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Key technology for intercontinental range hypersonic glider.
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Steve Trimble

The U.S. Air Force’s nuclear weapons managers have started researching a key technology for an intercontinental range hypersonic glider.
 
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Sean Broderick

Boeing’s detailed instructions for modifying 737 MAXs as part of the FAA’s planned requirements call for more than 200 work hrs. per aircraft, with most of the effort needed for addressing non-compliant wiring.
 
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Sixty five years after Lockheed Martin Skunk Works began the modern era of high altitude spy planes with the creation of the U-2, we take a look back at some of the key events in the Dragon Lady's history.
 
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USAF taps Oregon Air National Guard Unit as first F-15EX home, Boeing seeks more voluntary worker departures, final first-gen Japanese resupply vessel departs ISS and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news.
 
The view at the top has changed. The dashboard displays used to point up, but now industry is flying below the horizon due to Covid-19. Suppliers started the year struggling to keep up with expected production rate increases. Now they are right-sizing to meet 30-50% production rate reductions. SpeedNews' Aerospace Manufacturing Conference will seek to explore the outlook and opportunities into the middle of the decade. Register here.
 
More than 20 years after initial development, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle continues to fulfill its mission of experimentation and innovation in space.
 
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We need to infuse aviation education programs with a comprehensive perspective on human and machine performance.
 
William Garvey

The Collier Trophy goes to “the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America” during the preceding year. One year it went to Chance-Vought’s F8U Crusader, a just-launched U.S. Navy fighter. Fine choice, but the right one?
 
Ben Goldstein

The COVID-19 crisis has led major U.S. carriers to streamline their feeder fleets, creating winners and losers among regional partners.
 
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 Aerospace analyst Sash Tusa joins Aviation Week editors for a look at what to expect from GE's president and CEO elect John Slattery, and how GE, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce are being affected as mass retirements of older airplanes reduce their crucial aftermarket revenues. 

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