Aerospace

Manufacturers of large unmanned aircraft are struggling to get attention from regulators and customers as the small drone market sets the pace.

In January, 1927, Capt. Charles Lindbergh sent a telegram to this magazine asking about the terms of the Raymond Orteig prize. The prize, proffered in 1919, offered $25,000 for the first nonstop aircraft flight between New York and Paris.

The exercise was conducted by Aurora Flight Sciences under DARPA’s ALIAS (Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System) program to develop a drop-in kit that adds high-level automation to existing aircraft.

Safran Aircraft Engines CEO Olivier Andries stresses the LP turbine’s design is not at stake and describes the situation as a “temporary logistic disturbance.”

Tailsitter and tilting ducted fan VTOL concepts join the chase for the Marine Corps’ emerging requirement for a large, ship-based multimission unmanned system.

The stakes are high for General Electric’s GE9X testing program for Boeing’s future 777X twinjet.

Israel’s Airobotics breaks new ground with approval to operate automated drones remotely for missions such as site surveys and security patrols.

Although rare, the split-elevator scenario in the ATR 42 and 72 can overstress the aircraft’s horizontal stabilizer due to a newly uncovered control system phenomenon.

More than 30 years old, NASA’s FUN3D computational fluid dynamics code is powerful, versatile—and doesn’t run fast enough, even on a supercomputer.

The African Business Aviation Association, AfBAA, today marks its fifth anniversary having launched on the 15th May at EBACE 2012.

Helicopters and light jets have been used recently to fight African armyworms and locusts in Zambia and other countries in southern Africa. Humphrey Nkonde reports.

Unmanned aircraft in the news: BNSF flies true BVLOS; Satcom for small UAS; Swift flies over water; Snipe nano-UAS delivered; Indago quadcopter upgraded; Redkite wide-area imagery from small UAS.

South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) has won Best Cargo Airline-Africa at the 2017 Air Cargo Airline of the Year awards hosted by Air Cargo News.

Boeing says it remains confident that delivery of the first 737-8 to Lion Air Group carrier Malindo Air will take place by month’s end.

Major aerospace manufacturers aim to provide commercial drone operating and data processing services to large customers beyond the military UAS market.

New-generation aircraft promise to provide a wealth of information helpful for MRO, but data analysis and ownership issues remain.

Aviation Week’s pilot notes Boeing’s Leap-engined 737-8 has bigger displays and refinements such as fly-by-wire spoilers. Only a short training course is needed to upgrade from the 737NG.

A series of diamond shapes over the ocean—areas where there is no air traffic—signals room for improvement in cruise efficiency for airlines.

BAE Systems and Gulfstream design inceptors that ensure each pilot is immediately aware of any flight-control inputs by the other pilot or the autopilot.

Computational fluid dynamics is the relatively new kid on the development block, but the old standby wind tunnels still play a key role in testing.

Oman Air Cargo signed a five year ULD (Unit Load Device) outsourcing contract with Jettainer.

Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre has announced the launch of the 3rd Annual EMM Science Workshop.

Zambia's Mahogany Air has again outlined plans to resume commercial passenger operations, nearly three years after they were first suspended, reports ch-aviation.

Acunis, a provider of turn-key intralogistics solutions for air cargo terminals, will present its solutions for the air cargo terminal segment at the Dubai Airport Show from May 15 to 17.

Arik Air has received an injection of NGN1.5 billion (USD4.7 million) from the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) since being taken over by the state-owned body, reports ch-aviation.