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Perlan Mission II Seeks World Altitude Record

Guy Norris, Aviation Week Senior editor, talks to us from El Calafate, Patagonia, Argentina where Airbus hopes to witness the Perlan Mission II achieve a new world altitude record.

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Skunk Works Sees Big Opportunity For ‘Attritable’ UAVs

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is continuing to invest in low-cost attritable UAV platforms that could someday fly operations alongside manned fighters like the F-35.

 

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A Farewell: Our Executive Editor Reflects On A Great Three-Decade Ride

Our executive editor has flown in—and sometimes actually flown—a wide array of civil and military aircraft, and he can’t wait to see what amazing vehicles and creative businesses you will come up with next.

 

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NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate Unveils New Strategic Framework

Provide your feedback when Steve Jurczyk, Associate Administrator for Space Technology, and other NASA officials unveil key aspects of a new draft Space Technology Strategic Framework at the 2017 AIAA SPACE Forum in Orlando, Florida. 
 

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Pilot Report: DC-10 Minimizes Crew Workload

In 1971 Aviation Week's Robert Ropelewski flew the DC-10 prior to its entry into scheduled service. He found the aircraft "to be stable but exceptionally agile." Read his pilot report in the 1971 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. 

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Big Data Analytics Raise Questions For Airlines

The airline data and information dam is breaking and like any spilled water, it is creating disruptions both upstream and downstream. 

 

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