The first flight of a heavy-fuel powered Schiebel Camcopter S-100 UAS (Unmanned Air System) has taken place in Austria.

Aviation Partners, has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its high mach blended winglets on Falcon 900 Series aircraft.

UK firm Cobham's HGA-7001 SATCOM high gain antenna sub-system has been selected by Emirates Airline for its Boeing 777 upgrade programme to Swift Broadband, due to commence in mid 2012, the company said today

Gulf Air today announced the renewal of its strategic IT partnership with IT giant Microsoft with the signing of an 'Enterprise Agreement.'

The Space Data Association (SDA) has been awarded the Space Risk Management Award by the organisers of the World Space Risk Forum 2012 for its outstanding cooperative efforts to reduce the risk of satellite operations.

ARINC Direct's iPad app, which was launched at NBAA last autumn, is to be enhanced to include a moving map display, runway analysis and further flight planning tools in future editions.

ATP, a global knowledge services company, has said initial industry reaction to its next-generation, cloud-based service, the ATP Aviation Hub, has exceeded expectations with more than 2800 registered users since its introduction in late January.

IMG Media, part of IMG Worldwide, the global sports, fashion and media company, has teamed up with electronics giant Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic), to launch the first-ever live global premium 24-hour sports channel – SPORT 24 - for airline passengers from this week.