Aerospace

Low-boom demo becomes X-59; Facebook grounds high-altitude UAV; Hypersonic testbed fires up; Ultra-endurance UAV advances; Boeing backs Matternet drone deliveries.

The U.S. Army has briefed industry on its plan to conduct a competitive fly-off in 2023 between prototype armed scout rotorcraft.

Aviation Week’s Guy Norris and Graham Warwick have been in Atlanta, Georgia, for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Aviation 2018 conference. They talk about insights from the many panels and presentations and some hidden gems in the exhibition hall.

With a £74 billion turnover, UK is one of the major players in global aerospace sector.

Airbus H125 and H130 helicopter customers will get a boost in their operations thanks to a significant reduction in direct maintenance costs for the Safran Arriel 2D engine, which equips both single engines.

Emerging commercial and military requirements bring innovation and disruption to the vertical-flight industry as well as safety and affordability expectations.

The OEM's latest vertical integration move is a bit of a head-scratcher.

A large delegation of US businesses and officials from across the US government, led by US Under Secretary of Commerce Gilbert Kaplan, has visited Ethiopian Airlines to explore potential business opportunities.

The Emirates Airline Foundation along with Outreach to Africa (OTA) has established a school with three sections; nursery, primary and secondary.

Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), the only autonomous accident investigation agency in west Africa has, since December 2016, worked on the execution of its short and medium-term plans, one of which is emergence as the region’s accident investigation hub. Chukwu Emeke reports.

ZAS Aviation Services (ZAS) is looking to expand its operations in Africa with MD, Omar Zarkani, saying: “Africa is more in line with the type of company we have set up to be.”

Bell/Safran team on hybrid; Norway to push electric aviation; Reengining Gray Eagle; UK biofuel progress; Canada BVLOS drones.

A blend of reusable rockets and hypersonic-vehicle technologies is bringing the U.S. to a tipping point of commercial, military and political opportunities.

After demonstrating unaccompanied operation of a large unmanned aircraft, NASA moves on to develop detect-and-avoid for smaller UAS.

Messe Friedrichshafen, the global show for general aviation, has set its sights on a new destination....South Africa.

Boeing and FedEx Express today announced a new order for 12 767 Freighters and 12 777 Freighters as the world's largest air cargo carrier continues to invest in the industry's most capable freighters to better serve its customers.

Chief executives of three leading “big-small” contractors discuss some essential ingredients to their success.

DARPA-funded power and efficiency testing of a new type of rotary engine that promises compact, lightweight and reliable power for unmanned aircraft and air taxis.

If you are familiar with titanium alloy, it’s likely that you have either heard about or experienced first-hand the challenges associated with machining titanium.

Bell is to collaborate with France’s Safran on development of a hybrid-electric propulsion system for its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing on-demand air mobility concept.

Flights at NASA Armstrong used a Gulfstream III to flight-test airport noise reductions from wing-flap and landing-gear modifications.

African Air Expo will take place at King Shaka International Airport in Durban between November 27-29, 2019.

DARPA targets hypersonic defense; USAF wants reusable hypersonics; an unmanned KC-46A tanker? Liebherr/GM team on fuel-cell APU, and UK drone BVLOS milestone.

UPS Airlines is modifying 137 Boeing 757 and 767 freighters with the Rockwell Collins Large Display System.

Hard-won lessons already transferred to industry by its X-57 electric-propulsion program are helping NASA make the case for the return to X-plane flight research.