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Stealthy renaissance amid renewed competition among great power states
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Graham Warwick

From autonomous regional cargo delivery to high-speed VIP transport, and from dogfighting artificial intelligence to delivering COVID-19 test kits, 2020 witnessed advances across a wide range of technologies.
 
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Steve Trimble

Strategic bombers are enjoying a stealthy renaissance amid renewed competition among great power states: the U.S., China and Russia.
 
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Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound, died on Dec. 7. He was 97.
 
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David M. North, a naval aviator and Pan Am commercial airline pilot who went on to become editor-in-chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology and editorial director of the Aviation Week Network, died Nov. 24 in St. Michaels, Maryland.
 
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