Qatar Airways has signaled the long-anticipated launch of Boeing’s 777-8F Freighter with a firm order for 34 aircraft as part of a deal which also includes an unexpected agreement covering up to 50 stretched 737-10s.

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Lockheed Martin’s entrant in the U.S. Air Force’s KC-Y “bridge tanker” program would be assembled in Mobile, Alabama, and missionized Marietta, Georgia, should it win the award, and the company expects requirements to be outlined in a draft request for proposals (RFP) this year.

Aviation Week spoke with PwC leaders on the acceleration of digital engineering. Read this paper to hear their perspectives on the subject.

Fleets are growing again, but may look a lot different. 

Aviation industry leaders committed to reach net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050. This race is more a marathon than a sprint. Like a marathon, achieving net zero will require a plan, discipline, and focus.

Designed to be up to 80 percent more fuel efficient than the Boeing 727, the medium-range Boeing 757 -- developed concurrently with the larger 767 -- first took to the skies on Feb. 19, 1982. But the new airliner experienced a technical hiccup during the inaugural test flight from Renton, Washington. Its No. 2 Rolls-Royce R.B. 211-535C engine,  which had been purposefully idled, stalled after being hit with a blast of high-pressure air when a value was left open in the interconnect system between the two powerplants. The engine was restarted, and the 757 landed normally after a 2 hr., 31 min. flight. Test pilot John H. Armstrong reported that all of the objectives of the flight test had been achieved, but Boeing changed out the engine as a precautionary measure.  It took nearly a month, but an image from the flight was featured on our cover on March 15. The 757 would go on to robust commercial success, with 1,050 being built before production ended in 2005. There are still more than 600 757s in fleets today, according to the Aviation Week Network Fleet Discovery database.

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During the Apollo program, NASA created physical copies of rockets that were able to help engineers solve technical problems when an oxygen tank exploded. These early on-paper models led to the development of the digital twin, a way of having a computer-based platform that can mirror a physical product. And now the aerospace industry is developing digital triplets. Aviation Week Defense Editor Steve Trimble explains the history and sheds light on where the technology has been and where it is headed.

Boom’s supersonic flight path continues with engine tests on the XB-1 and a decision to assemble the Overture airliner in North Carolina.

Clean Sky regional demo; FlyZero’s 75-seater; Orbital debris capture stalls; Surviving the lunar night, and Optical internet advances.

To patrol the Pacific, nations in Southeast Asia are turning to UAS, business jets and even space.

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