
 
 
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Bradley Perrett

Without schedule pressure to develop the Long March 9, China pursues resusable designs.
 
Ben Goldstein

Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein says a new pilot development program is about time-building, not formal training.
 
 
WEBINAR TODAY
 

Date: 12 October 2022
Time: 10AM EST | 3PM BST | 4PM CET

This webinar will explore how issues like labour shortages and bottlenecks at all levels of the supply chain tie into consolidation in Europe - touching on how OEMs can drive efficiency and partner with capitalised suppliers to ramp up production as government financial assistance winds down.

Moderator: 
Richard Brown, Managing Director NAVEO

Panelists:
George Ferguson, Senior Analyst Aerospace/Defense & Airlines
Bloomberg Intelligence
Roberto Scaramella, Partner Oliver Wyman
Richard Apps, Director Counterpoint Market Intelligence
 
UPCOMING WEBINAR
 
Building off the Consolidation in the European A&D Market discussion, this webinar will focus on the engine production shortage and how forecasted deliveries will be adjusted moving forward – touching on behind-schedule deliveries, raw material shortages, and more.
 
 
 
 
November 2, 2022 - Washington, DC

January 30,  2023 - Beverly Hills, CA