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The organizers of the Singapore Airshow plan to make next year’s event bigger by having a more concerted effort to target companies in the business aviation sector.

Bombardier is closing in on the long-awaited certification of the CSeries airliner.

Elbit Systems is developing new applications for smart helmets that will be able to sense when pilots develop life-threatening conditions in flight.

Flexible 777 production system will build metal and composite-winged variants on same line.

Investment bank and mergers and acquisitions specialist Lazard Aerospace & Defense has to be on its game here at the Paris Air Show.

Raytheon will sign the production contract for Lot 1 of its Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB-II) this month.

Airbus Helicopters has completed the first flight of its H160 twin-engined medium helicopter.

Fernando Alonso was working to bring the company’s flagship A400M airlifter project back on schedule. But the loss of aircraft MSN23 in Seville, Spain, on May 9 with the loss of four lives has created additional complications and delay as Spanish authorities conduct their investigation.

Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders provided a wide-ranging outlook on the company’s businesses during a meeting in Toulouse with AW&ST managing editor Jens Flottau and Paris bureau chief Amy Svitak.

Parker Aerospace has funded a scientific investigation into one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. Will the disappearance of Amelia Earhart be scientifically explained at long last?

Italy’s Alenia Aermacchi says a growing number of countries are examining the use of its M346 training aircraft as an aggressor and companion trainer.

Cybersecurity has taken on a new focus at Raytheon with the launch of its highly-developed skills into the commercial marketplace beyond government and the defense industry.

CEOs are trying to determine how much they should be spending on cybersecurity, what they should be doing, what’s the right amount of effort, and what do they need to protect, says Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy.

The defense industry loves acronyms, but it's rare that one given to a trade space is trademarked. Yet by adding "cyber" to the widely used C4I, Raytheon has taken that step with C5I.

Boeing is exploring the international market for a modernized and re-engined A-10 Warthog if the U.S. Air Force retires the aircraft.

The first AW189 medium-heavy twin engine helicopter operated by Bel Air of Denmark is leading the fleet, notching 600 hr. in six months of operation.

Boeing is accelerating production of its P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft amid mounting signs of additional international sales and solid funding for planned U.S. Navy procurement.

An in-flight propeller-blade balancing system, which LORD says will soon start to be installed on the U.S. Air National Guard's C-130H fleet, could bring threefold savings in maintenance costs, enhance performance, extend airframe life and increase availability.

Trumpeting its qualities as a surveillance and light attack aircraft, the IOMAX Archangel returns to Paris for a second appearance, this time in definitive, two-seat form.

Fifteen of the top 25 aerospace companies have operations in Ontario. Long-time tenants Bombardier Aerospace, Airbus, Finemeccanica, General Dynamics and Messier-Bugatti-Dowty were joined in recent years by heavy hitters such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries whose division, MHI Canada Aerospace, makes airframe parts in Mississauga.

A Cockpit 4000 avionics suite by Esterline CMC is a key feature of the order by the United Arab Emirates for 24 IOMAX Archangels.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon it is not, but the IOMAX Archangel does have some avionics from this supersonic fighter.

The Paris Air Show may seem as busy as ever, but some notable names are conspicuous by their absence.

An-178 breaks its flight-test schedule for a first public showing in the West. The military freighter is equipped with a rear loading ramp.

IAI is enhancing the capabilities of its Heron TP Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.