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Oct 17, 2014
Joe Anselmo and Graham Warwick ask Guy Norris about his story on Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works and their Compact Fusion Reactor.
Oct 16, 2014
This is the second gallery featuring some of the things Aviation Week editors saw at the Association of the U.S. Army show in Washington this week photographed by Dan Katz, Aviation Week Intelligence Network Defense Data Analyst.
Oct 15, 2014
Here are photos of some of the things Aviation Week editors saw at the Association of the U.S. Army show in Washington this week.
Oct 15, 2014
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Oct 14, 2014
Aviation Week has been reporting on and, in one case unwittingly, furthering the cause of nuclear-powered aircraft for more than 60 years. Spurred on by the promise of the ‘Atomic Age’ and the potential strategic benefits of limitless range and endurance, the U.S. Air Force launched the Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft project in 1946.
Oct 13, 2014
The theory that the use of airpower and advisers can help local allied forces achieve victory on the ground is being tested again in operations against Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria. While the air threat is remote enough that French Rafales flew with a single defensive missile, the reach and mobility of fast jet aircraft with tanker support were important, allowing operations to be supported from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, Al Dhafra AB in the United Arab Emirates and RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.