Ahead of its first birthday, Collins Aerospace is already seeing the benefits of the merger that created the new conglomerate.

Airbus Helicopters has tested a rapid obscuration technology for the military version of its H145M twin-engine light utility helicopter to reduce aircraft and troop vulnerability while loading and off-loading.

Bell is hoping its new Model 525 Relentless super-medium, twin-engine helicopter can crack open the VIP market in the Middle East currently dominated by competitors such as Leonardo and Sikorsky.

The de Havilland name has returned to aircraft manufacturing with completion of its $300 million acquisition of the Dash 8 program from Bombardier on June 1 by Canada’s Longview Aircraft Capital.

Next year’s huge Expo 2020 exposition will drive records for business aviation in the region, with annual bizjet traffic to Dubai likely to double to 30,000 as visitors flock to the show.

Etihad Cargo says that its new CCC – Cargo Control Center – strengthens the airline unit’s “proactive service delivery capabilities” via active monitoring of some 3,000 daily shipments across more than 250 daily flights, as well as its UAE-wide road feeder services.

Ahead of the Dubai Airshow, where his organization hosts a number of UK companies in the British Pavilion, ADS CEO Paul Everitt tells ShowNews’ Angus Batey that the industry is in good shape to handle whatever happens next.

Space tourists could lift off from a spaceport in the United Arab Emirates under an agreement between the pioneering commercial space operator and the UAE.