Letter From The Editor

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Letter From The EditorWelcome to this week’s Editors’ Picks, a newsletter exclusively tailored for subscribers of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Each Friday our editors select the week’s best digital content – articles, interviews, opinion columns, podcasts and webinars – as a supplement to your print magazine.See the highlights from this week's edition which include >>

A look at how consolidation has shaped the U.S. airline business as the 9/11 20-year anniversary approaches.

The continuing cat-and-mouse game of upgrading airline security.

How military airlifters from multiple countries aimed to transport more than 100,000 people from Kabul, Afghanistan, following the Taliban’s seizure of the state.

Will NASA’s Artemis program launch by the 2024 deadline? Spacesuits and a lawsuit over Human Landing Systems contracts could cause a delay.

A wave of newly minted publicly traded space companies is hitting the marketplace and sustaining investment confidence.

With slow sales, Airbus is trying something new for the A330neo.

And more.

I hope you enjoy the selection and look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Jen DiMascio

Executive Editor, Defense and Space

Aviation Week & Space Technology

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With Slow Sales, Airbus Tries Something New For A330neo Historic Air Evacuation Unfolds Amid Chaos, Tragedy In Kabul Then and Now: Mapping The Effects of 9/11, COVID-19 On U.S. Carriers TSA Eyes Big Leaps In Slowly Evolving Passenger Screening Techniques Surge Of SPAC-Based Space Companies Hits New Peak Human Landing System, Spacesuits Latest Challenge To 2024 Moon Goal