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Number 2 AVIATIONWEEK 2019Winner Winner 2016 & SPACE TECHNOLOGY The Spitzer Space Telescope’s observations were the first to reveal the smooth, bright ring of dust (in red) that 16 circles the Sombrero galaxy and that the disk is warped. DEPARTMENTS BUSINESS 6 | Feedback 16 | Launchpad 25 | IAG architect Willie Walsh 32 | The new trend in acquisitions: 7 | Who’s Where 64 | Classified passes leadership to Iberia CEO mergers of equal but different | First Take 65 | Contact Us 8 26 | Chinese governments expand SPACE 12 | Up Front 65 | Aerospace airline investments 34 | SLS core stage is shipped to 14 Calendar | Going Concerns Stennis for green run 15 | Leading Edge 27 | Malaysia faces lengthy process to regain FAA rating 37 | SpaceX passes last major test DEFENSE before crewed flight FEATURES 29 | U.S. Air Force Death Claw shows 38 | First official member joins the 22 | Deja Vu new way to speed development new U.S. Space Force Airlines are fending for themselves SIMULATION & TRAINING as industry/government conflict- AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT 30 Eye-tracking system is seen as zone measures remain elusive | 40 | European and North Atlantic a new aid for pilot training data-link mandates come due 42 | Helicopter Report Updates on Formula 1 tech for TECHNOLOGY VIEWPOINT rotorcraft, Swiss Kopter and 31 | Research on pilot brain activity is 66 | Governments, not airlines, must Bell 525 program progress, helping with cockpit design decide when it is not safe to fly H160 automation and Russian investment BEHIND THE SCENES 51 | The Engineering Life During a tour of Israel Aerospace The Naval Air Warfare Center’s Industries in early January, Defense Dan Prosser, an Aviation Week 20 Editor Steve Trimble visited “B3,” Twenty of 2013 the third and final prototype from 52 | Aerospace in Israel the Lavi fighter program that Israel Our special report on the country’s canceled in 1987 under heavy distributed command-and-control pressure by the U.S. For a snapshot network, New Space, UAS, sensors, of Israel’s military technology missiles and evolving industry base today, see our special report starting on page 52. COMMERCIAL AVIATION ISRAELAEROSPACE 18 | Suppliers and customers suffer as ON THE COVER Boeing 737 MAX return slips Israeli Air Force fighters such as the Lockheed Martin F-35I are increasingly employing technologies that can conquer the essential challenge of modern warfare: How to choose the right weapon from the 20 | Boeing knowingly pushed cost right platform within minutes? Defense Editor Steve Trimble’s reporting, informed by a tour of Israeli savings over safety with MAX aerospace and defense companies, begins on page 52. Photo by Amit Agronov. 24 | NATO works with ATC as silent Aviation Week publishes a digital edition every week. Read it at AviationWeek.com/AWST flights spur fighter jet scrambles DIGITAL EXTRAS Access exclusive online features from articles accompanied by this icon. AviationWeek.com/AWST AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY/JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY 9, 2020 3 FLY ABOVE EXPECTATIONS Editor-In-Chief Joseph C. 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