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Aviation Week & Space Technology Student Edition Chinese Aviation Revealed Fly by Wire How Quick a Recovery? U.S./UK Hypersonic Thresher for All $14.95 APRIL 6-19, 2020 REMAKING THE U.S. MARINES Aviation Week Workforce Initiative Supported by: The Wings Club Digital Edition Copyright Notice The content contained in this digital edition (“Digital Material”), as well as its selection and arrangement, is owned by Informa. and its affiliated companies, licensors, and suppliers, and is protected by their respective copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights. 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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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