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Why Elon Musk's statement was not shocking.

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Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick

SpaceX’s Elon Musk may have stunned the Air Force Association with his statement that the time for manned fighter aircraft has passed. Listen in as Aviation Week editors explain why that was shocking – and why it wasn’t.
 
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Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson

Elon Musk startled an Air Force audience by declaring fighters dead, but his opinion isn’t far off current acquisition strategy.
 
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Bill Carey

The UK will withdraw as a member state of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) after a transition period and shift responsibility for aircraft certification and safety regulation to its own Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), British Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps said.
 
 
 
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Graham Warwick

Norway electrifies; Boom slips; repairing satellites; GoFly unfinished; Joby flies for NASA; fluidic propulsion.
 
Tony Osborne

Flybe failure could prompt reform of UK’s controversial air passenger duty.
 
Antoine Gelain

Companies such as Teledyne, TransDigm and Heico are leading a breed of A&D players with “horizontal” external growth strategies and impressive track records.
 
Bradley Perrett

The design is for a considerable aircraft with a span of 16 m. But funding is needed.
 
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