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Ask the Editors: NASA has continued its exploration blueprints by building support among both Democratic and Republican legislators.

Ask the Editors: Consolidation among major carriers working with regionals will bring long overdue streamlining to the aviation industry.

Ask the Editors: Aviation Week reduced its 10-year forecast for new commercial aircraft by 30%, representing a 34% drop in dollar value.

Ask the Editors: Minimizing an aircraft’s cross-section is not necessary for all missions, and many weapons can be carried internally.

Ask the Editors: Embraer will continue to develop the E175-E2, although its planned entry-into-service timeline has been delayed to 2023.

Ask the Editors: Industry has done a superb job in putting safety measures first, but a lousy job at relaying efforts to the public.

Changes in military sustainment--including the push for agile development and the use of cloud-based software—could hint at broader shifts in the overall aftermarket. Listen as Aviation Week speaks to Accenture’s aerospace team talks about these developments.

Ask the Editors: The outlook for air cargo in coming years will be closely linked to the global economy, and industry will have to adapt.

Ask the Editors: Aviation in Argentina and across almost all of Latin America is in critical condition. Governments have provided little-to-no financial aid for airlines.

作为航空运输业乘客需求下降的连锁反应，在MRO企业第二季度业绩报告中这些影响体现得更加明显，尽管危机的严重程度可能尚未在售后市场中体现充分出来。

Ask the Editors: Chinese military aircraft could benefit from Western engine technology, but there is a limit to what can be leveraged.

Ask the Editors: Railways and airlines may be moving toward stability in their shares of traffic.

Ask the Editors: China is squeezing out foreign airframe makers but still relies on Western engine and onboard suppliers—for now.

Ask the Editors: Even if airframers do source less from China, it won’t mean they will turn to Western suppliers.

Ask the Editors: The global battle for airframe dominance is now a battle between Airbus and Boeing, but could Comac shake up the scene?

Ask the Editors: The F-15EX is a product of digital engineering, but it is not representative of the Digital Century Series initiative.

Ask the Editors: The TSA and Homeland Security should be mandating such checks and tests.

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, flying as test pilots for the SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2), landed in flat seas and 2 mph winds at 2:48 p.m. EDT, capping NASA’s six-year effort to restore U.S. human orbital flight capability after the space shuttles’ retirement in 2011.

Ask the Editors: There’s a way to go before propulsion electrification, but the type certification of aircraft begins to lay the bricks.

Ask the Editors: A recent round-table highlighted the future of combat offerings from a number of countries. Who else is on the radar?

Ask the Editors: Expanding preflight testing and contact tracing would boost passenger confidence in air travel safety.

Ask the Editors: The A380’s competitive disadvantage is that airlines need a very high passenger load factor to make the economics work.

Ask the Editors: The latest work on tiltrotors focuses on reducing cost and minimizing compromises between vertical and forward flight.

Ask the Editors: Airbus and Boeing are trying to protect customer commitments, but airlines and lessors would like o defer or even cancel their narrowbody deliveries.

Ask the Editors: COVID-19 poses more risk for travelers in shops, restaurants or taxis than in commercial airliners.