Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
China seeks military base in South Pacific, U.S. plays catchup on AI, the Coast Guard’s new UAS, and F-35 flies to South America.
Defense

Commercial off-the-shelf drones are already challenging the traditional military balance betwen aggressor and defender.
Defense

By Guy Norris
The emergence of Boeing and Rolls-Royce as new backers represents a significant endorsement for Reaction, which is designing and testing an air-breathing, combined-cycle rocket engine concept dubbed Sabre.
Defense

Mohamed Moneir had been retired for five years and was growing citrus fruit on his farm when he was given the chance to cultivate something rather different than oranges and mandarins… an airline.
Aerospace

Emirates has won the Aviation 100 ‘Middle East & Africa Airline of the Year’, awarded by Airline Economics magazine.
Aerospace

For the first time, Nomad Aviation will exhibit at MEBAA 2018.
Aerospace

Airports in the region continue to grow to keep pace with increasing passenger numbers – passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport is predicted to surpass 90 million in 2018.
Aerospace

Dubai’s major aircraft lessor DAE has successfully closed its $800 million revolving loan facility, which was launched in May of this year.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
New main rotor blade tips and an improved gearbox are in development for Sikorsky’s UH-60 Black Hawk.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Zipline speeds blood delivery, RemoveDebris cleans up space, mobile robot machines aerostructures, ATARI lands unmanned aircraft, and “Dronionics” market emerges.
Aerospace

Air Namibia and APG Network have announced a new partnership effective from March 2018.
Aerospace

Egyptian Aviation Academy is looking to target African and Middle Eastern student pilots and engineers, according to its chairman and CEO, Captain Elias Sadek. Marcelle Nethersole reports.
Aerospace

By Kevin Michaels
AHM once again is being touted as the next major MRO business, but it will not be a game-changing revenue opportunity in aviation.
Connected Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s aeronautics leadership has committed the agency to return to flight research. And that means building and flying X-planes.
Air Transport

Setting up a new airline, even at the best of times, is one of the most difficult enterprises that a business executive can undertake. But how does one do it in even more challenging circumstances?
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Safran’s success in ground-testing a counter-rotating open rotor engine is not enough for Airbus, which sees the concept as one option among others.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Seeker Aircraft has announced that Seeker, a purpose built light observation aircraft, specifically designed and developed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, will now be available for purchase from aircraft dealer Ecoalpha Services based in Accra, Ghana.
Aerospace

Passenger Experience Week that comprises of: Passenger Experience Conference, Aircraft Interiors Expo, World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo and Passenger Technology Solutions which takes place from 9th-12th April in Hamburg, Germany has announced eye health organisation Orbis, which operates the unique Flying Eye Hospital, as its charity partner.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
Uniquely positioned after completing a preliminary design for NASA, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works was the only bidder to build the low-boom flight demonstrator, but NASA praises the quality of its bid.
Aerospace

By Antoine Gelain
Aerostructures will decide the winners and losers in the next phase of the commercial aerospace industry evolution.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Industrial giant Siemens is aiming for a leading position as a supplier of electric propulsion systems to aircraft OEMs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Protecting against lightning; connecting IoT via space; supercapacitors for energy storage; Flexible ultrasonic sensor; drone concerns in New Zealand.
Aerospace

World View’s multimonth stratospheric balloon could soon be carrying sensors for hunting rogue missiles rather than crispy chicken sandwiches.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Testing of swarm tactics enabling drones to support ground forces in complex urban environments is to begin this year.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Honeywell Aerospace uses a small drone to advance its concept of using an FMS from the ground to support unmanned aircraft in flight.
Aerospace