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Opinion

Boeing’s stealthy approach could yield armed scout win

For the congested US rotorcraft industry, the chance to build the US Army’s next armed scout helicopter is a tantalising prospect and the US airframer’s reatlive silence suggests it has something unique up its sleeve.

Opinion

Bombardier’s rail sale is last roll of the dice

The mansion that Laurent built is down to its last room. Bombardier – transformed by Pere Beaudoin from humble snowmobile manufacturer to world leader in aviation and rail transportation by the time he handed the chief executive reins to son Pierre in 2003 – will soon be known simply for business aircraft.

From the magazine

In depth

Launch race reaches UK

London is adding the missing link of access to orbit to its plan to turn the country into a world space power

In depth

For Reaction Engines, cool is the key

Radical rocket concept could propel the next-generation of hypersonic transports

In depth

Ariane 6, Vega C fuel Europe's new launch era

Light and heavy rocket upgrades make a family built for cost, performance and versatility

In depth

What Airbus has done since taking on the A220

Just 18 months after Toulouse acquired the twin-jet from Bombardier, production of the A220 is ramping up steadily

110 years of Flight

Powering into our eleventh decade

Magazine reinvents itself in tumultuous 2000s

1990s ushers in electronic publishing

Powering into our eleventh decade
Magazine reinvents itself in tumultuous 2000s
1990s ushers in electronic publishing

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Reports

World Air Forces 2020

FINT-WorldAirlinerDirectory-Mainliners(2019)

World Airliner Directory 2019 - mainliners

Military Simulator Census 2019

World Air Forces 2020
World Airliner Directory 2019 - mainliners
Military Simulator Census 2019

Working week

Amy Ruddock is helping Virgin Atlantic cut its carbon

As vice-president corporate development for Virgin Atlantic, Amy Ruddock is responsible for driving the carrier’s sustainability agenda via strategy, London Heathrow airport expansion and public affairs

UAS co-founder helps business aviation clients make the right connections

Mohammed Al Husary is co-founder and executive president of UAS International Trip Support, which provides a range of travel planning services to high-net-worth business clients in 31 countries worldwide.

Helping ThyssenKrupp Aerospace form a vital link in supply chains

As chief executive of German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp’s aerospace unit, Patrick Marous channels his early passion for flight into assisting aerospace manufacturers in optimising raw materials sourcing

Elixir Aircraft co-founder on developing a tonic for the light aircraft market

Cyril Champenois and two friends co-founded France-based Elixir Aircraft to plug a gap in the market for a family of clean-sheet piston-singles which crucially would be cheap to buy, maintain and operate

2020 forecast

Outlook for 2020

For airframers, the year to come holds technical, regulatory and organisational challenges sure to keep management focused – or even awake at night. A turbulent economy is buffeting airlines, while the technology race for military advantage is only speeding up. Assessing ongoing trends and pending trials, FlightGlobal presents our outlook ...

Airline deals offer hints of a sector in recovery

The year just gone was clearly one of some financial turbulence for airlines – high-profile failures included BMI Regional, Germania and Wow Air in Europe, Avianca Brazil, India’s Jet Airways and, of course, Thomas Cook. And the general backdrop of continued trade tensions hit demand while creeping fuel, labour and ...

Max crashes prompt regulatory review

Like flashing Master Warning lights on a flight instrument panel, the Boeing 737 Max fatal crashes in the past two years have signalled that an airworthiness certification oversight system that served the world’s most powerful aviation industry well for decades is no longer coping – and needs updating.

Hypersonic arms race accelerates

The USA is hurrying to catch up with China and Russia, which could field an operational hypersonic boost-glide vehicle capable of carrying a nuclear weapon as soon as 2020. That urgency has prompted the US Department of Defense (DoD) to spend $2.6 billion on hypersonic weapons research as part of ...

Gremlins in the works

Development of low-cost attritable aircraft could accelerate in 2020 with the US Congress eyeing at least $100 million in its upcoming budget for the new type of aircraft and the US Air Force (USAF) planning several new experiments. Attritable aircraft are unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) designed with limited lifetimes, that ...

Still struggling to generate lift

On any forecast, the easy way out is to predict a curate’s egg of a year: some bits good and some bits bad. But when dealing with the helicopter industry it is probably an accurate representation of a sector that has not yet fully recovered from a downturn that has ...

Lightning edges closer to striking gold

Will 2020 be the year the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II crosses the finish line? Despite a falling price tag and eight years of continuous aircraft deliveries, the F-35 has struggled to emerge from its engineering, manufacturing and development stage.

Bombardier realises its transition with CRJ sale

If all goes to plan, 2020 will go down as the year Bombardier ends a 34-year sojourn in commercial aviation. The company expects to sell its CRJ programme to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2020, handing the last portion of a once mighty regional portfolio to the parent of the company ...

Tackling production issues vital for Airbus to face off competition

Airbus turns 50 years old – again – in 2020. While the European airframer chose to celebrate its half-century in 2019, using the partnership agreement signed in 1969 as a starting point, the official formation of the company took place in December 1970.

Embraer eyes exit from anti-trust limbo

Brazil’s Embraer ended 2019 facing some big tasks in 2020. With the first two members of its new three-aircraft E2 series of commercial aircraft performing well so far and the other in flight-testing, the regional jet manufacturer is anxiously awaiting regulatory approval to split off its commercial aircraft division and ...

Decision looms for F-2 successor

The new year promises to bring greater focus on Tokyo’s plans to develop a fighter to replace its Mitsubishi F-2, with a purely indigenous development or with foreign help. News about the F-3 – also known as the “future fighter” – continues to trickle out.

Industry must grasp ‘technology shift’

Obvious to casual observers and enthusiasts alike is the dramatic technological development trajectory of a century of aviation. But while enthusiasts attuned to very fine details may have more to say about recent developments, casual observers will legitimately note that aircraft are much the same as they have been for ...