Aerospace

Northrop Grumman participated in this year's 'Arab Women in Leadership and Business' summit, which took place in Dubai.

EgyptAir has received the IATA Platinum Award at the 204th board of governors meeting held recently in Montreal.

Airbus has presented Etihad Airways with the award for 'Top Operational Excellence' for A380 operations in 2015-2016.

Etihad Airways has won Best International Airline Award at the annual Condé Nast Traveller India Readers' Travel Awards 2016.

Vector Aerospace will be highlighting its local capabilities at this year's Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition (AAD 2016), taking place at AFB Waterkloof, Centurion, South Africa, this week.

UAS in the news: Mercedes and Matternet team on drone logistics; Google’s Project Wing delivers burritos; Mitre names counter-UAS winners; Vayu flies medical samples in Madagascar; DJI tests show value of drones for search and rescue.

Dnata continued to strengthen its global businesses which now span 83 countries. In the first half of 2016-17, Dnata's international operations accounted for over 67% of its total revenue.

The Emirates Group has announced its half-year results for 2016-17. The Group held steady on revenue, but profit was hit by the double impact of a strong US dollar and challenging operating environment for the airline and travel business.

ATR is attending the UN Climate Change Conference COP22, in Marrakech, Morocco, from November 7-18, 2016.

Main partner Etihad Airways is to present its virtual reality movie featuring Nicole Kidman at the Zurich film festival and will sponsor the Audience Award.

There are key differences between the defense spending cycle that consensus believes will unfold in 2016-20 and prior cycles.

Boeing’s Sutter, who died last month at 95, had a huge influence on what may be the two most important commercial aircraft of the late 20th century.

The tests could be a small but important stepping-stone toward further development of the BWB concept as a military tanker-transport.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in July 2016, showing decline in African cargo traffic.

Flights of Elbit’s long-endurance Hermes demonstrate potential commercial applications for large UAS in agriculture and infrastructure inspection.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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