Aerospace

Germany’s diamond shaped LO demonstrator could be the jewel that shapes a future combat aircraft.

A smaller new airplane might make more sense for Boeing.

Record-setting Solar Impulse 2 to become new class of solar-powered, medium-altitude pseudo satellite.

Brian Sill is President of Engines and Power Systems (E&PS) for Honeywell Aerospace. E&PS develops, produces and supports high-performance propulsion engines and auxiliary power units for air transport, business and military customers worldwide.

At 12:12:23 UTC today, Action Aviation Chairman Hamish Harding, Astronaut Terry Virts and crew made history by beating the world record for any aircraft flying over the North and South poles in a Qatar Executive Gulfstream G650ER aircraft.

A3 project Wayfinder is developing certifiable autonomy for use across Airbus’ product range from air taxis to commercial airliners.

French think tank plots a progressive path for the application of autonomy to reduce demand for commercial aircraft pilots.

EgyptAir is hosting the American Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Regional Industrial Summit (RIS) held for the first time in Egypt and the third in Middle East and Africa on June 11-12.

Qatar Aviation Services (QAS), participated as a silver sponsor at the 32nd IATA Ground Handling Conference that took place in Madrid, Spain.

The UK will need a multilayered approach to protect national infrastructure and events from drone misuse.

Aviation Week pilot gets first-hand experience of the first emergency Autoland system for general aviation.

Future UltraFan variants could incorporate starter generators as part of more-electric push.

Unique approach of system integrators competing to attract technology “sprinters” is enabling use of swarming robots on urban missions.

Turkish Airlines’ successful air cargo brand, Turkish Cargo managed to increase its cargo tonnage by 9.6 percent in February despite the shrinking in the global air cargo sector.

At a ceremony in Doha yesterday, foundations were laid to mark the start of construction of a new Technical Institute to provide dedicated technician training for Qatar Armed Forces.

The first prototype of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) T625 multi-role helicopter made its 20-minute maiden flight on September 6 2018, at the company’s facilities in Ankara, writes Jon Lake.

Airbus backs advanced batteries; VoloDrone; Seaplane becomes ePlane; DARPA’s launch conundrum; GE-powered drone; pilots and drones; Uber Eats’ drone delivers.

Developed in secret like the Pearl 15, Rolls-Royce’s Pearl 700 has already amassed 1,200 test hours in advance of first flight on the new Gulfstream G700.

Etihad Airways is gearing up for the Saudi International Airshow with displays of some of its aircraft, products and services, and a number of important partnership announcements.

The co-located Aircraft Interiors and MRO Middle East shows got off to a great start today with a series of deals and partnerships with innovation at the heart of the action.

The airport modernisation programme (AMP) currently taking place at Bahrain International Airport (BIA) is of such importance that it’s part of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s vision for the country. Dave Calderwood reports.

The Middle East continues to be a theater of innovation, improvisation and adaptation for both offensive and defensive small drone warfare.

Leading African Payment Service Provider DPO Group, which operates across 18 African countries, has analysed 10 years of its airline merchant payment transaction data to reveal soaring demand for online payment solutions whilst highlighting where most fraud and risk originates from.

Lilium eVTOL advances; Volocopter in Singapore; Hybrid Twin Otter; Safran powers VoltAero; Zipline military deliveries; GKN automates composites; Utah eyes UAM.

Ethiopian Airlines Group has launched an innovative capacity development initiative aimed at creating local value in agricultural products.