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The avation industry’s sustainability focus is sharpening, but will it be enough? 48 | Blackout Period Embraer ended 2019 with a promising E175-E2 first flight, but 2020 holds uncertainties 50 | Phoenix Rising NATO ups its game in radar and surveillance with new RQ-4D Phoenix UAVs 54 | 2020 Laureates The Airbus A321LR, Aireon, Donecle, Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie, Chang’e 4, RemoveDEBRIS mission and Robotic Skies are among this year’s winners DEPARTMENTS 6 | Feedback 13 | Airline Intel 8 | First Take 64 | Classified 10 | Up Front 65 | Contact Us 11 | Going Concerns 65 | Aerospace 12 | Inside Business Calendar Aviation UNMANNED AVIATION AIR TRAFFIC MANGEMENT 26 | The FAA issues ‘Remote ID’ 30 | Air Traffic management bets on proposal for drones artificial intelligence SPACE 14 | NASA Commercial Crew program URBAN AIR MOBILITY LETTER FROM THE EDITOR falls further behind schedule 28 | Maturing technology and market 66 | The aviation industry needs a lead to all-electric Bell eVTOL robust, responsible Boeing 16 | What happens to space tourism if there is a fatal accident? BEHIND THE SCENES DEFENSE 17 | Israel enters the airborne-laser As part of Aviation weapon market Week’s sustainable aviation coverage, 18 | As Russia fields Avangard, U.S. scrambles to develop counter Senior Editor Guy Norris (left) 19 | European states plan for recently flew on hypersonic defense Boeing’s 777-200ER 20 | Japan sets fiscal 2021 target for ecoDemonstrator. partner to join NGF His report begins on 53 | Demonstrations prove Reaper’s page 38. maritime merit in Greece COMMERCIAL AVIATION ON THE COVER 22 | New Boeing CEO’s to-do list Boeing’s latest ecoDemonstrator, a company-owned 777-200ER, cruised over the Oregon coast during a includes finding replacement recent flight trial, testing technologies targeting at improved efficiency. Senior Editor Guy Norris’ report 24 | Avionics retrofits support FAA on his flight on the ecoDemonstrator begins on page 38; our broader coverage of a growing industry Data Comm deployment focus on sustainability begins on page 32. 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