Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast

As Airbus draws closer to a decision on whether or not to re-engine its A330, Aviation Week editors discuss the implications for Airbus and its engine suppliers.

Direct download: Check624May.mp3
Category:news -- posted at: 9:15pm BST

 

Business jet manufacturers are banking on China to pull the industry out of its doldrums. But the country still has a long way to go, ICF International Vice President Kevin Michaels writes in the May 19 edition of Aviation Week & Space Technology. On our latest Check 6 podcast, Michaels talks with Editor-in-Chief Joe Anselmo about factors that he believes will keep the Chinese bizav market from reaching its potential for at least another decade.

Direct download: Check6May16.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:06pm BST

New Small UAVs, Their Rules and Tasers

The week before the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International conference, AvWeek editors get together to talk about some of the latest innovations and complications surrounding the UAV market.

Direct download: Check_6_5-9.mp3
Category:news -- posted at: 10:08pm BST

What a Week in Space!

Aviation Week editors discuss SpaceX's suit against the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Sanctions on Russia over Ukraine, the merger of Orbital Sciences and ATK and how they're all related in our latest Check 6 podcast.

Direct download: 52_Check_6.mp3
Category:news -- posted at: 11:30pm BST

Is it really possible that 111 years since the first powered flight of an aircraft carrying a human we're debating what an aircraft is?

Direct download: Check6Apr25WhatsAnAirplane.mp3
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R&D Investment Crisis

A squeeze on U.S. defense spending has caused Pentagon investment in research, development, test and evaluation spending to decline 28% since its peak in 2009, adjusting for inflation. The problem is the defense contractors aren't stepping in to make up the difference.

Direct download: 4-18_Check_6.m4a
Category:news -- posted at: 3:51pm BST

Imagine a day when overhaul shops will be able to just print replacement parts. The time and cost savings could be huge, but how will the technology be adapted for the aerospace industry?

Direct download: Check6Apr10DC.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:19pm BST

Broadband Onboard

Broadband data is coming to airplanes in a big way. It will influence both passengers in the cabin and operations in the cockpit.

Direct download: 4-3-14_Check_6.m4a
Category:news -- posted at: 2:33pm BST

 

What do the initial sanctions by the West on Russian and Ukrainian provocateurs of the former’s invasion of the latter’s Crimean region mean for Western aerospace and defense? Reaction so far has been mild, but that could change.

Direct download: UkraineCrisisChk6March27.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:16pm BST

Aviation Week's talk in-depth about the technologies being used in the search and what their limitations are. The discussion also delves into what the aircraft’s “black box” would reveal – and not reveal – if it were recovered.

Direct download: CheckSix0321POD.mp4
Category:news -- posted at: 9:14pm BST