Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast

While Heli-Expo's organizers have moved to embrace eVTOLs, updates on a number of rotorcraft programs have stolen the headlines. Listen in to hear from Aviation Week's Guy Norris and Tony Osborne on the ground in Anaheim, California.

Direct download: Why_Heli-Expo_Has_Gone_Vertical.mp3
Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 9:39am BST

Listen in as Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo, Christine Boynton, Chen Chuanren, Jens Flottau and Guy Norris at Singapore Airshow discuss Comac's starring role, the C919's prospects in today's market and what this could mean for the Airbus-Boeing duopoly.


Listen in as Aviation Week Network's Program Excellence Editor Mike McClary talks to two 2023 finalists from Honeywell and Skunk Works respectively as well as a reviewer from Raytheon about what goes into a winning submission.

Nominations for the 2024 Aviation Week Program Excellence Awards are open through March 30. Click here to find out more.


A father of the design and development of the F-16 explains the unique philosophy and processes used to bring the most popular fighter of the post-Vietnam era from an idea to a finished product. Listen in as Gen. Michael Loh speaks to Aviation Week's Steve Trimble.

Direct download: Lessons_From_F-16s_Origins_50_Years_Ago.mp3
Category:Defense -- posted at: 11:55am BST

Listen in to this sponsored episode as PwC's Sarah Senyo and Michael Holland discuss current aerospace and defense M&A trends, and insights related to driving deal value and synergies.

Learn more here: Aerospace And Defense: US Deals 2024 Outlook


As Boeing's 737 program has dominated the headlines, more details are emerging about Airbus' plans for a new clean-sheet narrowbody, but when could it launch and will it generate significant emissions savings? Aviation Week editors are joined by Sash Tusa, an analyst with Agency Partners and regular guest columnist, to discuss.

Direct download: Airbus_Next_Clean_Sheet_NarrowbodyWhat_We_Know_So_Far.mp3
Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 11:01am BST

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