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From Russia's failure to control Ukrainian airspace to C919's first flight.

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Michael Bruno

Boeing promotes optimistic outlook for financing air transport deliveries based on the 2021 results.
 
Piotr Butowski

Russian fighter squadrons have been burdened by the pace of the war.
 
The initial production COMAC C919 airliner took flight for the first time on May 14 as the narrowbody nears commercial service after years of delay.
 
Brian Everstine

The U.S. Air Force has decided to not renew an ongoing contract with Draken International for adversary air training at Nellis AFB, Nevada, because it has determined the contractor’s jets can no longer provide the effective training it needs.
 
Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris

First-quarter 2022 financial reports from Airbus and Boeing were snapshots of the different fates the two leading airframers face. Listen in as Aviation Week editors Jens Flottau, Guy Norris and Michael Bruno discuss the increasingly diverging paths within the duopoly.
 
Sash Tusa

The war in Ukraine shows that the battlefield has become a harsh environment for helicopters and sweeping airborne maneuvers.
 
Market demand for the A320neo family remains strong, but Airbus is delaying A321XLR entry-into-service due to certification issues.
 
Guy Norris

Aviation Week flies aboard Northrop Grumman’s reengined L-1011 TriStar carrier aircraft for a simulated rocket launch.
 
Steve Trimble

How a yearly series of experiments in the Utah desert is preparing the Army to incorporate drone swarms into future operations.
 
Jen DiMascio, Sash Tusa, Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine

The war in Ukraine is revealing the vulnerability of attack helicopters to man-portable air-defense systems. Defense analyst Sash Tusa joins Aviation Week editors to discuss options that the U.S. Army will consider at its EDGE 22 exercise, how manufacturers could protect future rotorcraft and whether those ideas make sense.
 
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