Aerospace

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.

A higher cost of capital combined with sustained low fuel prices would make for a very interesting ride in the years ahead.

Etihad Airways is playing host to 250 leading travel industry representatives from The Netherlands.

Online giants are on a mission to enable widespread use of small unmanned aircraft, with private sector organizations—rather than the FAA—managing airspace operations.

Autonomy, beyond-line-of-sight, multiple vehicles per pilot—Olaeris’s plans to deploy emergency-response UAS in cities across the U.S. goes well beyond what the FAA will allow, for now.

U.S. and Japanese researchers pursue different paths to introducing fuel cells into commercial aircraft propulsion systems.

Electric-aircraft challenge winner; NASA’s extreme-access flyers; blast-containing baggage container; TsAGI quiet supersonic idea.

Abu Dhabi's first ever Aviation and Aerospace Week (ADAAW) will run from March 6 to 12, 2016, the emirate confirmed today.

Etihad is going head to head with Ethiopian Airlines in talks with central African airline Rwandair for a 49% stake in the Kigali-based carrier.

Ethiopian Airlines has agreed a sale-and-leaseback deal with AWAS, covering three new Boeing 737-800s

Industry needs to work together to advance energy storage, conversion and transmission technology if electric-powered airliners are to become a reality, says Airbus CTO.