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Unmanned tiltrotor to become part of Future Vertical Lift-Maritime Strike program.
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Steve Trimble

Bell has scaled down and redesigned the unmanned V-247 tiltrotor to propose as a member of family of systems that would become the U.S. Navy’s Future Vertical Lift-Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) program.  
 
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Uncertainty over demand trends and new aircraft delivery schedules are among the factors continuing to suppress aircraft retirements, analysis from consultancy Naveo shows. 
 
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As demand for air travel returns, why have some airports and airlines in the UK struggled to ramp up operations accordingly? Aviation Week air transport editors discuss how we got here and whether the chaos was inevitable or avoidable.
 
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Rapid release of imagery from space has helped Ukraine make strategy decisions and document destruction and Russian attacks on civilians.
 
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