Aerospace

Nineteen months after they predicted UAM would be a niche market, Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick and Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia are back to address why investors are now pouring billions of dollars into the emerging sector.

Hill wants to maintain its supply chain and not be “held to ransom” by suppliers, in a bid to keep maintenance costs low for customers.

Speed, electrification and autonomy are among technologies unlocking the potential for VTOL to perform a wider range of missions.

As offshore operators adapt to the energy transition to renewables, demand is growing for helicopters to serve offshore wind farms.

Despite the impact of COVID-19, Kopter and new owners Leonardo are confident of bringing the SH09 to market by year-end 2022.

“Where’s my flying car?” may be the popular lament of disappointed futurists, but “Where’s the market?” is the more important question for startups trying to make roadable aircraft a reality. AeroMobil is targeting the exclusive clientele of supercar enthusiasts with its first product, the two-seat AeroMobil 4.0. But now the Slovakian startup is eyeing ride-hailing as a route to expanding the market.

Responding to U.S. advances in in-space manufacturing, Airbus has been selected to study an orbital factory and potential demonstrator mission to establish a European capability to manufacture and assemble satellites in orbit.

To electrify future large commercial aircraft will require new wiring systems that can distribute tens of megawatts of power at thousands of volts safely and reliably at high altitudes.

Gulf Air has operated a cargo-only flight, delivering 300,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines from the People's Republic of China in support of the National Vaccination Campaign.

EDGE, the UAE’s advanced technology group for defence and beyond, has agreed upon an MoU with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to develop an advanced C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System) Solution tailored to the UAE market, with wider ranging benefits for the MENA region and beyond.

What do the myth of Sisyphus and the commercial aerospace sector have in common? A lot of ups and downs.

Startup Reliable Robotics has remotely piloted a Cessna 208B Caravan from a ground station 50 mi. away, a key step toward certifying an autonomy retrofit for the aircraft that will enable unmanned regional cargo operations.

Babcock is to sell its offshore oil and gas support helicopter business to CHC in a further consolidation of the offshore helicopter industry.

Empire Aviation Group was a double winner at the Middle East Aviation Achievement Awards 2021, where the company picked up the ‘Business Aviation Operator of the Year’ and ‘Aircraft Management Service Provider’ awards.

Inmarsat has been named ‘Satellite Network Provider of the Year’ at the Aviation Achievement Awards 2021.

Etihad Cargo and EFL (Expolanka Freight), the global supply chain company, have carried a vital consignment of vaccines from India to Egypt.

AFRAA’s Secretary General, Abdérahmane Berthé and Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Tewode Gembremariam, accompanied by their respective leadership teams held a consultative meeting at Ethiopian Airlines headquarters in Addis Ababa this week.

Ethiopian Airlines has operated COVID-19 vaccine delivery flights from Mumbai to Addis Ababa and from Beijing to Brazzaville.