Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Aviation Week presents presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with a list of aerospace technologies they should champion if elected, to keep the U.S. ahead of its adversaries and competitors.
Aerospace

Radars operating at lower frequencies is the most common approach to overcoming stealth technology. Why do they work and what are their limitations?
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Richard Aboulafia
Critics of counterinsurgency say it represents the triumph of tactics over strategy. Looking at the Air Force’s mooted OA-X and A-X2 procurement programs, and the A-10 retirement debate, one can see exactly the same issues in play.
Defense

By Carole Rickard Hedden
According to data from Aviation Week’s latest survey of A&D young professionals, money talks.
Workforce

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Tuition reimbursement starts emerging as workforce tool, but companies are keen on keeping coursework relevant.
Workforce

EAN Aviation has become the first Safety 1st Qualified African location, to be listed on the US National Air Transportation Association's, (NATA), Global FBO Map.
Aerospace

The African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) has launched its first independent Chapter on August 9, 2016, when the AfBAA Ethiopia Chapter was founded in Addis Ababa.
Aerospace

Business aviation companies from as far afield as China and the USA are travelling to Dubai World Centre (DWC), Airshow Site from 6-8 December for a share of the region's growing business aviation market.
Aerospace

High-profile failures of traditional air data systems—using pitot tubes and angle-of-attack vanes—have ignited a new generation of laser-based replacement systems that offer higher performance, without moving parts.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Designers looking for fuel savings and emissions reductions beyond those possible with today’s conventional tube-and-wing configurations face additional challenges when the aircraft are smaller, such as regional and business jets.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
CNN forms drone unit; NASA backs electric techs; Folding wingtips for lower fuel burn? Qinetiq’s Hell Bay unmanned demo; Airlander airship flies
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Auto ICAS is thought to be the world’s first fully automatic integrated combat flight safety system designed to prevent both air-to-air and air-to-ground collisions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Star Alliance and its member carrier EgyptAir have created the latest addition to the Alliance's marketing campaign series which features genuine Star Alliance Gold Card holders.
Aerospace

The first flight of Airlander 10 - the airship that has been mooted for Middle East and African operations - has taken place in rural England.
Aerospace

Safwat Mossallam, the chairman and CEO of the EgyptAir Holding Company said the company will not be privatised as part of economic reforms the government will undertake later this year, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

Credit cards, turbocharged cars, video games and Irish coffee are among the things in every day life that came from aviation and aerospace.
Aerospace

As the avionics-maker sees the finish line on a crush of Pro Line Fusion integrated cockpit certifications, engineers are turning to the next challenge.
Connected Aerospace

Air Tanzania has outlined its operational plans for its maiden pair of Dash 8-400s due for delivery during the second half of next month, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

Kampala Executive Aviation has added a maiden Beech 1900D to its fleet in the form of UE-436, a sixteen year-old airframe that was recently in service for New Zealand's Eagle Airways, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

An unmanned version of the U-2 Dragon Lady is among the list of platforms being considered by Lockheed Martin for the Missile Defense Agency’s stratospheric UAV-borne laser demonstrator program.
Defense

A South Gauteng High Court has awarded Nationwide Airlines ZAR104.6 million (USD7.89 million) in damages plus interest after ruling that South African Airways practices did breach South Africa's Competition Act and did inflict financial harm on Nationwide, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
XTI picks Honeywell power; Russia’s DARPA flies solar-powered Owl; AFRL previews high-speed ambitions; Volocopter is put through its paces
Aerospace

By Paul Seidenman
Although still being tested, improved aircraft-monitoring sensors show promise for reducing the need for hands-on maintenance, as well as MRO costs.
Optimizing Engines Through the Lifecycle

Smart Aviation is to acquire a Eurocopter AS350B3 to service contracts with electrical engineering firms active across Egypt, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

News agency Reuters has reported that Iran has reached a deal with a foreign leasing company to finance the first 17 jets it plans to buy from Airbus.
Aerospace