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Including 5G and the latest on the X-59 program.
Aerospace Digest
Most viewed civil, military and space content in January
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| U.S. Air Force Expands Supersonic Study With Boom | Guy Norris
Boom has been awarded a three-year U.S. Air Force contract to expand studies of its Mach 1.7 Overture aircraft beyond that of an executive transport to include surveillance, reconnaissance, special forces deployment and other military transport roles.
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| Boeing Recruiting German Super Hornet Industry Team | Tony Osborne
Boeing has begun taking the first steps toward establishing an industrial team in Germany to provide support for a planned fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers that would replace the country’s Panavia Tornado fleet.
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| New KC-46 Charge Highlights Rift Between Boeing, USAF | Brian Everstine
Boeing on Jan. 26 reported another charge of $402 million on the KC-46, bringing the total cost overruns for the tanker to about $5.4 billion, and the way the company announced it highlights an ongoing rift with the U.S. Air Force.
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| Missed Communication: Cessnas Collide, Part 1 | Roger Cox
Lapses involving radio communications at uncontrolled airports can be fatal. Such was the case in a Cessna 150 collision with a Cessna CJ4 business jet in Marion, Indiana. |
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| Gallery: X-59 Progress & Development | Barbara Nichols
The X-59 is in its first stage of development with test flights planned to begin this year. If the flight test phase is successful, NASA is scheduled to take delivery of the aircraft from Lockheed Martin in 2023. This gallery highlights concept images, a flight deck configuration, and its structural phase at the Fort Worth Facility. |
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The Future Of Digital Twins
February 4, 2022 10.00 EST | 15.00 GMT | 16.00 CET
During the Apollo program, NASA created physical copies of rockets that were able to help engineers solve technical problems when an oxygen tank exploded. These early on-paper models led to the development of the digital twin, a way of having a computer-based platform that can mirror a physical product. And now the aerospace industry is developing digital triplets. Aviation Week Defense Editor Steve Trimble explains the history and sheds light on where the technology has been and where it is headed. |
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| Rolls-Royce’s Electric Aircraft Breaks Speed Record | Tony Osborne
The X-59 is in its first stage of development with test flights planned to begin this year. If the flight test phase is successful, NASA is scheduled to take delivery of the aircraft from Lockheed Martin in 2023. This gallery highlights concept images, a flight deck configuration, and its structural phase at the Fort Worth Facility. |
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