Aerospace

Involvement in the small UAS market is taking defense giant Lockheed Martin into unfamiliar areas such as firefighting, shark-spotting, farm-surveying, disaster-mapping and search and rescue.

Delegates to the Aviation Africa 2015 Summit and exhibition taking place 10-11 May in Dubai, could have the time of their lives thanks to a new sponsorship deal.

Carter unveils plans and delivers observations that could weigh on defense company strategies and how those businesses are valued.

A look inside how Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy autonomously refueled an unmanned aircraft in flight, and what it could mean for aviation

U.S. Navy faces a choice between reducing risk and reducing competition for the Uclass carrier-based unmanned aircraft if it keeps X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrators flying.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $140-million loan to Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh Development Project.

Slow throttle valve response is blamed for the failure of SpaceX’s latest attempt to recover and reuse the first stage of its Falcon 9v1.1 launch vehicle.

NASA, FAA and industry join to reduce burden of costly, time-consuming materials and structures testing that comes with using carbon fiber in aircraft.

Making a flying car a good aircraft is one challenge; making it good to drive is another.

Russia’s MS-21 gets active side-sticks; EcoDemo 757 tests active-flow-control tail; British air-breathing rocket engine passes AFRL exam; small UAS aims for 100-hr.-plus flight; Solar Impulse prepares for cross-Pacific flight.

A “green” fuel is intended to make hot meals cooked in the field safer—from an environmental standpoint.

Recent analysis indicates North America led other regions for major MRO investments in 2012-13, and the momentum appears to be accelerating.

How aviation will help African countries improve their economies and cooperation between blocks of African nations will develop infrastructure will be the subject of a keynote address by Hon. Dzifa Aku Attivor, Minister of Transport, Ghana at the Aviation Africa summit which takes place in Dubai on May 10-11.

Swarms of cooperating small UAVs offer the potential to counter hostile defenses at lower cost than conventional weapon systems.

Ethiopian Airlines has been ranked the 6th most dependable airline in the world according to US travel site WanderBat.

Shoot-on-the-move lasers for Humvees; VTOL long-endurance UAV grows legs; Super Hornet to fly on 100% biofuel; NASA flies X-56A for first time; airship crowdfunding soars past £1 million.

High-energy laser developer says its third-generation tactical weapon is five years ahead in technical maturity compared to fiber laser systems.

The U.S. Navy is working to ready long-endurance air vehicles to fly from warships, swarming small UAVs and long-duration unmanned undersea and surface vessels.

Carbon fiber was a step forward in performance but a step backward in assembly cost. A new European research project aims to make composites assembly quicker and cheaper

Opinions differ over whether the direction in which the automotive industry is taking composites production can be of value to aircraft manufacturers.

Robert Work: Impetus for new “offset strategy” is an urgent concern about “a steady erosion of our technological superiority that we have relied upon for so long in all our defense strategies.”

The manufacturers of the Eclipse 550 twin-engine light jet and the Kestrel K350 single-engine turboprop are coming together to form the One Aviation Corporation.

France takes aim at drones over nuclear plants; turbine engine promise more reliable UAVs; how to make software systems last 100 years; Google’s kite captures wind energy; FAA’s commercial UAS approvals accelerate

Unlike GE, Pratt & Whitney using ceramic matrix composites for rotating engine elements rather than static parts

Etihad Airways has been named Airline of the Year 2016 by the prestigious US-based aviation industry publication Air Transport World (ATW).