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Michael Bruno

The stakes are getting high for Boeing, so giving equity to Uncle Sam may be the least of the worries facing the embattled OEM.
 
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Irene Klotz

Former astronaut Norm Thagard answers questions about his time in space and offers thoughts on how to stay busy while quarantining.
 
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Guy Norris, Jens Flottau

Small narrowbodies have been losing market share to larger aircraft but lower travel demand may mean a second chance.
 
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Aviation Week Network forecasts that over the next ten years, 286 Western-designed aircraft preforming C4ISR missions will enter military service, and 142 will be retired. Find out more.
 
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Guy Norris

Budget cuts to ground NASA SOFIA 747SP observatory, while obsolescence prompts replacement study for DC-8 airborne science missions.
 
Graham Warwick

Boeing’s ATS powers on; ZeroAvia progresses; Japanese eVTOL flies; LNG personal jet; Morphing wing.
 
 
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