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Airbus Sees Greener CEO Q&A What Led to USAF’s Future in Hydrogen RICH MEDIA Safran’s Petitcolin RICH MEDIA NGAD Demonstrator EXCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE $14.95 SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 11, 2020 QUIET REVOLUTION 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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AIRBUS CONCEPT DEPARTMENTS COMMERCIAL AVIATION DEFENSE 6 | Feedback 14 | Inside Business 20 | Early simulator trials foreshadowed 48 | Reaper replacement reveals bold 8 | Who’s Where Aviation Boeing 737 MAX pilot issues new GA-ASI vision 9-10 | First Take 56 | Marketplace 22 | New CEO takes over at a critical 50 | France gains first European Rafale 57 | Contact Us 11 | Up Front moment for IAG and aviation customer due to regional tensions 12 | Going Concerns 57 | Aerospace Calendar 24 | China’s big airlines are intruding 51 | RAF targets technology as review on one another’s home bases shapes UK armed forces URBAN AIR MOBILITY SPACE FEATURES 36 | Dufour targets tiltwing eVTOL at 53 | Search for life beyond Earth takes medical transport market 16 | Airbus’ Big Bet surprising turn to Venus The aircraft-maker sees hydrogen ROTORCRAFT propulsion as the future for 40 | Startups aim to reinvigorate the 54 | In-orbit asset defense will help commerical aircraft, but challenges UK vertical-flight industry shape France’s space command loom on the road to making it reality INTERVIEW ASK THE EDITORS 26 | Comeback Carrier 42 | Safran CEO takes short-term 55 | Why do airlines continue to resist With production rising despite the action, thinks propulsion long-term electric taxi motors? downturn, the role of the Airbus BUSINESS VIEWPOINT A220 in commercial aviation may 58 grow in the post-pandemic period 44 | State aid will limit aerospace job | Adopt commercial best practices to reductions in France break huge Pentagon cost growth 30 | eVTOL Evolution Aviation Week gets an exclusive ON THE COVER look at Joby Aviation’s innovative eVTOL air taxi program—and an Seeing—and hearing—is believing when it comes to the emerging world of eVTOLs and the claims opportunity to fly the simulator of its many early developers. Senior Editor Guy Norris got to do both when secretive Joby Aviation gave Aviation Week unprecedented access to review the technology behind its advanced air mobility 46 | Digital Reality concept and an update on progress toward certification as an electric-powered air taxi. His report begins on page 30. Joby Aviation photo. A massive budget cut, a DARPA program and lengthy internal Aviation Week publishes a digital edition every week. Read it at AviationWeek.com/AWST debate transformed USAF’s Next- Generation Air Dominance program DIGITAL EXTRAS Access exclusive online features from articles accompanied by this icon. AviationWeek.com/AWST AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY/SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 11, 2020 3 Editor-In-Chief Joseph C. 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Lavitt Associate Managing Editor Andrea Hollowell Art Director Lisa Caputo Artists Thomas De Pierro, Rosa Pineda, Colin Throm Copy Editors Jack Freifelder, Arturo Mora, Natalia Pelayo, Andy Savoie Production Editors Audra Avizienis, Theresa Petruso Contributing Photographer Joseph Pries Director, Digital Content Strategy Rupa Haria Content Marketing Manager Rija Tariq Data & Analytics Director, Forecasts and Aerospace Insights Brian Kough Senior Manager, Data Operations/Production Terra Deskins Manager, Military Data Operations Michael Tint Editorial Offices 2121 K Street, NW, Suite 210, Washington, D.C. 20037 Phone: +1 (202) 517-1100 605