Aviation Week & Space Technology

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Our editors discuss why demand for Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s has slowed to a trickle, and explain how new narrowbody airplanes could shake up the trans-Atlantic airline market.

This week’s Washington Outlook looks at strategic options for the new president, NASA cash, presidential helicopter and new routes to Mexico.

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

Boeing has named Greg Hyslop chief technology officer. He succeeds John Tracy, who will retire. Hyslop had been senior vice president-engineering, test and technology. John Burke has been appointed vice president-military business for Airbus Helicopters Inc. He has been Airbus Defense and Space vice president-UH-72A Lakota helicopter program. He also is board chairman of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.

Bombardier has clearly done its homework, studying lessons learned from bleeding-edge programs like the 787 and also introducing its own innovations.

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Although efforts to make flying safer took center stage this year, there was no dearth of new products and improvements on existing aircraft.

Rescuing people at sea has long been mentioned as a role for the AG600. But a military newspaper adds that it will also be able to carry supplies to islands and reefs.

Industry experts say turbo-electric propulsion is still years away, so NASA should focus research also on gas turbines, sustainable jet fuels and propulsion-airframe integration if it wants to reduce carbon emissions.

Technology developments will continue to transform every field of aerospace, just as they have the over the last 100 years.

The image of a U.S. president checking for recent payments as a first response to America’s allies being attacked comes across as neither strong nor smart.

India has signed a follow-on order to buy four maritime patrol aircraft from Boeing, worth about $1 billion, to replace the Indian navy’s fleet of Russian-origin Tu-142Ms.

Mitsubishi watches past issues in MRJ intro, while Comac struggles for any sales.

Science planners believe the approach would increase the chances another surface vehicle eventually will be able to recover them for analysis on Earth.

European manufacturers—especially airframers and engine-makers—hope the EcoTitanium project will make titanium procurement less challenging in the future.

Weather satellites are showing that global warming is contributing to heavier rainfalls worldwide.

The FAA as a growth opportunity might be hard to see sometimes. But it isn’t just the FAA that beckons opportunists.

For Turkish airlines, recent political developments can only be described with one word: disastrous.

U.S. Air Force officials consider pursuing two separate light-attack aircraft, potentially in parallel, to meet immediate and long-term needs for close-air support.

The European Commission decision allows the new company to finalize development of the Ariane 5 successor while overhauling Europe’s space industry.

In an Aviation Week interview, Avio Aero CEO Riccardo Procacci talks about future engine development technologies.

European carriers reel from drop in traffic in light of terrorist attacks and other factors that hurt what was projected to be a fairly decent financial year.

Germany hopes to lead from the front on foreign operations and multinational programs.