Flight International 16Mar2020

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CONTENTS

10-16 MARCH 2020

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THIS WEEK

8 Wildcat on target to protect carriers

9 R-R has sustainable vision for green flight future.

Israeli interest will top up KC-46A export orders

10 Coronavirus outbreak seals Flybe’s fate

11 CFM, Boeing strike deal for Leap-1B payment

AIR TRANSPORT

12 Blade woes cut into Rolls-Royce profits

13 A350 delivery is ‘milestone’ at Aeroflot.

Testing begins on higher weight A330neo

14 Airbus uncertain of coronavirus impact.

Fresh inquiry into state aid for Alitalia

NEWS FOCUS

16 Dassault looks for lift from future fighter, Falcons

AIR WARFARE SYMPOSIUM SHOW REPORT

20 USAF eyes unmanned, attritable future

21 Early downselect puts ARRW on point.

Sikorsky secures second order for Jolly Green II

DEFENCE

22 H145M poised for German army roles.

Air USA trains eyes on Australian Hornets

23 Islamabad weighs attack fleet options.

Beijing fuels speculation of Y-20 tanker variant

BUSINESS AVIATION

24 VIP operations could offer rotary a lift.

Lilium unbowed after blaze destroys prototype

25 Acropolis takes Neo approach to luxury.

Wheels Up seals Gama Aviation Signature deal

BEHIND THE HEADLINES

Craig Hoyle (pictured)

embarked aboard the

Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier

HMS Prince of Wales in

Liverpool and received an

update on the Wildcat

helicopter (P8). Elsewhere

this issue, Murdo Morrison

interviewed Dassault chief

executive Eric Trappier in

Paris (P16), and our

reporting team marks the

anniversary of the 737

Max’s grounding (P26)

Volume 197 Number 5726

Handover sees Russian carrier

reflect on long-haul needs P

COVER STORY

18 Boeing’s

contender for FARA

battle belatedly

breaks cover

Airframer reveals its

response to the US

Army’s scout helicopter

requirement, with bids

now submitted

26 Troubled times

Boeing’s bid to match arch-rival Airbus with a

re-engined version of its best-selling narrowbody

proved a partial success – until two tragic accidents

took the type out of service and cast a shadow of

uncertainty over the airframer and the aerospace

industry. One year on from the global grounding of

the 737 Max, we examine the implications

NEWS

FEATURES

REGULARS

7 Comment

37 Straight & Level

38 Letters

40 Classified

41 Jobs

43 Working Week

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Up forROTORCRAFT

the fightBoeing breaks cover

in armed scout battle

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