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Aerospace Digest
A look back at some of the top stories in 2021
 
This is the final Aerospace Digest for 2021. We will return on January 4, 2022. 
Happy Holidays from the Aviation Week Network.
 
Steve Trimble

The settlement allows Honeywell to pay $8 million in fines over a two-year period, plus another $5 million on compliance measures.
 
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Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne

Aviation Week editors provide context and insights into Finland’s decision to buy the F-35, the UAE’s deal for 80 Rafales and Canada’s looming fighter decision and look ahead at what’s next for the market.
 
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Michael Bruno

A consortium relationship with a Japanese manufacturer could be a win-win for Boeing and Japan’s aviation industry.
 
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Guy Norris, Steve Trimble

A secret program inside GatorWorks seeks to deliver a high-speed, reusable propulsion system.
 
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Jens Flottau

GE Aviation and Safran have defined the framework for developing their future technology as Pratt and Rolls prepare their own path.
 
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Graham Warwick

X Prime programs would fill the gap between experimental X-planes and Y-plane prototypes.
 
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Matthew Jouppi

The U.S. should account for an advanced adversary when making decisions about its future fighter force.
 
Guy Norris

CFM International joint venture partners GE Aviation and Safran have launched an aggressive technology development program to pave the way for a new generation of fuel-efficient unducted—or open fan—engines to enter service around the mid-2030s.
 
Jens Flottau

Executives close to the program discuss the A380’s rise and fall.
 
Steve Trimble 

A redesign of the inlet on the Northrop Grumman B-21 was completed before the final configuration of the stealth bomber was frozen in November 2018, according to the U.S. Air Force. 
 
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