Aerospace

As co-located exhibitions MRO Middle East and Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) opened yesterday at Dubai World Trade Centre, Richard Brown, Principal, ICF International confirmed that Middle East fleet growth is the fastest of all world regions –at 5.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through to 2024.

Innovative fuel dashboard system developed by Boeing yields fuel savings and may be extended to other applications.

Protecting helicopters from RPGs; one-piece inlet cuts fan noise; passive radar recognizes intruders; jetpack closer after public offering; unmanned aircraft developments.

Spray-on anti-ice coating could extend unmanned-aircraft missions and allow GA aircraft to complete flights more safely.

The Harris-Exelis merger brings back to light some fundamental truths about the U.S. defense sector that otherwise tend to be forgotten.

Rand analysis suggests joint military aircraft programs are unlikely to achieve life-cycle cost savings if they attempt to maximize airframe commonality.

GE makes strides in anti-engine core icing strategies, as knowledge of phenomenon begins to grow.

Nigeria's Caverton Helicopters has completed a deal with Waypoint Leasing for the lease of one new AgustaWestland AW139 and one Bell 412EP. The lease agreement is the first for the Irish lessor in West Africa.

The FAA may not plan to certify the airworthiness of small UAS, but manufacturers need to pay attention to crashworthiness.

Joint program with University of North Dakota is intended to provide more realistic testing of a command-and-control link for civil unmanned aircraft developed by Rockwell Collins and NASA.

Japan’s next-gen turbofan research; cubesats use GPS to forecast weather; Predator UAV sees, and avoids; nano-layering makes better metals; UAS to search for Amazon archaeology

New program starts are going to be extremely hard-fought and without increased budgets, and extensions of mature lines also may be more difficult.

Quest Aircraft, the maker of the Kodiak turboprop utility aircraft has been acquired by Japan's Setouchi Holdings.

More than six years in the making, the FAA’s proposed rules for small unmanned aircraft cannot be finalized fast enough for those on either side of the argument over UAS in civil airspace.

AgustaWestland announced today four new orders for the AW139 in west French speaking Africa, with four undisclosed government customers recently choosing the intermediate helicopter model for passenger transport roles.

South Africa's Titan Helicopters has taken delivery of the first Sikorsky S-76D helicopter to operate in Africa.

Crash shows helicopter’s strong point; U.K. government backing inflates hybrid airship; unmanned aircraft to help manage crises; UAS tolerates crashes, wins prize; two biofuels from one algae.

Data from a recent test flight of the IXV, ESA’s experimental spaceplane, is expected to guide development of reusable space vehicles.

How lower-cost unmanned vehicles can help high-end manned platforms survive in hostile airspace is a focus of new programs in the Pentagon research agency’s budget request.

Anyone wanting to fly a small unmanned aircraft commercially in U.S. airspace will have to obtain an special operator certificate and pass a test on the “rules of the air”, but the aircraft themselves will not require airworthiness approval.

The FAI World Air Games, conducted under the rules of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), has commenced in Dubai.

The African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) announced the confirmed dates for the Association's next annual symposium.

An official Chinese report outlines the efforts that Avic’s factories and research institutes are putting into advanced manufacturing technology, from friction-stir welding to resin-transfer infusion.

Bombardier’s cancellation of the Lear 85 is symptomatic of two much larger issues that the company must confront in the near future.

Abu Dhabi's tourism industry is at London's World Travel Market (WTM) this month.