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The Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado USA Official Media Partner 704AWAIFC.indd 1 3/27/2017 11:30:40 AM April 3-16, 2017 Contents Volume 179 Number 7 Winner 2016 AVIATIONWEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY A robot servicer that will autonomously rendezvous with, grasp, Digital Extras Access exclusive inspect, repair and attach a payload to a geosynchronous satellite will online features from articles be demonstrated in NASA and DARPA programs scheduled for launch accompanied by this icon. 58 in 2019 and 2021, respectively. 7 Feedback 8 Who’s Where 10-11 First Take 12 Up Front 13 Going Concerns 14 Inside Business Aviation 16 Airline Intel 18 In Orbit 19 Washington Outlook 63 Contact Us 63 Aerospace Calendar 64 Classifed SAFETY 42 Lufthansa’s pilot deal highlights 44 Beijing’s sway in the Russo-Chinese 20 Go-around policy noncompliance labor problems still faced by widebody program grows with is greatest threat to safe fight, Alitalia and Air France/KLM Shanghai choice for headquarters says air safety advocacy group 53 TECHNOLOGY 62 Shoreham Airshow crash probe 28 First small turbine engine for shines spotlight on regulatory tactical UAVs heads to fight after and organizational failings difcult development phase 31 DARPA Gremlin COMMERCIAL AVIATION UAV program paves way for next step in 22 EC’s tough stance in Brexit distributed air warfare negotiations does not bode well for UK aviation community DEFENSE 33 Indonesian air force goal of 24 American Airlines strengthens acquiring A400Ms, AW101s is ties with China Southern, and challenged by local-content law Lufthansa links up with Cathay 34 Rebuild of F-15C center fuselage 25 Chinese authorities add 136 43 Boeing 737, 787 orders likely to may be deemed too costly as U.S. airports to national plan, mostly in beneft from Chinese completion Air Force considers fghter buys southern and western provinces center near Loong Air’s base 36 U.S. Air Force reassesses training ON THE COVER and programs to stop mass exit of experienced combat pilots Lufthansa’s frst Airbus A320neo fies over Hamburg, Germany. The German airline has so far taken fve A320neos and will add another fve this year. Our A320neo in-service report begins on 37 Tiltrotor technology is altering how page 46. Lufthansa photo by Oliver Roesler. Also in this issue: the U.S. Marine Corps approaches A UK-Japan fghter? 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