Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast

Check 6 revisits how a misconception of the MiG-25 transformed U.S. air power, until a Soviet pilot's defection revealed the truth.
Aviation Week & Space Technology subscribers can explore our archive here and read key Aviation Week articles related to this episode here:
New Interceptors Can Exceed Mach 2.5 (July 17, 1967)
MiG Case May Spur Japan Arms Buy (Sept. 13, 1976)
MiG-25 Pilot Lands Fighter At Hakodate (Sept. 20, 1976)

Listen in as PwC's aerospace team zeroes in on the supply chain and where it is most fragile in this special sponsored episode. 
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Analyst Scott Mikus joins Aviation Week editors to discuss third-quarter earnings and why an oversupply of narrowbodies may be looming. 
Read Scott's column here
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Aviation Week editors discuss the evolving European fighter landscape, introducing France's approach to its next-generation fighter it calls ACF, and the thinking around what will happen with Germany, Spain and the implication for the GCAP program, too.

CFM established an industry benchmark for reliability with its CFM56; roughly 24,000 are still in operation today, setting up big expectations for in-service durability. Today it continues producing spare engines, military engines and spare parts for the variant. But CFM's Leap program has been working through some issues since its entry into service.
On this episode sponsored by CFM, Aviation Week editors hear about CFM's durability roadmap from President Gaël Méheust, and how the company intends to apply lessons learned to its future Rise technology program Open Fan engine.
Listen to a past Check 6 Revisits episode exploring 40 years of CFM here