As released by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on March 25,2016, a comprehensive list of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) sightings reported to the FAA by commercial passenger and air cargo carriers from Nov.13, 2014 through Jan. 31, 2016.

FAA has forecasted total annual unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sales of 7 million in the US by 2020 and also released a new report detailing UAV sightings around airports, which the agency said have “increased dramatically over the past two years.”

Russian authorities have established the Aviation Register of the Russian Federation, which will be responsible for aircraft design, components, engines and propeller certification.

A Kazakhstan Bek Air Fokker 100 made a nosegear-up landing at Astana International Airport on March 27 after the nose landing gear failed to deploy.

Airbus will offer its A350-900 twin-engined widebody aircraft with a 280-tonne maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) from 2020.