Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast

Aviation Week’s team discusses Air India’s massive aircraft order and defense highlights from Aero India.

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Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 9:30am BST

Autonomous fighters, adaptive engines, powerful surveillance satellites and a new generation of airlifters and tankers are among the next wave of modernization priorities set to be unveiled in the next U.S. Air Force budget request.

Aviation Week editors Steve Trimble and Brian Everstine discussed all of the possible options with J.J. Gertler, who co-hosts the Defense & Aerospace Report Air Power Podcast.

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Category:Defense -- posted at: 4:34pm BST

Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss a week of high drama, including the shootdown of China's balloon and the future of high-altitude surveillance platforms.

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Category:Defense -- posted at: 11:03am BST

Listen in as business editor Michael Bruno and analysts Richard Aboulafia and Rob Epstein discuss aerospace's big problem.

They sat down after the Aviation Week A&D Supply Chain conference in Beverly Hills, California, which brings together aerospace and defense supply chain leaders.

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Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 10:43am BST

Listen in as Aviation Week editors reflect on the 747's beginning and its legacy.

Head over to AviationWeek.com to read How Boeing’s 747 Revolutionized Air Travel

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Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 7:07pm BST

Lockheed Martin's premier combat aircraft is an essential part of the aerospace industry, infusing the economy with billions of dollars each year. The U.S. has a deal for three more years of production but will face continued challenges with international sales and technical upgrades.

Michael Cisek, a senior advisor at AeroDynamic Advisory, joins Aviation Week's Jen DiMascio and Steve Trimble to discuss the program's future.

Direct download: F-35_Under_Pressure.mp3
Category:Defense -- posted at: 8:44am BST

December delivery figures suggest the airplane manufacturers’ supply chain, quality and labor problems might be easing. Listen to our team break down the numbers.

Aviation Week Network’s A&D SupplyChain conference takes place in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 31-Feb. 1. Find out more and register here.

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Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 5:03pm BST

Dealmaking slowed down in the second half of 2022, but the year ended with a bang. John Stack, Canaccord Genuity's head of U.S. aerospace and defense investment banking at in New York, joins Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo and Michael Bruno to share his insights.

The 5th annual Aviation Week Network’s A&D Mergers and Acquisitions conference takes place in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 30. Find out more and register here.

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Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 9:17am BST

Listen in as Aviation Week editors Guy Norris, Steve Trimble and Graham Warwick discuss—and sometimes debate—whether Boom’s new supersonic engine plan is for real. Read Guy's story here.

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Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 1:31pm BST

Is propulsion falling behind airframers’ ambitions? Listen in as our editors break it down.

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Category:Aerospace -- posted at: 10:29am BST