STARTS AFTER PAGE 38 ™ $14.95 DECEMBER 9-22, 2019 2019 PHOTO ISSUE De Havilland Returns Is the NMA Dead? Q&A New CEO of Boeing Global Services Digital Edition Copyright Notice The content contained in this digital edition (“Digital Material”), as well as its selection and arrangement, is owned by Informa. and its affiliated companies, licensors, and suppliers, and is protected by their respective copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights. Upon payment of the subscription price, if applicable, you are hereby authorized to view, download, copy, and print Digital Material solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided that by doing any of the foregoing, you acknowledge that (i) you do not and will not acquire any ownership rights of any kind in the Digital Material or any portion thereof, (ii) you must preserve all copyright and other proprietary notices included in any downloaded Digital Material, and (iii) you must comply in all respects with the use restrictions set forth below and in the Informa Privacy Policy and the Informa Terms of Use (the “Use Restrictions”), each of which is hereby incorporated by reference. Any use not in accordance with, and any failure to comply fully with, the Use Restrictions is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum possible extent. You may not modify, publish, license, transmit (including by way of email, facsimile or other electronic means), transfer, sell, reproduce (including by copying or posting on any network computer), create derivative works from, display, store, or in any way exploit, broadcast, disseminate or distribute, in any format or media of any kind, any of the Digital Material, in whole or in part, without the express prior written consent of Informa. To request content for commercial use or Informa’s approval of any other restricted activity described above, please contact the Reprints Department at (877) 652-5295. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, you may not use spiders, robots, data mining techniques or other automated techniques to catalog, download or otherwise reproduce, store or distribute any Digital Material. NEITHER Informa NOR ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER OR THEIR AGENTS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY ACT, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR ACCESS TO ANY DIGITAL MATERIAL, AND/OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN. THERE IS NO COMPARISON. NO EQUAL. THERE IS ONLY ONE. THE COMMERCIAL JET ENGINE IN A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN. Powered by an industry-fi rst geared architecture — and more than 40 other groundbreaking innovations — the Pratt & Whitney GTF™ is unlike any engine that’s come before it. EXPLORE THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT AT PW.UTC.COM AVIATIONWEEK 2019Winner Winner 2016 & SPACE TECHNOLOGY December 9-22, 2019 . Volume 181 . Number 24 FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 6 | Feedback 16 | Airline Intel 18 | Flying Like Birds 8 | 72 | Classified Airbus tries to turn an old proposal into reality: Who’s Where 10-11 riding the wake vortex of a preceding airplane | First Take 73 | Contact Us 12 | Up Front 73 | Aerospace 24 | Tempest Taker 14 | Going Concerns Calendar Japan seeks international collaboration on a fighter jet, and flexibity of the UK’s proposed Tempest program offers a path 42 | Photo Contest Winners From among more than 800 entries, our judges chose these winning images and honorable mentions 42 Photographer Avichai Socher of Givat Shmuel, Israel, captured this Israeli Air Force C130j “Shimshon” combing the sky with flares as the Sun set. CONNECTED AEROSPACE COMMERCIAL AVIATION BUSINESS 20 | Future flight management system 32 | United’s A321XLR order high- 39 | New technology opens onboard to cope with more complex airspace lights Boeing MAX, NMA puzzle systems business for Japan SPACE 34 | Condor expects clarity about AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT 22 | Space debris removal new owner in January 40 | Technology is seen as a bridge to demonstrations gain momentum 35 | Norwegian’s new boss has his space vehicle integration DEFENSE work cut out for him 41 | Lawmakers urge FAA to speed 26 | UAE makes investments in 36 | Dubai deals suggest Dash airspace integration technology precision-guided bombs 8-400’s run could go on EDITORIAL 27 | Northrop Grumman program 74 Is pressuring allies to pay more on monitors motor, munition health PROPULSION | 38 | NTSB recommends Boeing defense worth the cost? 28 | NATO turns attention to Far East 737NG fan cowl redesign as Beijing’s influence reaches Europe ON THE COVER 29 | U.S. sanctions threat is clouded by The Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, flies above Horseshoe Falls, the largest of three waterfalls comprising Niagara Falls on the U.S.-Canada border. The Sun casts a shadow from their uncertain policy contrails on the fast-moving waters below. See the winners and editor’s picks from the 2019 Aviation Week ROTORCRAFT Photo Contest beginning on page 42. This year more than 250 photographers from 27 countries vied for the title of “Best of the Best,” submitting more than 800 photos. Photo by Sean Hower of Haiku, Hawaii. 30 | Russian Helicopters sees UAM niche for coaxial VRT500 Aviation Week publishes a digital edition every week. Read it at AviationWeek.com/awst DIGITAL EXTRAS Access exclusive online features from articles accompanied by this icon. AviationWeek.com/awst AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY/DECEMBER 9-22, 2019 3 Editor-In-Chief Joseph C. Anselmo [email protected] Executive Editors Jen DiMascio (Defense and Space) [email protected] Jens Flottau (Commercial Aviation) [email protected] Graham Warwick (Technology) [email protected] Editors Lindsay Bjerregaard, Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Bill Carey, Thierry Dubois, William Garvey, Ben Goldstein, Lee Hudson, Irene Klotz, Helen Massy- Beresford, Jefferson Morris, Guy Norris, Tony Osborne, Bradley Perrett, James Pozzi, Adrian Schofield, Lee Ann Shay, Steve Trimble Chief Aircraft Evaluation Editor Fred George Director, Editorial and Online Production Michael O. Lavitt Associate Managing Editor Andrea Hollowell Art Director Lisa Caputo Artists Thomas De Pierro, Colin Throm Copy Editors Jack Freifelder, Arturo Mora, Natalia Pelayo, Andy Savoie Production Editors Aaron Fagan, Bridget Horan Contributing Photographer Joseph Pries Director, Digital Content Strategy Rupa Haria Content Marketing Manager Rija Tariq Data & Analytics Director, Forecasts and Aerospace Insights Brian Kough Senior Manager, Data Operations/Production Terra Deskins Manager, Military Data Operations Michael Tint Editorial Offices 2121 K Street, NW, Suite 210, Washington, D.C. 20037 Phone: +1 (202) 517-1100 605 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10158 Phone: +1 (212) 204-4200 Bureau Chiefs Auckland Adrian [email protected] Beijing GoGo beyondbeyond thethe newsnews ofof thethe Bradley Perrett [email protected] dayday withwith AviationAviation WeekWeek Cape Canaveral Irene Klotz [email protected] IntelligenceIntelligence Network’sNetwork’s Chicago Lee Ann Shay [email protected] Market Briefi ngs. Frankfurt Jens Flottau [email protected] Houston These sector-specifi c intelligence Mark Carreau [email protected] briefi ngs empower busy Kuala Lumpur executives to stay-ahead of the Marhalim Abas [email protected] London market, identify opportunities and Tony Osborne [email protected] drive revenue. Los Angeles Guy Norris [email protected] Lyon Thierry Dubois [email protected] Moscow LEARN MORE: Maxim Pyadushkin [email protected] aviationweek.com/marketbriefi ngs New Delhi Jay Menon [email protected] Paris Helen Massy-Beresford [email protected] Washington Jen DiMascio [email protected] Wichita Molly McMillin [email protected] President, Aviation Week Network Gregory Hamilton Managing Director, Intelligence & Data Services Anne McMahon 4 AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY/DECEMBER 9-22, 2019 AviationWeek.com/awst Editor-In-Chief Joseph C. Anselmo [email protected] Executive Editors Jen DiMascio (Defense and Space) [email protected] Jens Flottau (Commercial Aviation) [email protected] Graham Warwick (Technology) [email protected] Editors Lindsay Bjerregaard, Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Bill Carey, Thierry Dubois, William Garvey, Ben Goldstein, Lee Hudson, Irene Klotz, Helen Massy- Beresford, Jefferson Morris, Guy Norris, Tony Osborne, Bradley Perrett, James Pozzi, Adrian Schofield, Lee Ann Shay, Steve Trimble Chief Aircraft Evaluation Editor Fred George Director, Editorial and Online Production Michael O. Lavitt Associate Managing Editor Andrea Hollowell Art Director Lisa Caputo Artists Thomas De Pierro, Colin Throm Copy Editors Jack Freifelder, Arturo Mora, Natalia Pelayo, Andy Savoie Production Editors Aaron Fagan, Bridget Horan Contributing Photographer Joseph Pries Director, Digital Content Strategy Rupa Haria ON NOVEMBER 7, 2019 Content Marketing Manager Rija Tariq Data & Analytics VAUGHN COLLEGE HONORED Director, Forecasts and Aerospace Insights Brian Kough Senior Manager, Data Operations/Production WILLIAM J. FLYNN Terra Deskins Manager, Military Data Operations Michael Tint Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Offi cer, Editorial Offices Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 2121 K Street, NW, Suite 210, Washington, D.C. 20037 Phone: +1 (202) 517-1100 605 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10158 Phone: +1