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Cuts over next five years may delay programs such as NGAD.
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Ask the Editors: Short-term defense spending appears stable, but cuts over the next five years may delay Air Force programs such as NGAD.
 
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NTSB attributes freighter crash to “the inappropriate response by the first officer as the pilot flying to an inadvertent activation of the go-around mode."
 
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With production concluding in the next couple of years, the long-term fate of the Airbus A380 had been sealed for some time. Take our quiz to see how well you know the Airbus A380.
 
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.
 
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Development of the high-altitude long-endurance system has been rocky from the start.
 
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Limited access to facilities and the suspension of on-site training has delayed the Next-Generation Air Transportation System.
 
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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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