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Shedding more light on the armed forces’ pilot training issues.
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The UK has more F-35 Joint Strike Fighters than pilots to fly them, defense secretary Ben Wallace has said, shedding more light on the armed forces’ pilot training issues. 
 
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Guy Norris

Boeing has firmly quashed any notion that it may develop an all-new airliner late in the 2020s by declaring that even if its on-going joint digital design and production initiative is perfected in time, the propulsion technology that will be needed for a minimum 20%-plus jump in fuel efficiency is still nowhere in sight.
 
With its Claire technology agenda, MTU Aero Engines elaborates potential solutions to vastly reduce the climate impact and fuel consumption of aircraft engines.
 
The majority of industry executives surveyed in Accenture’s latest Commercial Aerospace Insight Report remain cautiously optimistic about the market’s growth potential in the near and midterm.
 
Chile’s ENAER launches Pillan II trainer project and work begins on Indian Airbus/Tata C295 production line. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.
 
 
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Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau

Skyrocketing prices for gas and electric power in Europe are beginning to affect Safran’s supply chain as well as the company’s strategic decisions as the manufacturer struggles to orchestrate a steep production increase for its commercial aviation products.
 
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Hypersonic development company Stratolaunch plans to conduct at least one more captive-carry flight of the Talon high-speed test vehicle before attempting the first separation drop over the Pacific by year-end.
 
 
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