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By Article: Aviationweek.com/awst By Issue: Aviationweek.com/awst_current Download and Read Offline: Aviationweek.com/download DEPARTMENTS 5 | President’s 12 | Inside Business Letter Aviation 6 | FeedBack 13 | Airline Intel 7 | Who’s Where 54 | Classified 8 -9 | First Take 56 | Contact Us 10 | Going Concerns 56 | Aerospace Calendar COMMERCIAL AVIATION 21 | The aerospace supply chain’s worst falloff ever FEATURES 39 | FARA downselect gives U.S. Army 23 | Mitsubishi Aircraft flies the first armed scout configuration options SpaceJet of revised design 14 | Hypersonic Threshold The UK confirms a new hypersonic 40 | As pandemic rages, ULA delivers 24 | Domestic networks provide a weapon project with the U.S. final AEHF satellite into orbit safety net for Asian carriers leveraging decades of expertise PROPULSION 24 | Chinese airline domestic capacity 18 | Life Support 42 | Hydrogen gains renewed interest, responds to policy Differing levels of support for the but challenges remain SPACE world’s airlines and aerospace HYPERSONICS 28 | OneWeb goes bankrupt after companies threaten to distort 44 | HyperSpace unveils hypersonic prime backer exits amid pandemic competitive dynamics engine concept tests 30 | NASA picks tops priorities as its 26 | Point/Counterpoint 46 | Aircraft developer Hermeus tests a centers shut down Will China’s aviation sector scaled engine to Mach 5 dominate or recede after the DEFENSE COVID-19 crisis passes? UNMANNED AVIATION 34 | New contenders emerge for the 50 | USMC assesses eVTOL potential U.S. Army’s intel fleet 32 | Pacific Pivot in unmanned air logistics The U.S. Marine Corps’ proposed 36 | GA-ASI adapts the Gray Eagle for force design changes may affect CARGO the Future Vertical Lift future aircraft buys in the next decade 52 | Cargo operators work together for 37 | South Korea’s KF-X radar sustainability gains prototype nears ground testing 48 | Fly by Wire for All U.S. startup Skyryse develops a EDITORIAL 38 | Tempest accelerates toward end- FBW retrofit for a wide range of 58 | A straightforward code of conduct of-year decision milestone light aircraft and helicopters for the aviation industry’s recovery ON THE COVER DIGITAL EXTRAS The U.S. Marine Corps has proposed a massive force structure shift, the largest for the amphibious force in nearly Access exclusive online two decades, as it focuses attention on the Pacific. 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