Aerospace

Walmart on Sept. 14 revealed its second drone delivery project in five days, saying it has partnered with Zipline to fly health and wellness products to select houses near the U.S. retail giant’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Air Partner, a charter and Freight solutions specialist, has established its first physical presence in South Africa, with a Johannesburg sales office that will provide localised support to Freight clients within the region.

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Bell Textron has announced that Popular Science recognised Bell’s Electrically Distributed Anti-Torque (EDAT) innovation as the winner of its “Best of What’s New Award” in the Aerospace category for 2020.

The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) has announced that the region’s business aviation platform, the MEBAA Show, has been rescheduled to its original date cycle and will now take place in December 2022 at DWC, Airshow Site.

Swiss drone company Flyability said its Elios drone designed for use in confined spaces or indoors has been used to document some of the world’s deepest ice caves.

UK supermarket chain Tesco said it will test grocery deliveries by drone in Ireland starting in October.

This webinar took place September 11, 2020. Strategies for a 21st century workplace were blown apart by the arrival of COVID-19, forcing the aerospace

Air France KLM Group has formally inaugurated its new regional headquarters at Dubai Airport Freezone.

Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA) has achieved IS-BAO stage 3 Accreditation awarded by the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC).

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Coming evolution toward electric and/or hydrogen propulsion for aircraft will create challenges as well as opportunities for MRO providers.

As industry ranks are decimated, OEMs and top-tier companies already are worried about losing too many talented workers.

Saab’s new air-launched decoy missile leans heavily on Finnish telecommunications expertise.

In Northrop Grumman vision, next hunter-killer aircraft could operate very differently from the MQ-9, as USAF ponders future operations.

Aerospace companies are mapping strategies to meet both employee and business needs in an uncertain future.

The company is offering a family of UAS that includes advanced and inexpensive systems.

Mars exploration advocates tackle racism and diversity.

Readers write about GPS mismanagement, AW&ST as invaluable information source and Boeing 737 handling trials.

With the commercial aviation manufacturers and suppliers still reeling from COVID-19, Eric Fanning, president of the Aerospace Industries Association

After repeated attempts to sell a solid-propellant, heavy-lift space launcher to the U.S. national security community, Northrop Grumman is discontinuing work on its Omega rocket, the company said Sept. 10.

Mark Bowman to Chief Financial Officer of First Class Air Holdings, Louisville, KY.

Pipistrel is developing a family of unmanned cargo aircraft as a follow-on to the first type-certified electric trainer.

Multiple industry projects are underway as the U.S. Air Force seeks to redefine design requirements for an attritable propulsion system.

Arianespace enters smallsat ride-share service while Rocket Lab debuts Photon satellite.