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Flight Testing New Upset Recovery Guidance System

John Croft | Aviation Week & Space Technology

Preliminary results from a NASA-funded engineering evaluation show pop-up guidance cues on the primary flight display could help pilots avoid losing control of their aircraft.

DEFENSE

Gripen Withdrawn From Belgian Fighter Contest

Tony Osborne | Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Belgium’s short list for its future fighter has shrunk to three after the Swedish government withdrew Saab’s new-generation Gripen from the tender.

SPACE

NASA Explores Human/Robot Partnership At Mars

Mark Carreau | Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

NASA’s vision of future human deep space explorers working hand in hand with robots has achieved a milestone through the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Space Robotics Challenge.

TECHNOLOGY

Zunum’s Software-Style Approach To Developing Electric Propulsion

Graham Warwick | Aviation Week & Space Technology

With backing from Boeing and JetBlue and now Washington-state, startup Zunum Aero is beginning to build the prototype propulsion system for its planned hybrid-electric regional airliner.

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Wait-And-See Approach Is Still Best On New US Security Requirements

Aaron Karp | Air Transport World

The new security requirements for all US-bound flights—affecting 180 airlines and 280 airports worldwide — appear to be largely benign for the global airline business…at least for now.

MRO

Applying Blockchain to MRO

Alex Derber | MRO Network

Technology could bring about greater visibility for supply chain processes, experts predict.

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