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Emirati defense officials have lifted the lid on the country’s support to the Saudi Arabian-led coalition operation in Yemen.

Behind the attention-grabbing B-1 Lancer and F-22 Raptor displays lies a massively expanded presence by American companies, both here and at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference next week.

Thales has announced a contract with Etihad to equip its A350 fleet with the French manufacturer's dual head-up display (HUD) system. The order covers the first 12 of the 62 A350s the airline has on order, and delivery of the HUD-equipped jets is due by December 2017.

“I don’t want to go and work in a climate with so much employee control on the company,” Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said at the Dubai Air Show.

A vivid example of the way off-the-shelf elements can help speed up aerospace programs can be seen on the static display here at Dubai Airshow.

During a demonstration flight in Dubai in September, Lockheed Martin showed how the two cutting-edge technologies could be combined to provide a powerful took to aid one of the UAE's most crucial business sectors: the construction industry.

Beijing Zhong-Han-Zhi Science & Technology has come to Dubai to further promote its TD220 coaxial-rotor UAV on the international market.

The $72.8 million Global 7000 is to have a max speed of Mach .925 and a 7,400 nm cruise range at Mach .85 with eight passengers and four crew member.

This year the focus is is on Adcom's global expansion. As well as showcasing two new aircraft, the company announced that it is to start manufacturing and flying its aircraft in the UK.

The Beechcraft AT-6 Wolverine on static display at the show has had an eventful recent history.

Boeing says it does not feel pressured to increase the planned production rate of the 737 beyond the currently committed 52 per month in 2018 despite the recent announcement by Airbus that it plans to boost A320 family production to 60 per month by 2019.

Boeing says the ripening market for a new middle-of-the-market aircraft seating between 220 and 280 passengers could see sales “in the thousands.”

Fresh off completing the sale of six A-29 Super Tucano to Lebanon, Embraer and its partner Sierra Nevada seek to expand the aircraft’s inroads in the Middle East and Africa with its first-ever Dubai Airshow display of the light attack aircraft.

Across the Middle East, the region’s airports are expanding, but nothing quite on the scale of development to be seen here in Dubai.

After years of searching for a foothold on the Indian sub-continent, ExecuJet Middle East has partnered with an as yet unnamed Indian partner to operate a fixed-base and maintenance operation at New Delhi International Airport.

There are a number of ironies surrounding the growing maturity of the military unmanned air systems market as far as the Middle East is concerned.

Athens-based VIP charter operator GainJet Aviation is fitting a state-of-the-art quick-change auxiliary fuel tank system to its Boeing 737-400 Classic and hopes to fly it here to the Dubai Airshow.

Business jet operator GainJet Aviation of Athens last month added a Challenger 604 and a Gulfstream 650 to its managed fleet of business jets, and is expecting two more aircraft by the end of the year, according to CEO Capt. Ramsey Shaban.

Falcon Aviation Services, a corporate jet and helicopter service provider, is now offering offshore transportation to Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co., from its base at Al Bateen Executive Airport, the region’s only dedicated business aviation airport.

A team of three PhD students from the Sharjah campus of Khalifa University may have found a method of solving a perennial problem for the region's aviation industry. And in the process, they could also have identified a new application for unmanned aircraft.

The restructuring earlier this year of one of the world’s leading maintenance, repair and overhaul organizations, Ameco Beijing, will increase its competitiveness at home and overseas, and bring new capabilities to its customers.

Digitally assisted close air support technology is coming to the Middle East.

Airbus Helicopters is hoping it can generate interest in its new H160 twin-engine medium helicopter here in the Middle East.

Russia’s government arms trade agency Rosoboronexport is restoring ties with Iran, continuing deliveries to Syria and otherwise planning to boost sales to the Middle East region.

Northstar Aviation, the UAE-based company which has developed a bespoke armed version of the Bell 407 light helicopter, is in negotiations with several Middle Eastern states for more sales of the aircraft.