Aerospace

Reduced uncertainty about weight keeps long-span, low-drag wing in the running for fuel-saving airliner designs.

Meeting aviation and highway safety requirements in one vehicle proves more challenging than designers anticipated.

From the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ SciTech 2015 conference in Orlando: NASA’s new research priorities; unmanned aircraft: unmanned airspace.

A symposium on medical challenges in extreme air sports and aviation will act as a side event to the FAI World Air Games in Dubai.

General Electric’s Passport engine is entering the final phases of certification for Bombardier’s Global 7000/8000 long-range business aircraft, the first versions of which are set to enter service next year.

Bahrain is to host the fifth annual Arab Aviation and Media Summit on 7-8th December in Manama.

Remote towers are now operating elsewhere in the world, so how could the concept be applied to the Middle East? Alan Corner, who heads up the Dubai office for aviation consultancy Helios, gives his views.

To address new and emerging threats, the Defense Department is finalizing its long-range research and development plan, focusing on technologies that are flexible and will not pose procurement and cost issues.

Royal Jordanian and Oasis 500 have signed a partnership agreement whereby RJ will generate innovative business ideas across its entire value chain and Oasis 500 will invest and accelerate their growth as startup companies.

Turkish Airlines will introduce WE'R, Turkish Airlines' new range of food products at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2015.

Boeing supports hybrid-electric flight tests; Europe eyes unmanned maritime surveillance; Isaac robot advances composites; budget hike for NASA Aeronautics; electrical accumulator boosts power-by-wire.

Improved crew awareness provided by active sidesticks could spell the end for conventional pilot controls.

Northrop Grumman aims for production readiness with first development of the APG-83 active, electronically scanned array radar delivered to Lockheed Martin as an F-16 upgrade.

Airglow Aviation, based in Dubai Free Zone, has announced its director, Divya Tekchandani, has been awarded The Women Leadership Award for excellence in Aviation and Aerospace at an ceremony held at Kuala Lumpur last week.

The 2nd Annual Middle East Air Cargo & Logistics Conference & Exhibition 2015 (MEACL) and the Bahrain International Airport Development Forum (BIAD) 2015 opened today in Manama under the patronage of the Minister of Transportation of Telecommunications (MTT), Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed.

Tecnam announced today that it has delivered its first P2010 light, single engine piston aircraft to the Middle East.

Etihad Cargo has unveiled TempCheck, its new cargo solution created to ensure the integrity of all temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical and healthcare products as they are transported around the world.

Russian Helicopters' new light multirole commercial Ansat with hydro-mechanical controls has received additional certification from the Aviation Register of the Interstate Aviation Committee (AR IAC), enabling it to carry out passenger transport operations on the commercial market.

Myriad factors, including geopolitical tensions, a cluster of commercial space setbacks, global airspace safety and programmatic blows mean that 2015 could prove tricky for all aerospace sectors.

UCAV similarities are a result of an emphasis on stealth with long range and endurance.

All sectors of A&D have met with or are facing divergent factors that will determine much of their direction in the coming years.

Something clearly needs to be done to bring more women into aerospace engineering.

The U.S. market again is playing a leading role in all major aviation segments.

ExecuJet Aviation Group has launched helicopter charter services from its Cape Town International Airport FBO, in partnership with offshore operator Acher Aviation.

The company demonstrated three different electronic warfare sensors on the U-2, switching each out in significantly less time than required when not using the open systems architecture approach.