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U..S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall cast doubt on the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter program in an interview with Aviation Week. Listen in as editors Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble and Robert Wall break down what we know—and what we don't know.

Aviation Week editors go back through the archives to the origins of supersonic flight, revisiting key programs and exploring the issues that are still challenging high-speed aircraft designers today.
Check 6 Revisits delves into Aviation Week's more than 100-year archive. Subscribers can explore our archive here and read key Aviation Week articles relating to this podcast here: 
Letter from Oklahoma City resident on Project Bongo (AW&ST, March 2, 1964, p. 98) Sonic Boom Report Expected in October (AW&ST, July 13, 1964, p. 28) Boom Restrictions May Swell SST Costs (AW&ST, Aug. 3, 1964, p. 38) Concorde is Coming (AW&ST, Feb. 8, 1971, p. 11)  Audio Clips:
March 2, 1969: Concorde's first Toulouse test flight (BBC)
June 5, 1963: President John F. Kennedy spoke at U.S. Air Force Academy (JFK Library)
June 4, 1963: JFK phone call to Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon (JFK Library)

Airlines are on the verge of placing hundreds of orders for widebody jets. Listen is as Aviation Week Network's Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Lori Ranson and Daniel Williams discuss what’s behind the impending order boom.
Read Jens' article here: Multiple Airlines Prepare Large Widebody Orders

Check 6 will be back with a regular episode next week. Today we are sharing an episode of Aviation Week's MRO Podcast.
Listen in to hear Aviation Week Network editors James Pozzi, Lindsay Bjerregaard and Michael Bruno discuss the novel applications MROs are finding for generative AI and the technology’s workforce implications.
Read Lindsay's article: AI Fever Sweeps MRO, But Will Excitement Last?
You can follow the MRO Podcast wherever you get Check 6.

Listen in as Aviation Week editors Robert Wall, Steve Trimble and Tony Osborne discuss the GAO's recent report on the F-35 and explain what's hampering the now $2 trillion program.

In 2021 airlines pledged to hit net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Aviation Week experts debate their progress so far and what approach should be taken going forward ahead of airline CEOs convening in Dubai for IATA's AGM at the start of June.