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Number 9 By Article: AviationWeek.com/awst By Issue: AviationWeek.com/awst_current Download and Read Offline: AviationWeek.com/download DEPARTMENTS 5 | Feedback 13 | Airline Intel 6 | Who’s Where 56 | Classified 8-9 | First Take 57 | Contact Us 10 | Up Front 57 | Aerospace 11 | Going Concerns Calendar 12 | Inside Business After reusable parts have been removed, Aviation 32 the recycling focus shifts to aluminum. FEATURES 28 | Boeing 737 MAX return timeline 44 | Pentagon preps boutique industry remains uncertain for large-scale production 14 | Crew Dragon Debut NASA and SpaceX are poised for 30 | ADS-B and COVID-19: Air traffic 45 | MBDA patent offers glimpse into the first U.S. orbital spaceflight reflects pandemic’s impact Europe’s hypersonic weapon plans since the space shuttle CARGO 46 | Raytheon LRSO prize completes 20 | Bad to Worse 31 China pushes cargo expansion, | nuclear upgrade supplier roles The aerospace industry begins mergers with logistics to reshape in response to the 47 | Airbus automated refueling is first effects of the COVID-19 crisis SUSTAINABILITY 37 | The coronavirus crisis will affect step to autonomous capability 32 | Recycling Gets Smart emissions for the long term Owners are dismantling aircraft 52 | Japan boosts detection range by in environmentally sustainable 38 | By plane or by train? COVID-19 fusing radar and IRST ways to recoup their value could mean more travel by rail 53 | Norwegian-U.S. ramjet tie-up 48 | German Rejuvenation 40 | Ambitious flight-test regime could lead to more lethal missiles New airlifter and helo buys are planned for RACER demonstrator CONNECTED AEROSPACE planned, but budgeting for new MANUFACTURING fighters and ISR platforms lags 41 | Airbus targets advances in 54 | Ligado Networks’ drive to 5G production with digital tools threatens GPS after FCC ruling SPACE DEFENSE VIEWPOINT 16 | Panel sounds the alarm over ISS 23 | Embraer airlifter should survive 58 | Aerospace companies must invest U.S. national lab overseer Boeing joint-venture setback in strategic priorities now 17 | Osiris-Rex clears one test and ON THE COVER prepares for June trial Nine years after the last U.S. human orbital spaceflight, SpaceX is poised to launch NASA astronauts COMMERCIAL AVIATION Robert Behnken, rear, and Douglas Hurley, front, to test its new Crew Dragon spacecraft. 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