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Steve Trimble

Seeking to avoid a one-size-fits-all solution to a growing tanker capacity problem, U.S. Air Force leaders are considering a wide range of options for addressing refueling capacity gap. 
 
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Sean Broderick

Boeing plans to eliminate a group of in-house training pilots dedicated to helping operators introduce new aircraft types, citing the lack of consistent work for them, and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced cost cuts.
 
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Michael Tint

Ask the Editors: MRO activity is down due to the outbreak of COVID-19, but the military segment has been spared the brunt of the blow.
 
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Chen Chuanren

MRO providers in Asia are not seeing customers move their maintenance bookings forward, despite fleets being largely grounded because of the pandemic.
 
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Requirement contenders are the Boeing T-7, KAI T-50 family, Leonardo M-346 and RAAF’s current type, the Hawk.
 
Jens Flottau

When Airbus acquired what was then called the Bombardier C Series in 2017 for essentially nothing plus guaranteed loss-sharing with the Canadian company, most analysts were full of praise for the move. They felt it would put Airbus in a much better strategic position vis-a-vis Boeing for years to come.
 
Byron Callan

The word “reduction” needs to be carefully parsed, no matter who is in the White House.
 
Jen DiMascio

Northrop’s new jammer; Chinook tests more powerful engine; Brazil accepts Gripen E; and the soft power of space.
 
 
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