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That’s a better way to fl y. boeing.com/services 703AWBIFC.indd 1 3/14/2017 1:57:45 PM March 20-April 2, 2017 Contents Volume 179 Number 6 Winner 2016 AVIATIONWEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY Digital Extras Access exclusive In early development work for the four-person Altair lander, online features from articles NASA’s Constellation program drew heavily on the Apollo accompanied by this icon. 22 Lunar Excursion Module that put astronauts on the Moon. 7 Feedback 8 Who’s Where 10-11 First Take 12 Up Front 14 Going Concerns 15 Inside Business Aviation 16 Airline Intel 18 Leading Edge 20 In Orbit 21 Washington Outlook 71 Classifed 72 Contact Us 73 Aerospace Calendar SPACE COMMERCIAL AVIATION 35 Aireon surveillance payloads on 22 “American footprints” vision of 32 Airlines and lessors press Boeing Iridium NEXT satellites detect Trump would be possible, if NASA to launch New Midsize Airplane frst aircraft ADS-B transmissions human exploration funding grows as 737 MAX family progresses TECHNOLOGy 24 Lunar cargo lander key to Blue 36 Stratospheric balloon specialist Origin plan for Moon bases as 65 plans to ofer edge-of-space jumping-of points to deeper space passenger fights by 2020 26 Blue Origin aims for “new equilib- DEFENSE ri um” in commercial satellite 39 U.S. Air Force seeks to lower F-35A industry with New Glenn launcher cost by 2019 by persuading non- U.S. customers to join block buy 37 SpaceX develops and fies frst 40 Short on funds for new tankers, rocket booster autonomous U.S. Air Force considers destruction system on Falcon 9 survivability upgrades for KC-135s BELL 505 PILOT REPORT 42 Three industry teams ofer bizjet and commerical airliner platforms 28 Jet Ranger X meets Bell’s goals for 34 Established airlines move to to replace U.S. Air Force J-Stars reentering light turbine market, unbundle oferings as new LCCs Aviation Week’s pilot fnds disrupt Latin American markets 44 Russia challenges Washington with violation of Intermediate-Range ON THE COVER Nuclear Forces Treaty The new Bell 505 Jet Ranger X is a more powerful, updated 45 U.S. Air Force entices engine version of the 206B. 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