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Lesson to get USAF helicopter effort back on track

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Lee Hudson | Aviation Week & Space Technology

The lesson of getting the U.S. Air Force’s Combat Rescue Helicopter effort back on track is a back-to-basics approach to program management.
 
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Graham Warwick | The Weekly Of Business Aviation

UK startup Vertical Aerospace has completed unmanned flight testing of a second full-scale prototype as it works to develop a certifiable electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
 
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Nasa, Boeing in contract negotiations, Ariane 6 on schedule for first launch, new strategies for preventing drone disruptions, Skyborg testing how AI brain can control aircraft, U.S Army still tacking pilot shortage and more. A roundup of aerospace, space, and defense news.
 
 
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What aerospace companies can learn from the MAX crisis.
 
Steve Trimble

New long-range weapons in development by the Army overtake roles now assumed by the U.S. Air Force combat fleet.
 
Graham Warwick

Four contenders are each offering different configurations for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program. A fifth remains under wraps.
 
Jen DiMascio

U.S. Army expands next tactical missile’s range; what an FVL program may cost; KAI begins building KF-X prototype; France and Germany to sign FCAS deal.
 
 
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