Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
407 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 303 ratingsAviation Week & Space Technology editors take a look at some of the bigger-picture issues in the world of aerospace and defense
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The New Speed of Thought in A&D
April 02, 2018 22:45 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MBArtificial intelligence, augmented reality and other new digital technologies are infiltrating aerospace and defense businesses faster than expected, a new report claims. More than 80% of leading executives expect to see AI systems working alongside their human employees in just the next few years, and 70% plan for it to take two years or less for new and emerging technology adoption overall. Half of them report already investing in related tech including AI, Internet of Things connectivity,...
How Skunk Works and SpaceX are Pushing the Edge
April 01, 2018 18:01 - 20 minutes - 9.59 MBEditors Guy Norris and Graham Warwick discuss unveiling of tailless UAV and SpaceX’s unique testing strategy
A Wild Week In Aerospace
March 24, 2018 19:11 - 15 minutes - 6.97 MBDefense contractors win big as a U.S. budget deal supercharges military funding, but commercial contractors could be casualties as a U.S.-China trade dispute escalates. Aviation Week editors weigh in on the implications.
Airbus Space’s View of the Satellite Market
March 16, 2018 10:45 - 12 minutes - 23 MBAviation Week editors talk with Nicolas Chamussy about its OneWeb venture into the small satellite, low Earth orbit market and navigating the dramatic changes in the industry.
The New Cold War Footing
March 10, 2018 04:47 - 25 minutes - 11.8 MBAviation Week’s team of U.S.-based defense editors discuss the shift in the U.S. military from planning to fight counterinsurgency campaigns to preparing for great-power technological warfare.
Electric Dreams – A Reality Check on Urban Air Taxis
March 01, 2018 22:10 - 20 minutes - 9.44 MBUber's Director of Aviation Engineering and eVTOL leading light Mark Moore talks with Aviation Week’s Tony Osborne and Guy Norris about the coming revolution in urban air mobility—a key talking point at this year's HAI Helo-Expo convention in Las Vegas.
A Look at the Future of the International Space Station
February 23, 2018 18:35 - 20 minutes - 37.2 MBThe National Space Council traveled to Kennedy Space Center to discuss how private space companies and other countries can participate as NASA scales back its financial support for the station in the years to come. Aviation Week Space Editor Irene Klotz provides highlights from the fate of the space station to U.S. cooperation with China on civil space and the potential to remove regulations to speed commercial development.