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Guy Norris

Although expecting delays from the pandemic, Aerion says updated, sustainable AS2 supersonic design well-positioned for market recovery.
 
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AeroVironment launches military derivative of Quantix drone, USAF Chief defends ABMS strategy after critical GAO report, Germany’s future F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet a “bridge” capability for a future platform, USN preps to move weapons on Ford and more. A roundup of aerospace and defense news.
 
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Steve Trimble

A ground-launched hypersonic cruise missile could become part of the Pentagon’s portfolio of maneuvering weapons with speeds over Mach 5, Mark Lewis, the director of Defense Research and Engineering for Modernization said.
 
Over the next five years, original equipment manufacturers are expected to increase commercial aircraft production by 21%. The ramp-up means suppliers face unprecedented challenges. They must find ways to satisfy demand for more components while OEMs place more pressure on them to decrease lead times and prices.
 
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on April 22 to deliver a seventh batch of the company’s Starlink communications satellites into low Earth orbit.
 
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Jen DiMascio

How Lockheed exceeds expectations; Italians may buy AW169; U.S. Air Force fuel-saving solution; Russia studies light fighter.
 
Tony Osborne

Airbus nudges the RACER first flight to the fourth quarter of 2021, citing program management complexity for the high-speed rotorcraft.
 
Helen Massy-Beresford

Airlines are looking ahead to how the coronavirus crisis will affect efforts to reduce environmental impact.
 
Michael Bruno

High-speed rail long has been the boogeyman to global airliner growth. The novel coronavirus could make it a real competitor.
 
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