In the November 2020 issue of AEROSPACE: Wake-up call for space threats, Air freight renaissance, Developing a national fighter aircraft, Economics of electric aircraft – Part 2, Airbus spearheads zero-carbon moonshot.
* Radome – The latest aviation and aeronautical intelligence, analysis and comment.
* Pushing the envelope – Rob Coppinger examines how research into the Horizon Drive could send humanity to the stars.
* Wake-up call for space threats – The impact for the commercial space sector of the increased militarisation of space.
* Air freight shifts its centre of gravity – Air cargo experiences an unexpected renaissance during the Covid pandemic.
* Qantas – One hundred not out – Former CEO of Qantas from 1989-94, John Ward, looks back on 100 years of Australia’s flag carrier.
* The long road to recovery starts here – How the aerospace industry could recover from its biggest-ever crisis.
* National fighter aircraft – the recurring dream – Richard Aboulafia asks what India’s experience with the LCA Tejas can teach other nations developing indigenous fighter programmes.
* Taking charge of electric aircraft – Could airlines of the future profit from operating electric-powered aircraft?
* Safeguarding the final frontier – Report from the RAeS’ first virtual conference on Safeguarding Earth’s Space Environment.
* Airbus spearheads zero-carbon moonshot – Airbus unveils ambitious plans to develop hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft.
Afterburner
* Message from our President
* Message from our Chief Executive
* Book Reviews
* New Member spotlight
* Obituary
* Staff restructuring
* RAeS 1949 Garden Party film discovered
* Elections
* The Last Word – Keith Hayward considers the future of transatlantic air traffic in a post-Covid-19 future.
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