Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
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.
Aerospace

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.
Aerospace

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.
Aerospace

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

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.
Aerospace

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.
Aerospace

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.
Aerospace

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

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

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

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

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

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.
Defense

By Vincent Chappard
On December 10th, ASF, the aviation humanitarian organization, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, began its mission providing air support to the organizations present on the ground and to fight Ebola.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways has announced its partnership with Aspire Academy to support this year's edition of the Aspire Football Dreams project by forming “Qatar Airways & Aspire Academy – Football Dreams Africa."
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
The sheer number and diversity of vehicles with which civil aviation will be sharing airspace has helped spur technologies, especially those that are efficiency-related.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
The overall helicopter market, which has been fairly moribund in recent years, appears likely to get a boost from the loosening of civil regulations in China.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
UAS needs are shifting, and it seems like Asia is picking up the slack; agricultural and industry needs are likely to drive civil growth in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Aerospace

The U.S. Army is planning to finally deploy by year’s end the first of its new airships designed to aid in air and missile threat detection for the Northeastern U.S.
Defense

Rolls-Royce is ramping up manufacturing work on the initial test batch of the more powerful XWB-97 variant for the stretched A350-1000.

Aerospace

An ICBM kill, salvo trials and first flight of a new Redesigned Kill Vehicle are in the test plan for the Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system during the next five years.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Airbus is accelerating its studies of an upgraded A380 and appears to be closing on an initial agreement with Rolls-Royce.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Mooney International turned to Dzyne Technologies when it wanted to design its first all-new light aircraft in decades, the M10, and do it behind closed doors.
Aerospace

Airbus is accelerating its studies of an upgraded A380 and appears to be closing on an initial agreement with Rolls-Royce.

Air Transport

The safety board’s final report on an APU battery fire in a JAL aircraft contains 18 recommendations to the FAA, Boeing and lithium-ion battery manufacturer GS Yuasa Corp., adding to five recommendations issued earlier in the investigation.
Air Transport