Aerospace

The process of exiting the EU is destabilizing the struggling industry and exacerbating budgetary uncertainties.

Adaptive flight control progresses, Audi joins eVTOL study, Swiss team advances electric propulsion, Marines test resupply hive, and Ford researches UAS.

The fifth biennial Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) takes off on 14 November for three days, and looks set to be the biggest and most successful yet.

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.

Gulf Air, in cooperation with the Royal Charity Organisation, has launched an initiative to allow passengers to donate coins or notes of any currency onboard Gulf Air flights.

Chairman and CEO of Aurora Flight Sciences, Dr. John S. Langford, was awarded the Philip J. Klass Lifetime Achievement Award at Aviation Week's 61st annual Laureate Awards at the National Building Museum in Washington on March 1, 2018.

Air navigation service providers increasingly are becoming involved in drone traffic management and remote-tower operations.

Previously announced winners, Philip J. Klass Lifetime Achievement Award recipients and Tomorrow's Leaders also were honored.

The Aerospace & Defense industry consists of a complex web of buyers and suppliers. The days are long gone when low-tech, manual processes could keep track of all orders, inventory, compliance certificates, invoices, delays, and supplier performance data.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for January 2018 showing traffic (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 4.6% compared to January 2017.

This March sees the 2018 Icarus X race series land in South Africa for the first time, as paramorists take to the skies above Gauteng and Limpopo.

EgyptAir has just announced a major re-equipment programme to help meet its objectives. EgyptAir Holding Company chairman and CEO, Safwat Musallam, talks to Alan Dron about fleets, routes and future prospects.

Rivals’ progress makes it clear that, 60 years on, DARPA should not ease off on its task of preventing technological surprise, and creating its own.

A growing number of systems is available to counter small unmanned aircraft, but few if any are designed to repel an attack by a swarm of drones.

The General Dynamics’ purchase of CRSA confirms that larger scale matters in federal IT services.

Turkish Airlines has that travellers to Turkey flying from the Middle East region has increased during the first quarter of the year.

DARPA goes smallsat; Lockheed’s ship-based laser; Safran hybrid power demo; Boeing Australia autonomy initiative; Fortem’s radar-toting DroneHunter.

As new eVTOL concepts continue to emerge and others enter flight test, the mainstream helicopter industry is coming to terms with the prospects of an urban air mobility revolution.

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has transported leading equines for a variety of championship events across the globe.

SITA has been named Service Provider of the Year in the prestigious annual Air Transport Awards held in Dubai.

Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) has announced a year-long programme of activities and humanitarian initiatives to mark 2018 as the Year of Zayed.

Emirates airline will operate a special A380 flight to Kuwait for UAE supporters to attend the finals of the Arabian Gulf Cup.

Everett Aviation has announced the re-start of operations in Mozambique with the deployment of locally registered BK117-C1 C9-EXM.

Portable jamming devices and fixed-site systems that avoid jamming to prevent collateral interference with radio signals are among counterdrone products of interest to early buyers.

As EgyptAir made major equipment announcements at the Dubai Air Show, Egypt’s aviation minister, Sherif Fathi, talked to Alan Dron about prospects for the national carrier and the development of the country’s aviation industry.