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Greece receives refurbished P-3; GPS OCX drama continues; India launches new SAR satellite; and Sikorsky pitches CH-53K to Israel.

U.S. Air Force is sitting pretty, with four U.S. companies vying for its space launch business beginning in 2020

The company shocked competitors and impressed the Air Force with a $9.2 billion bid for the next-generation trainer contract, but will it work?

The need for faster, longer-range, more survivable rotorcraft is taking on increasing urgency within the service.

Will plans to reduce capacity filter through to changes to fleet plans for squeezed European carriers?

The MAX production slowdown will dampen deliveries of large commercial aircraft this year, but the ongoing supercycle is expected to power on a few more years.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury and his management colleagues have taken over little over a month ago. Now, weeks before the Paris Air Show, the new leadership team has given first indications on strategy and priorities. What are the key takes? Aviation Week Network editors discuss.

With unprecedented connectivity, airlines are challenged to prioritize the available bandwidth.

Family-owned Maule Aircraft is now supported by its fourth generation.

The service launches a prize challenge in search of payload technologies for a shipboard unmanned aircraft before nailing down an air vehicle design.

Hermeus Mach 5 concept plans to leverage existing high-speed materials and propulsion technology.

Air traffic management concepts are being floated for drones, spaceships and UAM vehicles.

Advances in waveform-shifting and digital radars push the Navy to invest in EA-18G modernization.

An FAA-hosted gathering of regulators helped clarify the agency’s stance on Boeing 737 MAX changes but did not result in a timeline for return to service.

It is time to deliver on the promises made to investors and customers.

KAI hopes to be a “super Tier 1” supplier, acting as a strategic partner to Airbus or Boeing, an integrator of aircraft sections.

Autonomy in an F-16; urban air traffic management; eVTOLs in Paris; Perlan aims for 90,000 ft.; personnel-rescue eVTOLs.

In Europe, manufacturers of business aircraft have to be creative to thrive in an often uncertain market.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

Onex’s purchase of WestJet is the biggest private equity deal ever in the airline industry, and part of a potential dramatic turnaround for the once-shunned airline industry.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

In mid-May 1969, only one hurdle remained before NASA would attempt to land astronauts on the Moon: a flight test.

CHC, PHI and now Bristow’s bankruptcies have led to questions about the sustainability of the industry in its current form.

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As Boeing nears finalization of its proposed fix to the 737 MAX since the fleet-wide grounding in March, our editors discuss the ramifications for pilot proficiency, automation and other civil aircraft programs.