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Spotlight on B-21
 
 
The Northrop Grumman B-21A Raider is a U.S. bomber under development that is projected to reach initial operational capability in the mid-2020s. It is now is the most advanced member of an evolving family of systems for long-range strike capabilities.
 
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Rising demand in some markets could affect the pace and scope of aircraft retirements, particularly in the narrowbody sector that supports domestic and intra-regional traffic benefiting from rising leisure-traffic flying.
 
The first new U.S. stealth bomber in over 30 years is scheduled to roll-out later this year. The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider's capabilities and features remain one of the Air Force's most closely guarded secrets. Watch as Aviation Week editors discuss everything they've learned about this instrumental warplane.
 
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In addition to the weapons that NATO is planning to send to Ukraine, in a dramatic role reversal, Russia is appealing to China for help in replenishing its weapons stocks. Aviation Week editors Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble and Tony Osborne discuss the flow of materiel on both sides of the wrenching conflict after weeks of fighting.
 
Aviation Week MRO editors unpack the latest developments affecting the aftermarket following the sanctions placed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine in what remains a fast-moving situation.
 
Unprecedented sanctions on Russia following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine are affecting every aspect of business aviation around the globe. What does it mean and what is to come? Join Lee Ann Shay, BCA executive editor; Bill Carey, senior editor; Angus Batey, UK-based correspondent; and Molly McMillin, managing editor for business aviation; for a discussion on the impact and the future.
 
Bank of America’s Ron Epstein joins our experts to assess the industry’s reliance on Russian metals and whether lessors could lose hundreds of aircraft.
 
Recorded on the floor at the Aviation Week Commercial Aviation Suppliers Conference in Los Angeles, listen in as Senior Business Editor Michael Bruno talks with Alex Krutz, managing director of Patriot Industrial Partners, about why Tier 2 in the supply chain warrants close scrutiny as a point of concern in coming years.
 
A discussion about the opening days of Russia’s war on its neighbor Ukraine and how that renewed Europe’s focus on defending the continent.
 
 
DATA SPOTLIGHT
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A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 (s/n 41474, reg. B-1791) crashed into the mountains near Wuzhou, southern China, the Civil Aviation Administration of China confirmed on 21 March 2022. MU5735 was carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members onboard from Kunming to Guangzhou.
 
Since Russia’s initial incursion into Ukraine in 2014, Scandinavian countries bolstered military budgets in response, with spending rising by 27.2% in real terms—going from $18.7 billion to $23.8 billion—over the next seven years.
 
In a surprise move, the United Arab Emirates’ defense ministry announced Feb. 23 it was planning to contract with China’s National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corp. to purchase 12 L-15 advanced jet trainers, with options for 36 more.
 
Lessors are no longer allowed to lease aircraft to Russian entities following new European Union sanctions. Here's a look at some data around leased aircraft in the country. 
 
 
AVIATION WEEK FORECASTS
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At present Europe’s fleet of ASW-equipped MPAs amounts to 52 aircraft, the vast majority of which belong to two key families—the Breguet Atlantique and Lockheed P-3 Orion, which account for 85% of the aircraft currently in service.
 
Aviation Week's Helicopter Forecast projects demand from 2022 through 2031 by aircraft category, deliveries and maintenance services.
 
With a large number of European capitals now discussing significant increases in defense spending, tactical aircraft requirements are likely to be reviewed over the next five years. 
 
Unveiled at the 2015 Heli-Expo, the H160 represents a number of firsts for Airbus Helicopters, including being the first airframe introduced after the change in corporate identity from Eurocopter, as well as the first to incorporate the company’s “new numbering designation.” 
 
Increase equates to the biggest shift in German defense and security policy since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
 
 

           

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