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(IATA) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) announced that IATA's Cargo-XML messaging standard has been fully integrated into WCO's Cargo Targeting System (WCO CTS), a risk assessment tool available to WCO member countries worldwide.

Honeywell has signed a license agreement with Jordanian Aeronautical Systems to provide support services for Honeywell's T53 series of engines.

Bell’s innovation unit showcases designs for cargo drones that combine VTOL flexibility with fixed-wing efficiency.

Air Force secretary outlines several ways it is moving faster to aquire new technologies.

Actions by Congress and upcoming elections could change the direction of defense spending, especially if the balance between Republicans and Democrats shifts.

The U.S. Air Force will seek proposals for basic and applied research into four Grand Challenge areas for its future propulsion strategy.

Adding to the scores of similar projects already in the works, Erik Lindbergh—grandson of Charles Lindbergh and long-time advocate for electric flight—has formed a company to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

Qatar Airways has released its annual report for the fiscal year 2017 (April 1st 2016 to March 31st 2017) revealing a 21.7 per cent year-on-year net profit increase.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 5.9% in October 2017 compared to the year-earlier period. This was a slowdown from the 9.2% annual growth recorded in September 2017 but still exceeded the average annual growth rate of 3.2% over the past decade.

O.R. Tambo International Airport has climbed five places in the global quality rankings for airports in its category in the third quarter of 2017 following an intensified service drive by airport management and staff.

Saudi Arabia has successfully built up an impressive indigenous military aerospace engineering capability, making advances, especially in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO). Jon Lake discovers that, not satisfied with the progress so far, the country has initiated a national industrial clusters development programme, which aims to double the manufacturing sector's GDP contribution by 2020.

Internal and external competition and other factors are eroding the lead that this small Middle Eastern state has held since 1985.

The future of propeller manufacturing in the UK rests on a government-supported effort to develop the next generation of regional-aircraft propellers.

Airbus has taken a stake in uAvionix, a startup developing miniaturized ADS-B transceivers for detect-and-avoid in UAVs.

Gulf Air and Title Sponsor of the 2017 Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, has begun its countdown to this month's Bahrain Grand Prix weekend which takes place on 14, 15 and 16 April at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir.

The first large sections of Airbus' next generation new transport aircraft, the BelugaXL, have arrived at the aircraft Final Assembly facility (L34) in Toulouse.

Oman Air has recently published its annual report for showing its business operations witnessing significant growth during 2016.

UK boosts research, Britain’s battery bid, revolutionary alloys, and solar pseudo-satellite.

Many African airlines could be more profitable if they brought their commercial departments up to date with modern industry best practices. That was one of the messages from a workshop staged by Sabre and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA). Alan Dron reports.

From turbo-generator to motor-driven fan, E-Fan X demonstrator will flight-test a complete high-power, high-voltage hybrid-electric propulsion system.

Paul Eremenko may have been frustrated with internal resistance to change at Airbus. He was hired in 2015 to run A3, the Silicon Valley-based innovation hub.

Computational modeling validated by components testing assesses the severity of damage caused by a drone colliding with an aircraft at approach speed.

By combining multiple power sources, small manned aircraft could fly almost indefinitely, unlocking new potential.

To coincide with Africa's first African business aviation conference and exhibition (AfBAC), which runs from 29th November to 1st December in Johannesburg, South Africa, new analysis of industry data by Global Jet Capital, a global leader in financial solutions for private aircraft, reveals that the continent's business jet market is set for significant growth.