Aerospace

With a rapid ramp-up of new aircraft using new materials, MRO providers need to increase R&D to develop repairs.

Etihad Airways has helped renovate two schools in Kenya as part of the airline's annual charity fundraising in cooperation with the UAE Red Crescent.

UP Aerospace takes its experience building and operating low-cost suborbital sounding rockets and applies it to a dedicated launch vehicle for tiny cubesats.

Jails fear UAV smuggling; France leads UAV smallsat launcher; Darpa aims for ubiquitous lidar; Roke takes cellular to high altitude; Airbus Perlan glider moves to new test phase.

Maturing hybrid laminar flow control, active flow control, noise reduction and vibration prediction and mitigation technologies are the focuses of Europe’s AFloNext research program.

Pegasus Cargo is holding the International Transport and Logistics Conference on March 23-24,2016 in partnership with Istanbul University's Transportation and Logistics Faculty.

Analyses of data culled from five-year fatigue testing on the 787—the first ever on a primarily composite airliner—is underway at Boeing.

Jazeera Airways shareholders approved a board recommendation to reduce the company's capital from KD42 million to KD20 million through a share buyback program to readjust the company's capital to match the size of current operations after exiting the aircraft leasing business.

Gallium nitride semiconductors are upgrading electronic warfare, easing communications and improving radar.

A customer-supplier model based on mutual trust and long-term commitment is the key.

The first complete 777X propulsion system tests are paving the way for 2016 full-scale, full engine tests.

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) can begin testing on its new PT6A-140AG turboprop engine, selected to power Air Tractor's new AT502XP aircraft.

The dates for the third Nigerian Business Aviation Conference (NBAC) have been moved to 17th and 18th March 2016, as the chairman is confirmed.

Ethiopian Airlines has won 'Africa Best Employer Brand Award' from the Employer Branding Institute at Le Meridien, Mauritius.

As Boeing rolls out the first 737 MAX, our editors discuss what the re-engined airliner means to Boeing, and whether Airbus can hold on to the neo’s 60/40 advantage in orders.

A firefighting demonstration teams unmanned K-Max and Stalker XE UAS, and shows path to integrating unmanned aircraft into national airspace.

Amazon’s hybrid package UAV; Rutan’s SkiGull flies; E-volo’s electric VTOL; Terrafugia’s TF-X advances.

Clean Sky 2’s Airframe integrated technology demo will mature a wave of advances for the next generation of passenger airliners, fast rotorcraft and regional aircraft.

Jeddah-based independent forwarder Express Forwarding Services (EFS), a member of the WCA Family and long-time user of the WIN IT connectivity platform, has made the first ever e-AWBs shipments on Air France KLM Cargo out of Saudi Arabia.

Boeing projects a demand for 38,050 new airplanes over the next 20 years, an increase of 3.5 percent from last year's forecast. Boeing released its annual Current Market Outlook (CMO) today, estimating the total value of those new airplanes at $5.6 trillion.

Airports focusing on safety of passengers at remote stands were looking a new product from UK's Tensator Group at the Airport Show in Dubai – a nigh-glow passenger guidance system for disembarding the aircraft to a bus or a walk to the terminal.

Speakers at the Innovation Podium of at Dubai's Airport Show presented insights into various new technologies that could be used to meet the emerging and future challenges for the airport management.

For anyone who has ever dreamed about designing their very own football jersey, Qatar Airways is now giving them the chance to do so.

Etihad Airways has signed a legacy partnership agreement with Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) to become the exclusive airline partner of the Washington Capitals (NHL), Washington Wizards (NBA), Washington Mystics (WNBA) and Verizon Center.

TAV Airports Holding CIO and TAV Information Technologies (IT) general manager Binnur Güleryüz Onaran was selected as "Turkey's Best CIO" for the Madinah Airport IT and Aviation Systems Project at the 6th IDC Turkey CIO Summit 2015 by IDC (International Data Corporation), a market research company based in the USA which evaluates the development of information technologies and discloses company market shares.