Aerospace

David Silver
As government builds regulations to protect aviation infrastructure, it should work with industry, which is already developing technologies to enhance safety.
Air Transport

The Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency, Hon. Sir Jones Chukwudi Onyereri has commended the present management of Arik Air for the good work they have done in turning around the fortunes of the airline.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Suburban drone delivery, turbine power for UAVs, automating track inspection, wind-resistant quadrotors and rolling composite parts.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Israeli startup Eviation has selected Kokam to supply batteries to power a nine-passenger, all-electric regional aircraft, to fly by early 2019.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Large commercial unmanned aircraft for cargo and passengers are closer than people believe, argues new report from U.S. trade body the AIA, and regulators need to start getting ready.
Aerospace

Garmin has launched the GFCTM 600H flight control system for helicopter owners and operators – a breakthrough in cost-effective technology that reduces pilot workload and improves mission effectiveness.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Funding requests on multiple budget lines for fiscal 2019 show how the U.S. Defense Department is moving to boost investment in hypersonic weapons and defenses.
Defense

By Tony Osborne, Graham Warwick
Voom on-demand helicopter service becomes a subsidiary of Airbus Helicopters as CityAirbus eVTOL urban air taxi takes shape.
Air Transport

Algerian Minister of Public Works and Transport, Abdelghani Zaalane, has confirmed that four bids have been submitted to government regarding the proposed liberalisation of the country's air cargo market, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

By Angus Batey
UK researchers prepare to fly an unmanned aircraft that uses pressurized air for flight control, a technology BAE Systems believes could help existing aircraft.
Defense

By Bill Carey
An expert task force is developing a concept of operations for an IP-based communications network serving the world aviation community, with ICAO at the center.
Connected Aerospace

By Kevin Michaels
The potential rewards of vertically integrating must be balanced against notable risk.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Many systems can counter drones, but a lack of standards can compromise effectiveness, concludes a report by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
A look inside NASA’s fiscal 2019 aeronautics budget: low-boom supersonics; electric propulsion; urban air mobility.
Aerospace

By Carole Rickard Hedden
These exceptional aerospace students are honored by Aviation Week and the AIAA for their academic accomplishements and extracuriccular activities.
Aerospace

Airbus SE has appointed Bruno Even, 49, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Airbus Helicopters, effective 1 April 2018. He will report to Airbus CEO Tom Enders and join the company’s Executive Committee.
Aerospace

Bombardier has released its fourth quarter and full year 2017 results, highlighting solid financial and operational performance across the company.
Aerospace

The world’s only long distance paramotor race, the Icarus Trophy, will visit Africa for the first time.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
New hypersonic, unmanned and small-satellite launch projects are included in the DARPA budget request.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
No showstoppers from core and power gear system test results so far, as Rolls-Royce paves way toward Advance and UltraFan future engine demonstrators.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Closer study of Bauhaus Luftfahrt’s PFC confirms projected fuel savings from BLI, with wind-tunnel testing, higher-fidelity analysis and optimization next.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Data-driven strategy set to go beyond engine support and production, to design and closer integration between future propulsion systems and airframes.
Connected Aerospace

A navigation system developed by MIT models a drone’s situational uncertainty to help it fly fast in dense, cluttered environments.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
Once the new constellation of 66 Iridium Next satellites is in place, Aireon plans to begin providing oceanic surveillance service.
Connected Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Engineers are focusing on the data’s update rate, availability, stability, coverage, latency and position accuracy.
Connected Aerospace