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Digital-first approach is key but tech needs to be proved.
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Steve Trimble

A backlash to the widespread of application of fast-track acquisition authorities inspires new ideas to solving old problems.
 
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Tony Osborne

A digital-first approach is key to achieving Tempest’s development goals, but the technology needs to be proved.
 
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In aviation, cybersecurity may be literally a matter of life or death, and the traditional cybersecurity approaches are insufficient when protecting against advanced threats.
 
Tony Osborne

Alessandro Profumo is upbeat about the future of post-COVID-19 European defense capability.
 
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Unidentified Aerial Phenomena report, Heaviside eVTOL assessed in military exercise, Mars helicopter makes seventh flight, NATO nations agree on flight training initiative and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news.
 
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Tony Osborne

The European missile manufacturer sees opportunities for missile development and consolidation as future fighter programs evolve.
 
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Defense budgets are beginning to level off, and yet potential threats posed by China’s rising power in the Pacific and Russian muscle-flexing in Eastern Europe are not abating. In that context, the U.S. and European nations are faced with how they can modernize quickly and effectively without breaking the bank.

Aviation Week editors will talk with Michael Griffin, the former undersecretary of defense for Research and Engineering and former NASA administrator, about his attempt to speed innovation at the Pentagon and where that effort may now be headed.

June 11, 2021 | 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST

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Sean Broderick, Ben Goldstein, Guy Norris, Adrian Schofield

Boom Supersonic sees opportunity as recovery reshapes long-haul flying.
 
Steve Trimble

A key milestone in autonomous aerial-refueling moves the Navy a step closer toward operating larger UAS from aircraft carriers.
 
Jen DiMascio

U.S. Navy to cut nuke program; Air Force’s B-21 preference; Data link for Viper; and Danish Air Force turns to electric aircraft.
 
Byron Callan

Diversified portfolios due to consolidation and similar spending on R&D by large contractors may be part of the answer.
 
Helen Massy-Beresford

As Italia Trasporto Aereo prepares its long-awaited launch, its challenges will not be limited to its own operations.
 
 
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June 11, 2021 | 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST
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