Aerospace

Royal Jordanian (RJ) is for the 11th year a sponsor of the Special Operations Forces Exhibition (SOFEX).
Aerospace

Air Arabia has reported strong financial results for the first quarter of 2016 exceeding analyst expectations as the Middle East's first and largest low cost carrier continued to deliver outstanding performance and attract new customers.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways has officially opened its new Premium Lounge at Melbourne Airport, offering guests a stylish, comfortable environment in which they can relax, re-energise, dine, work or be entertained pre-flight.
Aerospace

Investec Bank's aviation finance arm has announced the successful closing of a $1 billion operating lease transaction with Emirates Airline, the world's largest operator of the Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 aircraft.
Aerospace

Oman Airports for the first time attended the route development forum for Europe, held in Poland April 23-26.
Aerospace

The 16th edition of the Airport Show gets underway in Dubai from May 9 to 11 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC) with more than 300 companies from 55 countries showcasing a diverse portfolio of technologies and innovative solutions amid rapidly growing Middle East aviation industry and massive regional aviation infrastructure investments.
Aerospace

Express Air Cargo has outlined its proposed launch network, due to come online during the last quarter of this year, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
The science of developing reliable sensor systems to warn pilots of engine core icing at high altitudes has made some headway, but is in its relative infancy.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Sonic boom and turbulence; origami morphing structures; damage-indicating paint; interior inspection by UAS; Phantom Eye becomes museum exhibit.
Aerospace

The AACO 49th AGM will now be held between 28-29 November, 2016.
Aerospace

Abu Dhabi Airports has issued a statement saying that due to severe weather conditions across the UAE, Air Expo 2016 closed earlier today.
Aerospace

Emirates is showcasing its new Boeing 777 Business Class seat at ITB.
Aerospace

Oman Air is set to participate the ITB Berlin travel fair between 9-13 March.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways is supporting one of India's leading inbound tourism events next month as exclusive airline partner of the Great Indian Travel Bazaar.
Aerospace

On September 3rd 1981 the first BAe 146 regional jetliner took to the skies from the British Aerospace airfield at Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The aircraft – and its later-build successor, the Avro RJ – was destined to become Britain's most successful jet airliner.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Tests of the L1 adaptive control law will assess its ability to control the VISTA F-16 over a range of flight conditions and simulated failures.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Supersonic combustion in a hydrogen-fueled scramjet—achieved on first flight—is part of India’s long-range plan for an air-breathing reusable launch vehicle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has seized and sealed off the premises of Skyjet Aviation Services in the Northwest Nigerian city of Kaduna citing unpaid back taxes, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

NASA is using a massive friction-stir welding tool at the Michoud Assembly Facility to build its first flight structure for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS).
Space

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Egyptian authorities are working together to find a practical solution to release, for repatriation foreign exchange funds due international airlines operating to Egypt.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Finland’s Sharper Shape is bringing its experience with beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone operations to the U.S. and India.
Aerospace

Jim Adams
Low attrition is driving a growing retirement bubble in aerospace and defense. Companies must plan carefully to balance current and future staffing needs.
Workforce

By Joe Anselmo, Carole Rickard Hedden, Michael Bruno
Brain drain to Silicon Valley? A wave of retirements? Offshoring mania? The results of Aviation Week’s 2016 Workforce Study say otherwise.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Stronger nanotube-stitched carbon fiber; disintegrating parachute for vanishing delivery drone; Leonardo to fly active rotors; Flirtey to deliver Domino’s pizza; the FLYP UAV, Russia’s flying tractor?
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
The Small UAS Rule, aka Part 107­—the FAA’s first regulation allowing routine use of unmanned aircraft—has taken effect, with signs that demand for operating approvals and UAS operator licenses will be high.
Aerospace