Aerospace

Lockheed Martin’s long-range cruise missile is being installed on the F-15E, F-16, B-2 and B-52 combat aircraft.

Canadian drone collision; Boeing autonomy investment; drones over crowds; regional biofuels; unmanned medevac

Siemens President/CEO Tony Hemmelgarn weighs in on smart airplanes, 3D printing, cybersecurity and the gaps in IoT.

NASA’s low-boom flight demonstrator will be the agency’s first manned supersonic X-plane since 1990.

South African Airways is undergoing a major board reshuffle today.

At this year's ACI World & Africa Annual General Assembly (WAGA) hosted by Airports of Mauritius Co, the global airport industry issued an update on the progress it has been making in addressing its CO2 emissions, through the independent and voluntary global certification programme, Airport Carbon Accreditation, with Townsville Airport in Queensland, Australia, becoming the 200th airport to enter the programme, certified at Level 1 Mapping, earlier this week.

Nothing extraordinary is expected heading into 2018, but the status of the business jet industry looks a lot better than it has for most of the last decade.

If retailers and customers need new skills to use drone delivery, the idea could have difficulty taking off, so Alphabet’s Project Wing is working with real-world users of its planned service.

The core is the common element of the company’s plan to make a step change in efficiency with two engine families, the Advance and the UltraFan, for the 2020s.

Links between Africa and the Middle East are being reinforced through the location of the 2018 Aviation Africa event, which will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel City Stars in Cairo, April 17-18.

Zimbabwean Minister for Information Communication Technology, Supa Mandiwanzira, has been taken to court by a fellow shareholder of local start-up carrier Rainbow Airlines citing breach of contract, reports ch-aviation.

Ethiopian Airlines has initiated talks with the government of Djibouti over a possible partnership with Air Djibouti, reports ch-aviation.

After a hiatus of more than 50 years, NASA plans a trial run of a full-scale nuclear-fission power system designed to produce 1 kW of electricity.

Small unmanned aircraft set new standards for flight endurance as developers push the limits of aerodynamics and propulsion.

Sonic booms should not pose a barrier to speeding progress in aviation technology.

The third H160 prototype (PT3) has performed its maiden flight. With its cabin interior configuration similar to that of a serial aircraft, will contribute to certification activities and flight testing to ensure the aircraft's level of maturity ahead of entry into service in 2019.

Scaled flies Model 401; Yamaha goes multicopter; Flirtey flies defibrillators; Spike tests supersonic design; DARPA taps Aerojet for TBCC; Dubai’s firefighting UAV.

MBDA’s missile programs are benefiting from a joint research initiative that involves participants from industry and academe.

Performance-based navigation and runway improvements are crucial to airline night operations at a New Zealand airport surrounded by mountains.

The Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority and the AviAssist Foundation has announced a partnership to establish the AviAssist Safety Promotion Centre (ASPC) Rwanda.

Comair Limited has announced that it has been officially certified by the Top Employers Institute for its exceptional employee offerings.

In being acquired by Boeing, Aurora Flight Sciences sees a path to turn its research into products, which had eluded the innovative but small company.

GM unveils an autonomous, fuel-cell-powered vehicle platform as it works with aerospace industry to evaluate technology for quiet, clean power generation.

The Ground-Based Interceptor is the central flight component of the Boeing Ground-based Midcourse Defense system and is topped by the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle.

Decades of progress toward free trade in jetliners could be undone in a few years. And Boeing could end up losing a lot in the end.