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Magazine Issue

Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 27, 2020

VOL. 182 NO. 4 January 27, 2020

AEROSPACE IN ISRAEL

Fighters
article

Distributed Command And Control Network Debuts In Israel

Jan 21, 2020
Many features of the West’s futuristic vision for a distributed command and control network is already in service by the IDF.
satellite
article

Israel Militarizes New Space Market

Jan 22, 2020
New Space market driving changes in competitive balance of Israel’s defense industry.
aircraft
article

Industry Evolution Continues Amid Israeli Political Crisis

Jan 24, 2020
IPOs, mergers and strategic moves reshuffle industrial landscape for Israeli aerospace.
Israeli flying drone
article

Israeli UAS Market Shifts From Platforms To Networks, Gap-fillers

Jan 23, 2020
The country that popularized unmanned aircraft systems in modern warfare is at the forefront of a new strategic change.
Sky Spotter
article

Declassified Sensors Fill Cracks In Israeli Air And Missile Defense Net

Jan 24, 2020
Optical sensors have joined Israel’s elaborate and increasingly more powerful air surveillance network
Spice 1000
article

Israel’s Precision Munitions Now Embraced By U.S. Market

Jan 24, 2020
Israel’s precision weapons are sold all over the world, but struggled to break into world’s most lucrative market until recently

FIRST TAKE

helicopter
article

First Take (Jan. 27, 2020)

Jan 24, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

factory
article

Suppliers, Customers Suffer As Boeing 737 MAX Return Slips

Jan 24, 2020
Boeing did not have the best year, and how many aircraft can and will be built will likely be open questions for years.
aircraft on tarmac
article

Boeing Knowingly Pushed Cost Savings Over Safety

Jan 22, 2020
New documents reveal conscious efforts to streamline MAX certification, training, despite signs of risk.
aircraft damaged wing
article

Ukrainian Airliner Downing Shows Conflict-Zone Issues Endure

Jan 24, 2020
Most in industry and government see high-level, multinational efforts as a pipe dream, leaving airlines to fend for themselves.
Belgian aircraft
article

NATO Works With ATC As Silent Flights Prompt Fighter Jet Scrambles

Jan 20, 2020
When airliners fail to communicate, fighters are launched—at a significant cost.
aircraft
article

Flybe Must Make The Most Of Reprieve

Jan 21, 2020
New funding gives struggling Flybe some breathing space but the regional carrier must use it wisely.

TECHNOLOGY

cockpit
article

Research On Brain Activity To Help Cockpit Design

Jan 23, 2020
Progress in neuroscience gives researchers new leads to improve pilot performance in stressful conditions.
French airship
article

The Week In Technology, Jan. 20-24, 2020

Jan 20, 2020
Toyota buoys Joby; EHang outlines UAM thinking; HAV refines airship design; France studies Stratobus; CityAirbus flies untethered.

ROTORCRAFT

helicopters over water
article

Airbus Boosts Automation Features In The H160

Jan 24, 2020
Airbus introduces advanced autopilot modes and a vortex-ring-state prediction tool on its new twin-engine medium helicopter.
light helicopter
article

Switzerland's Kopter Pursues 2020 Certification

Jan 21, 2020
Kopter is advancing development of its single-engine SH09 in Sicily.

SPACE

falcon 9
article

SpaceX Nails Crew Dragon Launch Escape System Test

Jan 24, 2020
Following a successful demonstration of Dragon’s launch abort system, SpaceX is in the home stretch for a crewed flight test.

DEFENSE

Death Claw
article

USAF Death Claw Shows New Way To Speed Development

Jan 23, 2020
A new automation mode to improve strafing accuracy by F-16s also highlights a new approach to fielding new capabilities.
reusable launch vehicle
article

The Week in Defense, Jan. 24-30, 2020

Jan 24, 2020
RIP Boeing Phantom Express; UK offloads AWACS aircraft; CMV-22B delivery imminent; UK upgrading training helo requirements.

BUSINESS

business jet
article

Bombardier Hints It Will Sell More Aviation Properties, Warns Investors

Jan 20, 2020
Could it be the end of Bombardier Aviation?

COLUMNS AND OPINION

aircraft
article

Opinion: Who The MAX Shutdown Hurts The Most

Jan 23, 2020
The production pause will yield carnage that Boeing and its Tier 1 partners must proactively manage to ensure the production ecosystem.
Space Station
article

Maxar’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year Finally Ends

Jan 22, 2020
The last few years have gone off plan at Maxar Technologies, which is worth bearing in mind with more space-sector consolidation expected.
aircraft
article

Automaker Involvement Boosts Prospects For Urban Air Taxis

Jan 24, 2020
Automaker investments and flying prototypes are boosting the credibility of urban air mobility.
space
article

NASA Pulls Plug On One Of Its Great Observatories

Jan 23, 2020
For lack of $14 million a year, premier infrared space telescope’s mission ends Jan. 30.

DEPARTMENTS

pilot
article

Letters From Our Readers (Jan. 27, 2020)

Jan 24, 2020
Readers write about Boeing management and culture woes, cockpit system manual override, and nuclear power for remote military bases.
article

New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections (Jan. 27, 2020)

Jan 24, 2020
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
article

Aerospace Calendar And Aviation Week Events (Jan. 27, 2020)

Jan 24, 2020
Aerospace Calendar Feb. 11-16—Singapore Airshow. Changi Exhibition Center. Singapore. See singaporeairshow.com Feb. 13-April 2—RTCA Plenary Sessions…