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Aviation Week & Space Technology, Feb. 26, 2024

VOL. 186 NO. 8 February 26, 2024
Comac C919
Credit: Mark Wagner / Aviation-Images

SINGAPORE AIRSHOW | COMMERCIAL AVIATION

China Eastern Airlines Comac C919
article

Comac’s Singapore Airshow Presence Shows China’s Ambitions

Feb 23, 2024
Comac presented the C919 at an international air show for the first time. It is likely the first step in a long journey to commercial success abroad.
C919
podcast

Podcast: Comac Steals The Show At Singapore—Should Boeing And Airbus Be Worried?

Feb 22, 2024
Listen in as editors at Singapore Airshow discuss Comac's starring role, the C919's prospects in today's market and what this could mean for the Airbus-Boeing duopoly.

FIRST TAKE

Kaan indigenous combat aircraft
article

First Take, Feb. 26, 2024

Feb 23, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

SINGAPORE AIRSHOW | DEFENSE

Collaborative Combat Aircraft concept
article

Pentagon CCA Vision Drives New Approach To Defense Tech Exports

Feb 23, 2024
Collaboration defines the operational role of a new class of autonomous combat systems as well a new model for foreign industry partners.

SPACE

New Glenn
article

Blue Origin New Glenn Tanking Test Sets Stage For Launch This Year

Feb 23, 2024
Fully funded and hardware-rich, Blue Origin readies for orbital operations.
New Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp
article

Blue Origin’s New CEO On Honing The Company’s Business Practices

Feb 21, 2024
“We can go dramatically faster,” says new Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp.

ROTORCRAFT

Airbus helicopter
article

Global Uncertainties Holding Back Rotorcraft Industry Rebound

Feb 19, 2024
Fast rotorcraft efforts might be accelerating across the industry, but keep watch on the light turbine helicopter market during 2024.
Bristow Group helicopter over Norwegian oil rig
article

Supply Chain Issues Hinder Offshore Helicopter Industry Bounce Back

Feb 23, 2024
Offshore helicopter industry leaders tell Aviation Week about the challenges they face as growth returns after a prolonged downturn.
Leonardo NGCTR
article

Leonardo Next-Generation Tiltrotor Effort Nearing First Flight

Feb 20, 2024
Leonardo Helicopters is completing the final assembly of its Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Demonstrator ahead of an expected first flight in the coming weeks.
airbus racer rendering
article

Airbus Rapid And Cost-Effective Rotorcraft First Flight Nears

Feb 20, 2024
The manufacturer is aiming for a first flight of the high-speed rotorcraft demonstrator in late March or early April.
Airbus H225/H225M
article

Airbus H225 Investments Aim To Restore Confidence For Offshore Return

Feb 22, 2024
Despite losing the energy market, Airbus has sold about 100 H225s in five years and aims to repeat that before the turn of the decade.
Sikorsky S-97 Raider
article

Sikorsky’s Next Tech Pillars: Autonomy, Electrification And UAS

Feb 21, 2024
After speed, autonomy and intelligence, Sikorsky Innovations shifts its focus to new technology challenges.

SUSTAINABILITY

Climate Impulse concept
article

Airbus’ ZEROe Hydrogen Project Gains Technology Momentum

Feb 21, 2024
As the Airbus CEO is adamant that hydrogen propulsion is feasible, the Climate Impulse project might do some groundwork for the technology.

DEFENSE

Boeing Australia’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat
article

U.S. Air Force Presses For Collaborative Combat Aircraft Cost Sharing

Feb 20, 2024
The service will select two companies to begin building CCAs, though with a cost-sharing agreement to bring along a third.
U.S. Air Force leaders on panel
article

U.S. Air Force Overhauls Its Modernization Planning

Feb 22, 2024
New command, Pentagon offices will be tasked with solely looking at future acquisition.

CARGO

cargo ship
article

Red Sea Attacks Boost Air Cargo

Feb 21, 2024
Air cargo operators are closely watching other global macroeconomic factors for clues on how 2024 will pan out.

TECHNOLOGY

AI-enabled digital co-pilot
article

Honeywell-Led Darwin Project Aims For AI-Enabled Single-Pilot Ops

Feb 19, 2024
Darwin will develop digital assistants to enable extended minimum-crew operations in cruise.
lift-offset rotor concept
article

The Week In Technology, Feb. 19-23, 2024

Feb 21, 2024
Multicopter lift-offset eVTOL; Emergency lubrication; Oceanic uncrewed aircraft; USAF tests uncrewed cargo.

COLUMNS & OPINION

Saab aircraft
article

Opinion: Why European Defense Stocks Are Besting Their U.S. Peers

Feb 19, 2024
Politics, historical context and the workings of the U.S. defense industrial complex are among the reasons.
Honeywell Flight Recorder
article

Flight Tracking Initiatives Make Progress

Feb 23, 2024
Ten years after MH370 and 15 years from AF447, industry is closing safety gaps spotlighted by those two accidents.
Conestoga rocket
article

JPL Job Cuts Are A Boon For Private Space Hiring

Feb 21, 2024
There is a long history of NASA brain power moving on to private industry.
views of the Sikorsky Raider X (left) and Bell 360 Invictus FARA helicopters
article

Opinion: What U.S. Army FARA Cancellation Means For U.S. Industry

Feb 22, 2024
Requiring manufacturers to pay a third of the cost and then suddenly canceling a program results in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost funding.

DEPARTMENTS

Engine close-up
article

Letters From Our Readers, Feb. 26, 2024

Feb 23, 2024
Readers write about aircraft production standards, nuclear bomb coverage, AI, private jets, future airliners and radar warning receivers.
article

New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections, Feb. 26, 2024

Feb 23, 2024
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
article

Aviation Week Events, Feb. 26, 2024

Feb 23, 2024
A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.