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Cliff Collier

Pricing based on costs that have risen since aircraft were sold will spell trouble throughout the supply chain.
 
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Graham Warwick

In a year dominated by the disastrous effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the commercial aircraft industry suffered setbacks but also saw milestones ranging from first flights to supplier consolidations.
 
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Graham Warwick

The year may have been dominated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation and aerospace, but 2020 also proved to be a surprisingly busy year for first flights.
 
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Jens Flottau

Ask the Editors: Aviation will see less demand due to COVID-19, so the introduction of long-haul narrowbodies is unlikely to gain steam.
 
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Join Aviation Week's editors as they examine the fifth-generation fighter’s future on the international front and the aircraft’s challenges within the U.S. military. Defense editor Steve Trimble will also share an exclusive analysis of how billions of dollars for technical and structural upgrades will transform the Lightning II by 2025.
December 18, 2020
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Steve Trimble

A four-year-old strategy to boost spending levels for defense faces its greatest test in the wake of Canada’s COVID-19 response.
 
Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield, Ben Goldstein

A business model that has long had its doubters will be facing tougher competition in the post-pandemic era.
 
Irene Klotz

U.S. back in human spaceflight business.
 
Ben Goldstein, Helen Massy-Beresford

Demand trends during the pandemic and recovery should favor LCCs over larger legacy airlines.
 
Steve Trimble

A crop of developmental projects are set to come to fruition over the next 12 months as new projects enter the design phase.
 
Irene Klotz

Public trials of SpaceX satellite broadband service are underway.
 
 
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December 18, 10:00am EST