Saudi Arabia’s World Defense Show has officially started on Phase 2 of construction of its 800,000 sqm venue near Riyadh – featuring the world’s first purpose-built runway for a defense event.
ADB Safegate has been attending the Airport Show in Dubai for some years. As the show was cancelled last year, the company agreed to attend this year as a show of support for the industry, but with fairly low expectations. According to Asfa Butt, Marketing Communications Event Officer, they have been pleasantly surprised.
The Middle East Business Aviation show (MEBA) takes place 11 to 13 December 2012 and is moving to a new location at Dubai's Al Maktoum International Airport – Dubai World Central (DWC).
ATR, the Franco-Italian aircraft manufacturer holds two thirds of the order book for regional aircraft with up to 90 seats - a market dominated by turboprops.
Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) was named 'MRO Service Provider of the Year' for the third consecutive year at the 6th Aviation Business Awards (ABA) in Dubai.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested the country will invest in a fleet of firefighting aircraft after a series of devastating forest blazes forced the country to call on international help.
In a mark of formal approval for next year's World Defense Show in Riyadh, the inaugural international security and defence exhibition founded by the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) has been granted royal patronage from King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
A specialist in dexterous robotic manipulators has received $1 million in U.S. Army funding to develop a system to autonomously refuel Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopters in the field.
Africa has emerged as a proving ground for drone delivery, headlined by Zipline’s large-scale on-demand medical delivery networks in Rwanda, Ghana and now Nigeria. Now the continent is turning its attention to urban air mobility.
Tokyo-based startup SkyDrive has begun cooperating with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on aerodynamic research to support development of its planned electric urban air vehicle.
