In this week's Feedback column, readers comment on legacy mindset vs. forward vision in industry, Canada's F-35 decision, implications of China's long-range bomber development and defining G-LOC.
Rolls-Royce has appointed Simon Kirby chief operating officer. He has been chief executive of HS2 Ltd., which oversaw delivery of the UK’s new high-speed rail network, Europe’s largest infrastructure project.
Double-bubble D8, Blended Wing Body, Transonic Truss-Braced Wing, Hybrid Wing Body and a small-airliner-size BWB – the configurations NASA is considering for planned ultra-efficient subsonic transport demonstrators.
In this week’s Washington Outlook, American Airlines and others continue fight to overhaul the FAA; U.S. needs to move faster to counter Chinese and Russian space prowess; rethinking Syrian conflict; Boeing can sell aircraft to Iran.
A World Trade Organization compliance panel has found state sponsors of the Airbus Group did not properly remove illegal subsidies for building large civil aircraft. Boeing representatives say the decision could mean more than $10 billion in allowable annual trade clawbacks for the U.S.
Bell has unveiled the smaller V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor, aimed at an emerging U.S. Marine Corps requirement for a ship-based expeditionary, endurance unmanned aircraft system.
In this week’s roundup, a South Korean company agrees to market Israeli-made loitering munitions in the Pacific nation; the Argentinian air force buys a handful of training aircraft; BAE Systems advances microchip technology; and Orbital ATK shows off an extended-range version of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile.
As NASA widens its search for ultra-efficient X-plane demonstrators, little-known design house Dzyne Technologies unveils its proposal for a blended wing-body business jet and small airliner.
Despite its location in the busiest section of airspace in East Asia, Taiwan’s CAA has had no direct access to ICAO for the past 40 years and has only indirectly gained information.
With little more than a year until the FAA’s authorization runs out, debates over whether air traffic control should be handed to the private sector are raging.
Risk of injury from drones falling on people’s heads appears to be less than expected, but a small UAS hitting an aircraft will not be the same as a birdstrike, initial research indicates.
U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James says the new bomber will be called the Raider, in honor of the Doolittle Raiders that fought Japan during World War II.
