Flubs And Forecasts
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Eight Aviation Week editors grade their predictions for 2024 and make new bets on what will happen next year. Joe Anselmo is joined by Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau, Molly McMillin, Guy Norris, Garrett Reim, Lee Ann Shay, Robert Wall and Graham Warwick on our last episode of the year.
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Aerospace & Defense’s Digital Transformation Opportunity | Sponsored By Siemens
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
In this Siemens-sponsored podcast Todd Tuthill, Vice President of Aerospace, Defense, and Marine Industry at Siemens Digital Industries Software, explains how digital technology can address top challenges aerospace and defense faces today, from rising costs to workforce to supply chain bottlenecks. The discussion with Todd also touches on how the industry can capitalize on the fast-growing capabilities of artificial intelligence. Find out more
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Airbus Races, Boeing Staggers To The 2024 Finish Line
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Listen in as editors discuss whether Airbus will meet its delivery target and the long climb ahead for Boeing.
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What's New With Europe's Fighter Programs?
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Aviation Week's defense team discusses the latest developments with Europe's combat air projects as governments there ramp up military spending.
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Check 6 Revisits: Hypersonic Hopes—The Legacy Of The X-30 Orient Express
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Hypersonics expert and former chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force Dr. Mark Lewis joins Aviation Week's Christine Boynton, Guy Norris and Graham Warwick to examine the X-30 NASP program, and how—decades later—its legacy still lives on. Check 6 Revisits delves into Aviation Week's more than 100-year archive. Subscribers can and read key Aviation Week articles on NASP here: (Feb. 10, 1986) (March 7, 1988) (Nov.13, 1989) (June 29, 1992) (Nov. 30, 2009) Audio Clip Feb. 4, 1986: (C-SPAN)
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How NASA's New 2050 Goals Could Reshape Airliners
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Sixteen years after the launch of its ground-breaking N+3 project, NASA is using the same model to once again accelerate the pace of advancements as aviation strives for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. NASA's Rich Wahls joins the podcast to discuss AACES.
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Aerospace Eyes Trump 2.0
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
How will a second Trump administration affect the defense industry and global alliances? Listen in as the McCain Institute’s executive director Evelyn Farkas joins Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo and Michael Bruno to discuss.
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Why Isn’t Airbus Doing Better?
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Even in a duopoly, one company's misfortunate isn't necessarily the other's fortune. Financial analyst Sash Tusa joins Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau and Robert Wall to explain why.
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Can Anyone Catch SpaceX?
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
SpaceX’s Starship booster “catch” at the launchpad wowed the space world, but big hurdles remain to launching humans to Mars in 2028. Irene Klotz and Guy Norris join Joe Anselmo to discuss.
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Understanding UAP As An Aerospace Safety Concern
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
Once known as UFOs, sightings of unidentified anomalous phenomena present a thorny issue for the aviation community. Former F/A-18 pilot Ryan Graves who leads Americans for Safe Aerospace joins Aviation Week's Guy Norris and Garrett Reim to discuss the risks UAP pose and shares progress made on destigmatizing reporting among pilots.
info_outlineKelly Ortberg has a stellar track record as an aerospace CEO, but he faces momentous challenges in Seattle.
Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo and Michael Bruno discuss Ortberg's appointment with guests Kevin Michaels, a contributing columnist and managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory, and analyst Scott Mikus, who covers aerospace and defense at Melius Research.