Aerospace

NASA high ice water content research flights aim to give pilots better awareness and warning of the poorly understood core engine icing phenomenon.

Researchers from NASA take special precautions to fly through high ice water conditions without endangering test aircraft or crews.

Today’s researchers pick up the long forgotten trail of early ice testers who stumbled on high water ice content mystery in 1950s.

The rise of the airliner from humble origins to pivotal economic engine.

Defense Department signals it is weighing how to open up the aerospace sector to encourage broader competition from lower-level players.

Attracting and keeping passengers have been motivating factors in the evolution of commercial aircraft design.

How advances in technology drove the design of better, faster and safer aircraft.

Lockheed Martin starts building a 60-kW fiber-laser weapon for the U.S. Army, considers growth to 120 kW and sets its sights on Air Force and Navy high-energy laser opportunities.

The wave of counter-UAS systems hitting the market is a visible sign of growing concerns over the threat that consumer drones could become airborne IEDs.

Ethiopian Airlines won “The Rising Star Carrier of the Year Award” on Payload Asia Awards 2015 on a gala dinner attended by more than 250 members of the air cargo fraternity from around the globe on October 15, in Singapore.

Air transport IT specialist, SITA has been named the 'Best Airport IT Service Provider' at the Emerging Markets Airports Awards (EMAA), held in Kuwait. This is the fourth time SITA has won this award.

GE Aviation creates digital twins—data models that track specific parts by engine serial number—to enable predictive engine maintenance that eliminates unplanned aircraft down-time.

Industry is spending heavily in demonstrating technology for the U.S. Army’s next rotorcraft, but doesn’t want to wait to the 2030s to see a return on its investment.

With a forward-looking pilotage system able to see through rotor-blown dust, sand and snow as the first step, the U.S. Army moves toward equipping its rotorcraft with a 360-deg. sensor capability to operate in all environments.

European helicopter and engine OEMs look for fuel economies in hybrid power and single-engine operation.

DLR tackles electric air taxis; Lockheed/Darpa advance laser turret designs; how alternative fuels affect contrail properties; solutions for countering UAS; perfecting UAVs for building searches; unmanned aircraft briefs

As Sikorsky looks forward to the pending merger with Lockheed Martin, two advanced rotorcraft programs are progressing at pace.

British government sees unmanned aerial systems as a tool for streamlining government, accelerating economic growth.

There are three alternatives for the world’s third-largest civil aircraft manufacturer to survive: sell assets, shut down the C Series or accept government intervention.

Six new FAI World Air Games champions were crowned yesterday at the Skydive Dubai Palm Dropzone in Dubai.

Emirates SkyCargo will expand its presence in Turkey when it begins daily, non-stop service to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport on December 15, 2015, increasing cargo capacity to and from the country by an additional 168 tonnes per week.

Darpa’s vanishing aerial-delivery platform; FAA to test UAV detection system; simulator meets aircraft in fused reality; space-based surveillance will save fuel on oceanic flights; more university research news.

The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin are starting tests of an automatic ground collision avoidance system designed to prevent both air and ground collisions.

Qatar Airways today joined the professional body dedicated to the aerospace community, the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS).

Bell Helicopter announced today the signature of a letter of intent (LOI) with Strong Aviation for a Bell 525 Relentless super medium helicopter.