Aerospace

As India’s SpiceJet needs recapitalisation to keep flying, its shareholder, Ajay Singh, is exploring options with a Middle East carrier, as well as Indian companies.

Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (ADNEC) has opened the e-registration for the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) and the Naval Defence Exhibition and Conference (NAVDEX).

Emirates is reducing the number of weekly flights to Lagos, Nigeria from 11 to seven.

The Aviation Africa Summit returns to Kigali in September. But what’s in store for the continent’s premier aviation event?

The F-35 and Typhoon are soaring, while development of Franco-German FCAS and sales of the Swedish Gripen lag.

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s upcoming demonstration includes new solar panels, deployable structures, cooling systems.

Rainford Knight, PhD to Chief Digital Transformation Officer (CDxO) of GA Telesis, FL.

Chris Pratt to Principal Advisor-Marketing, Analytics and Branding of AeroConsummate Advisors, Dallas.

NASA is updating requirements for future private astronaut missions to the International Space Station based on some lessons learned from the pioneering 17-day Axiom Space-1 mission to the orbital science lab flown in April.

Massachusetts-based Sensata Technologies has provided prototypes of a passive fly-by-wire inceptor for eVTOL aircraft to several AAM manufacturers. Versions with 1, 2 and 3 control axes are available.

THE GILL CORPORATION announced new Gillcore HF fiberglass honeycomb core produced with a substrate consisting of woven fiberglass cloth reinforced

Lisa Solomon to Senior Vice President-Corporate Accounts of Motion Industries, Birmingham, AL.

TCOM HOLDINGS acquired AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL, SD (radar/sensor systems) from Raven Industries.

BOEING is opening a research and technology center in Japan to focus on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), electric/hydrogen propulsion, robotics

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) has seen an increase in enquiries for private jets to Doha as football fever kicks in ahead of this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

The International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition (IADE) will be held from the 12-16 of October at Enfidha-Hammamet International Airport instead of Djerba-Zarzis International Airport.

African carriers generate most of their revenues in weaker home currencies but incur their input costs, often including fuel, in US dollars and euros. Kamil Alawadhi, IATA’s regional vice president, Africa & Middle East offers his opinion.

Supply chain and sustainability challenges are real, but the industry’s long-term outlook is robust. Listen in as PwC’s Scott Thompson looks beyond the headlines.

As industry eyes growth, suppliers are struggling to staff up so they can keep up.

Despite rumblings across the media, July’s stock market performance showed the highest increase in two years.

The first of two Blue Origin BE-4 engines earmarked for the debut flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket arrived at the manufacturer’s West Texas facility on July 31 for acceptance testing.

Infrastructure developer Skyports Infrastructure and AirAsia’s Advanced Air Mobility, a unit of AirAsia Aviation Group Limited, have signed a one-year letter of intent to study air taxi infrastructure development in Malaysia.

This is the summer of supply chain discontent in aerospace and defense, according to widespread laments by top executives in recent quarterly financial updates.

Qatar Airways has sponsored the prestigious Qatar Goodwood Festival in partnership with the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) for the fourth time.

MEBAA Show, the Middle East’s leading business aviation event is back 06 - 08 December 2022 at DWC, Dubai Airshow Site, bringing the business aviation community together in person to take advantage of the enormous growth predicted for this sector.