Aerospace

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.

Voom on-demand helicopter service becomes a subsidiary of Airbus Helicopters as CityAirbus eVTOL urban air taxi takes shape.

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.

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

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.

The potential rewards of vertically integrating must be balanced against notable risk.

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.

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

These exceptional aerospace students are honored by Aviation Week and the AIAA for their academic accomplishements and extracuriccular activities.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Engineers are focusing on the data’s update rate, availability, stability, coverage, latency and position accuracy.

Airbus begins Skyways flights; Singapore creates urban drone zone; Marine squads get quadcopters; BAE tests weapons bays; V-Bat VTOL UAV shows endurance.

Winners in the boosted Pentagon budget are likely to include space, cyber and nuclear weapons.

Qatar Airways have been honoured with 10 new international service awards in October, including titles by four separate global industry leaders: Business Traveller, Kayak, Condé Nast Traveler and CJ Affiliate.

Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services has received the Export & Import Cargo Transportation award at a Customers Symposium organised by Guangzhou Bayiun International Airport in China on February 7, 2018.

The Low-Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability allows drone operators to fly in pre-approved airspace near airports.

First unveiled two years ago, the Ehang 184 electric VTOL air taxi is flying passengers in tests of both single- and two-seat versions.