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This month's top civil, military and space content
 
Steve Trimble

A ride in a French Air Force Rafale B didn’t go as planned when an overstressed, back-seat passenger inadvertently ejected from the two-seat fighter, and the aircraft was saved only because of a previously undetected flaw that prevented the pilot’s ejection, a new French military report said.
 
Guy Norris

Far from being retired, the storied U-2 is being upgraded into the U.S. Air Force’s first fully open mission systems compliant fleet.
 
Guy Norris

Although expecting delays from the pandemic, Aerion says updated, sustainable AS2 supersonic design well-positioned for market recovery.
 
Satellites are tracking how the coronavirus has halted the movement of people from the world’s architectural wonders via airports as well as visits to the local mall on highways that were once crowded and now desolate. 
 
Aviation Week’s staff compiled a list of why they favor these amazing military aircraft.
 
Jens Flottau, Tony Osborne

Embraer and Boeing are entering into a bitter public fight over who is responsible for the end of the proposed commercial aircraft joint venture, Boeing Brasil Commercial.
 
Practically everyone in commercial aerospace is scrambling to figure out how deep, and how long, COVID-19 will affect industry. Listen is as we discuss.
 
With many people living and working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, NASA offered a summary of the framework it uses to prepare astronauts for the mental and emotional challenges of long-duration spaceflight. The practice boils down to five general skills and associated behaviors. Here are their main tips.
 
Listen in as our editors discuss what appears to be a new lease of life for the famed Dragon Lady, the twists and turns of the U-2's background and its changing role in the face of multi-domain operations.
 
Sean Broderick

When the next Boeing 737 MAX rolls off the assembly line sometime later this year, it will roll into a very different world than when production was paused in mid-January.
 
WEBINAR TOMORROW
 
Airlines have been increasing their average aircraft size for years, but will small aircraft be better positioned when the industry begins to emerge from the COVID-19 groundings?

John Slattery, President and CEO of Embraer Commercial Aviation, joins Aviation Week editors in a free, interactive webinar on May 1 to discuss how the crisis could bolster demand for regional jets and smaller narrowbodies at the expense of larger aircraft.
 
Panelists:
John Slattery, President and CEO, Embraer Commercial Aviation
Jens Flottau, Executive Editor, Commercial Aviation, Aviation Week Network
Guy Norris, Senior Propulsion Editor, Aviation Week Network
 
Moderator: Joe Anselmo, Editorial Director, Aviation Week Network

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