Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast

Aviation Week editors and analysts discuss industry developments across commercial aviation, defense and space every week on the Check 6 Podcast.

What You Can Expect From The F/A-XX Decision 04/25/2025

What You Can Expect From The F/A-XX Decision The U.S. Navy appears poised to pick either Boeing or Northrop Grumman to develop its next-generation combat aircraft, the F/A-XX. Listen in as Aviation Week's Robert Wall, Brian Everstine and Steve Trimble discuss what's at stake. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/36295790

What Tariffs Mean For Boeing, Airbus And Comac 04/17/2025

What Tariffs Mean For Boeing, Airbus And Comac Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno and Jens Flottau are joined by Wall Street analyst Scott Mikus to break down how global trade turmoil affects OEMs. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/36208740

Spatial Awareness—Live From The 40th Space Symposium 04/11/2025

Spatial Awareness—Live From The 40th Space Symposium Editors at the 40th Space Symposium discuss everything from threats to NASA's science missions to the Golden Dome air-defense concept. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/36094835

What Do Trump Tariffs Mean For Aerospace And Air Travel? 04/03/2025

What Do Trump Tariffs Mean For Aerospace And Air Travel? AeroDynamic Advisory’s Kevin Michaels joins Aviation Week editors to discuss the worrisome implications for the industry. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35994330

Is Airbus Running In Place? 03/28/2025

Is Airbus Running In Place? Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo, Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau and Graham Warwick discuss why an Airbus next-generation single-aisle program launch is not imminent despite technological progress. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35902845

NGAD Win Puts Boeing Back in the Game With The F-47 03/21/2025

NGAD Win Puts Boeing Back in the Game With The F-47 What does Boeing’s contract win for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation combat aircraft, the F-47, mean for the struggling aerospace company? Join Aviation Week’s Robert Wall, Steve Trimble and Matt Jouppi as they dissect the announcement. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35814500

What's The Buzz At Verticon? 03/17/2025

What's The Buzz At Verticon? Aviation Week's Guy Norris and Tony Osborne at Verticon run the rule over new programs launched by Airbus and Robinson and discuss other highlights from the event, formerly known as Heli-Expo. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35721570

NGAD Is Up, NGAS Is Down & CCAs Are Inbound 03/14/2025

NGAD Is Up, NGAS Is Down & CCAs Are Inbound What's the latest on plans for next-generation U.S. Air Force platforms in the age of DOGE? Brian Everstine and Steve Trimble join Robert Wall to share what they've been hearing. Register to watch the webinar The Future of U.S. Air Mobility Register for Aviation Week's Defense Conference /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35683640

The End Of Net Zero 2050 For Airlines 03/11/2025

The End Of Net Zero 2050 For Airlines Less than four years after boldly pledging to reach net zero emissions by 2050, IATA appears to be dropping the target. Is the airline industry abandoning sustainability or just acknowledging reality? Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo, Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau and Guy Norris discuss. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35630875

Check 6 Revisits: The Sweeping Influence Of The B-47 On Airliner Design 03/06/2025

Check 6 Revisits: The Sweeping Influence Of The B-47 On Airliner Design Boeing's Mike Lombardi joins editors for a deep dive into the B-47, the revolutionary bomber that shaped modern airliner design as we know it. Check 6 Revisits delves into Aviation Week's more than 100-year archive. Subscribers can and read key Aviation Week articles related to this episode here: (December 1941) (October 1945) (July 1946) (September 1947) (April 1951) (August 1954) /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35550425

Deep Dive Into The Mysterious X-37B Spaceplane 02/21/2025

Deep Dive Into The Mysterious X-37B Spaceplane As the X-37B graces the cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine, editors Robert Wall, Vivienne Machi and Guy Norris discuss the unique characteristics of the spaceplane and what its up to as it orbits Earth. Check out the X-37 graphic Guy describes /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35375785

Could The U.S. Lose Its Leadership In Space? 02/18/2025

Could The U.S. Lose Its Leadership In Space? America remains a hotbed of space innovation, but worries mount over China’s rapid advances. AIA's Steve Jordan Tomaszewski joins Aviation Week's Joe Anselmo, Garrett Reim and Graham Warwick to discuss. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35314600

Aviation Pulls Back From Innovation 02/14/2025

Aviation Pulls Back From Innovation As Airbus puts hydrogen on the back burner and ATR delays its hybrid-electric turboprop, does the industry have a prayer of meeting its net-zero goals? Joe Anselmo is joined by Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris and Graham Warwick. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35282640

Beyond The Hype—What’s Happening With Air Taxis 02/12/2025

Beyond The Hype—What’s Happening With Air Taxis As updates continue to fly out from advanced air mobility startups, Aviation Week's Ben Goldstein, Graham Warwick and Jens Flottau are joined by consultant Sergio Cecutta to cut through the noise and assess where the fledgling market is at. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35240190

Potomac Crash—An Accident Decades In The Making? 02/05/2025

Potomac Crash—An Accident Decades In The Making? The Jan. 29 collision of an American Airlines CRJ-700 with a U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawk was the worst aviation accident in the U.S. since 2009. Aviation Week's Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick, Brian Everstine and Christine Boynton discuss potential contributing factors and the consequences for future flight operations around Reagan National Airport. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35167715

Brilliant Pebbles Are Back 01/31/2025

Brilliant Pebbles Are Back After President Trump signed an executive order for “Iron Dome for America,” Aviation Week editors Robert Wall, Brian Everstine and Steve Trimble discuss how an idea that dates back to the Cold War could take shape today. Register for Aviation Week's Defense Conference /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/35084865

What’s Next For Boeing, Airbus And Embraer? 01/22/2025

What’s Next For Boeing, Airbus And Embraer? How did Airbus and Boeing finish last year in orders and deliveries? Can Boeing bounce back in 2025? And what are airlines saying they want from a new airliner? Listen in as our team delves into all of that, and register for our related Jan. 24 webinar on that potential new airliner /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/34962145

AIAA’s SciTech Forum Teases Hydrogen Cycles And Gulled Wings 01/17/2025

AIAA’s SciTech Forum Teases Hydrogen Cycles And Gulled Wings Aviation Week editors Graham Warwick and Guy Norris discuss some of the breakthrough technologies and advanced concepts to emerge at this year's AIAA SciTech Forum in Florida. They also hear from AIAA's new CEO, Clay Mowry. P.S. After recording, Graham remembered who gave the hypersonic projectile presentation: Ronald M. Barrett-Gonzalez from University of Kansas School of Engineering. You can read his paper . /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/34887720

Dissecting China's New Combat Aircraft Designs 01/08/2025

Dissecting China's New Combat Aircraft Designs Aviation Week's Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne and Graham Warwick unpack the design details of two new Chinese combat aircraft and what makes them so odd. Stay in-the-know with Parker Aerospace on LinkedIn or at . /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/34772025

Flubs And Forecasts 12/20/2024

Flubs And Forecasts 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. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/34531865

Aerospace & Defense’s Digital Transformation Opportunity | Sponsored By Siemens 12/18/2024

Aerospace & Defense’s Digital Transformation Opportunity | Sponsored By Siemens 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 /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/34500000

Airbus Races, Boeing Staggers To The 2024 Finish Line 12/13/2024

Airbus Races, Boeing Staggers To The 2024 Finish Line Listen in as editors discuss whether Airbus will meet its delivery target and the long climb ahead for Boeing. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/34420920

What's New With Europe's Fighter Programs? 12/06/2024

What's New With Europe's Fighter Programs? Aviation Week's defense team discusses the latest developments with Europe's combat air projects as governments there ramp up military spending. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/34301790

Check 6 Revisits: Hypersonic Hopes—The Legacy Of The X-30 Orient Express 11/26/2024

Check 6 Revisits: Hypersonic Hopes—The Legacy Of The X-30 Orient Express 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) /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/34153570

How NASA's New 2050 Goals Could Reshape Airliners 11/22/2024

How NASA's New 2050 Goals Could Reshape Airliners 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. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/34081166

Aerospace Eyes Trump 2.0 11/14/2024

Aerospace Eyes Trump 2.0 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. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/33919802

Why Isn’t Airbus Doing Better? 11/08/2024

Why Isn’t Airbus Doing Better? 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. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/33828552

Can Anyone Catch SpaceX? 11/01/2024

Can Anyone Catch SpaceX? 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. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/33706107

Understanding UAP As An Aerospace Safety Concern 10/25/2024

Understanding UAP As An Aerospace Safety Concern 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. /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/33581632

Why Boeing Has Delayed The 777X Yet Again 10/18/2024

Why Boeing Has Delayed The 777X Yet Again It’s been nearly five years since the cutting-edge aircraft first flew, but you won’t fly on one before 2026. Aviation Week’s Guy Norris, Sean Broderick and Dan Williams explain to Joe Anselmo how we got here. Register for /episode/index/show/aviationweek/id/33511267

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