Four unmanned and optionally piloted aircraft from Lockheed Martin and subsidiary Sikorsky flew together for the first time in public in a staged firefighting and search-and-rescue demo at Griffiss, New York
NASA is looking for a few good anomalies to help researchers develop an unmanned aircraft traffic management system that will work any time and all the time.
Aurora Flight Sciences and Sikorsky complete autonomy demonstrations under Phase 2 of DARPA’s ALIAS cockpit-automation program. Both are now bidding for Phase 3, to mature selected technologies for transition to potential customers—military and commercial.
In this week’s Washington Outlook: Heritage Foundation on military options for new administration; Trump may back bilateral space ties with China; and the flood of new UAV pilots.
What do you get when combining Lockheed’s Indago quadcopter, fixed-wing Desert Hawk and optionally piloted K-Max with Sikorsky’s SARA autonomous helicopter?
Automation is reaching the point that it may be possible for artificial intelligence and robotics to take much of the routine workload of cockpit crews—and “remember” things no humans could in an emergency. Is this the future?
The A&D industry is facing tough challenges with their future workforce, as new generations of workers demand new work environments and collaboration tools. It’s therefore becoming increasingly important for businesses to provide the right collaboration tools and to obtain the right information to shorten their learning curve.
Drone delivery startup Flirtey has begun the first commercial trials of autonomous pizza delivery, flying to customers’ homes from a Domino’s Pizza store in Whangaparaoa, north of Auckland, New Zealand.
How African airlines will manage international demand for reduced air transport emissions and how they can adapt practices to gain greater access to international finance are among the key topics for debate at the Aviation Africa 2017 summit in Kigali, Rwanda on February 22-23.
The company has formed the Commercial Information Solutions business unit and launched the Quantix, a tailsitting drone that takes off and lands vertically but transitions to wingborne forward flight for increased efficiency and range.
Incentives for airlines to buy biofuels, ways for airports to offset the price and attracting investment are ways the industry hopes to grow to commercial scale.
The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has hosted the first Lithium Battery Workshop in the Middle East Region to support the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Air Navigation Commission's initiative in monitoring the emerging threat associated with the carriage of Lithium Batteries by air.
Dubai Airports and its partners have raised AED 1.25 million (approximately US$ 340,600) for Orbis, the international eye care charity organisation best known for its flying eye hospital, through their 'Your Sight, Our Happiness' campaign.
Ahead of the first African of the first African Business Aviation Conference, (AfBAC 2016) to be held in Cape Town 17-18 November, Rady Fahmy, chief executive officer of AfBAA, has confirmed delegate registrations have topped that of any previous AfBAA event, with more than 150 delegates registered ahead of next week's inaugural meeting.
The most important thing the next president can do for defense policy is revivify the debate over fiscal policy and resolve it before submitting a 2018 budget.
Etihad Airways, the official airline of New York Fashion Week, has announced the extension of its commitment to the fashion industry by collaborating with luxury brand Jimmy Choo.
At a US ceremony held at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC, Dubai Duty Free won the Best Global Services award at the inaugural The Burj CEO Awards.
