Aerospace

Former Sikorsky and Cessna presidents, Piper chief designer lead effort to develop ducted-fan vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for point-to-point executive travel.

Instead of investing in faster aircraft, what about investing in something that would truly make a difference for the majority of passengers?

Has Lockheed Martin found the right mix of advanced design and conventional thinking with its Hybrid Wing Body airlifter concept? Wind-tunnel tests confirm its efficiency promise and a demonstrator is on the cards.

Highly accurate performance tests on Lockheed Martin’s HWB airlifter design stress the National Transonic Facility’s capability to reproduce near-flight-like aerodynamic conditions.

Boeing is starting the detailed design of its future long-haul twinjet 777X-family aircraft after completing the firm configuration.

A new event exploring opportunities for the global aerospace industry in a post-sanctions Iran will take place in Dubai, UAE on 2 & 3 March 2016.

Vertis Aviation has added its fourth aircraft, a Global Express, to its African portfolio six months after opening its Johannesburg office.

Working on a shoestring budget, NASA Armstrong’s “model lab” is testing potentially game-changing aerodynamic innovations as well as designs that could one day be the first aircraft to fly over Mars

Transonic buffet mitigation; sensor helps pierce brownout environments; airport noise reduction via steeper approaches trialed; "skycar" proposed to handle rescue missions

NASA’s Learn-To-Fly project holds out the prospect of a radically different approach to flight testing new aircraft, particularly future unconventional and unfamiliar configurations

Team developing V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor for U.S. Army’s mid-2030s Future Vertical Lift rotorcraft is using a full-scale cockpit mock-up to define concepts for an advanced cockpit.

Global aviation services group, Air Partner has entered the aviation safety market with the acquisition of Baines Simmons.

Software update, expected by late August, could mean full icing flight envelope clearance for the fleet, if the FAA approves.

Agreement calls for experimental facility and sample carriers to begin traveling to the International Space Station in early 2017.

The world may face a shortage of vital airport infrastructure in the next 15 years unless regulatory change sees airlines paying a fairer share of airport costs, according to Airports Council International (ACI World).

Cheetah fighter jets, Puma helicopters, armoured vehicles and artillery shells will provide the backdrop for a weekend of paintball and simulated warfare hosted by Denel.

Want to get airborne to avoid congestion? Or land and drive to get through bad weather? Or just have fun in the air and on the road? There are several options on the horizon.

Why German hypersonic researchers believe tapping into a tiny fraction of the global long-haul air passenger market could be a boost to low-cost access to space.

Electric propulsion for satellites is efficient, but low-thrust. An infrastructure of power-generation satellites in orbit would help speed the time it takes to change orbits

Unmanned aircraft in the news: hunting submarines in Canada; designing UAS to fight wildfires; forecasting weather with small UAVs; hybrid propulsion for small air vehicles

NASA demo will take first step towards deploying a system that can manage large-scale unmanned aircraft operations in low-altitude airspace.

James Hogan, president and chief executive officer of Etihad Airways has been recognised as one of the 25 most influential business travel executives by Business Travel News (BTN), the premier industry publication for corporate travel news.

Russian Helicopters is preparing to provide after-sales service and maintenance for Russian-made helicopters operated in Egypt.

Emirates Skywards, the airline's frequent flyer programme, has unveiled new designs for its membership cards in 2016.

NASA funds further study of a propulsion system that could dramatically reduce the time required to explore the outer reaches of the Solar System and beyond.