Aerospace

ADNEC is taking the next step in its business diversification strategy with the strategic assets transfer of tourism business unit from Etihad Airways to ADNEC Group.

UK Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace MP and the Qatari Minister of State for Defence, Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, have unveiled a new Joint Hawk Training Squadron.

This week’s TATV news from the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Turkey looks at a major breakthrough in the development of an eVTOL cargo carrier.

Timm discusses Collins' strategic investments and its role as a middleman between the Pentagon and Silicon Valley.

In the wake of the COP26 Climate conference Aviation Week editors talk to leaders of FlyZero, a UK government-backed Aerospace Technology Institute project targeting zero-carbon emission commercial aviation by 2030.

Japan’s SoftBank is to issue its first sustainability bond to raise funds for its high-altitude platform system business, which plans to operate solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft as airborne base stations for internet connectivity.

The U.S. aerospace and defense industry has been on a decades-long march of moving its work away from the two coasts and out of the northern part of the country toward the southern half.

PANASONIC was selected by Singapore Airlines to supply eX1 IFE and global inflight connectivity services for 37 737-8s.

Jorge Ortega to Chief Executive Officer of Safran Cabin.

The regional airliner concept uses distributed hybrid-electric propulsion to reduce energy consumption.

Joramco, the Amman-based maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) successfully participated in the Dubai Airshow 2021.

Organisers of the Dubai Airshow, said the 2021 event was officially the biggest edition since it first began in 1989, with USD 78 billion worth of deals announced during the week.

The agreement is also with Emirates Leisure Retail and SEGAP, a joint venture between airport infrastructure and operations specialists Egis, and private equity fund manager AIIM.

Vertical says it remains on track to start flight tests in early 2022 as it targets certification for the VA-X4 in 2024 and entry-into-service in 2025.

Rolls-Royce says it has generated more than a megawatt of power in ground runs of a hybrid-electric engine on a testbed which is designed to pave the way for future development of a hybrid-electric regional propulsion system.

ATR moves to upgraded powerplant as Embraer turboprop talks continue.

Resolving the A400M’s issues is particularly important for the UK as it prepares to retire the C-130J Hercules.

ATR moves to upgraded powerplant as Embraer turboprop talks continue.

Jetliner manufacturing is bedeviled by shortages of skilled labor and microchips as well as reduced parts-manufacturing capacity.

The Russian Navy comprises four fleets operating in the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans as well as the Baltic, Black and Caspian seas.

Airbus Defense and Space CEO Michael Schoellhorn discusses the company’s upcoming major European programs.

American and United airlines have bet on startups promising aviation fuels with low to negative carbon intensity.

The eldest daughter of Alan Shepard, the first American to venture into space, will fly on the Blue Origin suborbital spacecraft named after her father, the company said on Nov. 23.

In South Korea Volocopter and Kakao Mobility are to study the feasibility of operating UAM services, a technology that Seoul wants to see commercialized by 2025.