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Airlines Praise C Series Performance, Manage Early Issues

Jens Flottau, Graham Warwick and Guy Norris

Bombardier’s heavy emphasis on system testing during C Series development and its detailed preparations for service entry have largely paid off.

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A Trio of Pentagon Combat Aircraft Competitions

Jen DiMascio, James Drew and Lara Seligman

A look at the state of play on the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based aerial-refueling UAV, to the U.S. Air Force’s attempt to replace its Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System and its T-X advanced combat trainer program.

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NASA Relearning Lost X-plane Skills With Low-Boom Demo

Guy Norris and Graham Warwick | Aviation Week & Space Technology

NASA’s low-boom flight demonstrator will be the agency’s first manned supersonic X-plane since 1990.

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Planes, Politics & Protectionism

Karen Walker | Air Transport World

It’s ironic that the US is seeing a surge in activity that smacks of protectionism under a Republican president; one who campaigned on his credentials as a businessman.

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