Waypoint Leasing, an Irish helicopter specialist, is adding new offices in Cape Town, as well as Brisbane, in attempt to expand into Africa, the Middle East and Australia.
Cockpit technology shrinks combat vehicles; Google testing Internet from the air; DLR seeks end to reentry blackout; TsAGI tests convertiplane UAV; Bristow buys into Sky-Futures.
NASA tests of morphing flap technology on a modified Gulfstream III aim to demonstrate the viability of the flexible flap, which could form the first step toward eventual development of a morphing wing.
With S-76 and UH-60MU autonomy testbeds flying, Sikorsky looks ahead to flying optionally piloted UH-60A and fielding advanced capabilities enabled by fly-by-wire across the Black Hawk fleet.
Most countries struggle with the usual budget limitations and a broad array of fleet replacement and new aircraft needs. But in the case of Singapore, there is a very interesting capability gap that implies a significant short-term requirement.
Acoustic sensors, radars, jammers, cyber weapons, net-wielding UAVs, quadcopter-snatching eagles, guided projectiles and laser weapons—the perceived threat from small UAS is drawing a wide range of responses
Authorities turn to detection and identification technologies to address the irresponsible and illegal use of small UAS. But can they take action against them?
NASA’s leadership prepares to do battle in Congress to justify plans to ramp up funding for aeronautics research to pay for up to five large-scale X-planes to demonstrate future commercial-aircraft configurations and technologies.
Dubai-based global aircraft leasing platform Novus Aviation Capital has launched a UK subsidiary in an effort to grow its global footprint. Novus Aviation Capital (UK) Limited, based in London, is headed up by Mamoun Kuzbari, Managing Director at Novus Aviation Capital.
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.
From rapid surveys of wreckage in remote locations to high-fidelity forensic reconstruction, drones are quickly becoming an essential tool for accident investigators who can use them.
Researchers find significant fuel savings in “minimal” turbo-electric concept, thanks to benefits of a boundary-layer ingesting,electrically driven propulsor and resulting weight savings from downsizing conventional turbofan engines.
Researchers led by Airbus regard distributed hybrid-electric propulsion as one promising option for a post-2035 commercial aircraft. Europe may fly a scaled demonstrator of this, or an alternative configuration, in 2022.
The Uganda Police Force Air Wing has completed the acceptance process for a GrandNew and a W-3A Sokol helicopter during an official ceremony, EBAN has reported.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released figures for global air freight markets showing cargo volumes measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs) expanded 2.2% in 2015 compared to 2014, although Africa saw a growth of 1.2%.
Ahead of this year's Nigerian Business Aviation Conference Segun Demuren, CEO of NBAC host EAN Aviation, joined a panel of experts to propose that the African business aviation market will be “hotter” than the Asian sector in 2016.
