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If you have not signed up to receive your digital subscription, go to AviationWeek.com/awstcustomers DEPARTMENTS 10-12 Feedback 14 Who’s Where 16-18 The World 20 Up Front 22 Commander’s Intent 24 Inside Business Aviation 26 Airline Intel 28 In Orbit 31 Washington Outlook 87 Classifed 88 Contact Us Bell Helicopter is betting that the planned superior speed 89 Aerospace Calendar of the V-280 tiltrotor will win support from the U.S. Army. Bell’s CEO says the Valor will cost half as much as the 77 V-22, addressing some critics who say it is too expensive. the WorlD 16 albert D. Wheelon dies, led develop- UnmanneD sYstems 53 High-performance combat aircraft ment of frst recon satellite for CIA, long-running are next targets for Northrop was major force at Hughes Aircraft 38 WK450 Watchkeeper unmanned air system could now Grumman’s laser jammer 18 astronaut scott Carpenter dies, was be on the cusp of entering service second American to orbit the ENGINEERING Earth and backup to John Glenn 39 royal navy project’s goal is to land 44 Bell and sikorsky/Boeing team an AgustaWestland-built optionally competing against two relative un- CommerCIal aIrCraFt piloted helo on a ship next year knowns for high-speed helo demo 32 Boeing-Airbus balance in one of most DEFENSE important air transport markets aIr transport is shifting with JAL’s A350 order 40 pratt & Whitney is the latest contractor 46 european regional airline ofcials under microscope of Pentagon audi- speak of renewed optimism, des- 34 high-profle order cancellation tors who push exacting standards pite fgures and individual cases casts doubt on whether Airbus can meet its A380 sales target 41 new communications for V-22 48 Deal to limit greenhouse-gas emissions considered key for Marine Corps’ reached at ICAO Assembly is a success SPACE future Air Ground Task Force for aviation or a setback for environment 36 SpaceShipTwo tests on track for high-speed feather, higher altitudes 43 Israelis pitch Kfr to smaller air 49 safety agency links pilot error to and supersonic reentry forces as fourth-generation fatal airship crash during European fghter at one-third of the price tour sponsored by Goodyear 37 expectations are high for new SpaceX Falcon 9 to prove military and 52 U.s. navy mulls competition for new 50 alitalia on ropes again, less than fve commercial satellite launch missile to keep Chinese carriers years after it was saved from bank- capabilities at bay, and in response to DF-21 ruptcy, bought by private investors on the CoVers: This week, Aviation Week publishes two editions, both double issues. The cover at the far left features the frst business aircraft to be developed in China —Avic subsidiary Caiga’s Primus 150, an all-composite six-seater based on a U.S. kitplane design and powered by single 850-shp General Electric H85 turboprop. The aircraft is set to fy soon, but its market is uncertain as Chinese tastes continue to favor large business jets (page 58). Photo by Bobby Yip for Reuters via Newscom. The cover of our Defense Technology edition shows Karem Aircraft’s concept for an advanced rotorcraft for the U.S. Army (page 44). Elsewhere in both editions are articles on Airbus’s upset win over Boeing in Japan (page 32), SpaceShipTwo’s test fights (page 36) and the skepticism about business jet operator VistaJet (page 75). 6 AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY/OCTOBER 14/21, 2013 AviationWeek.com/awst October 14/21, 2013 Volume 175 Number 36 AVIONICS 78 army pursuing foreign sales of U.S.- 51 rockwell Collins developing passive, uncooled multispectral