With billions of connected devices across the world strengthening the business case for IoT, related startup companies are increasingly working with commercial aviation entities to drive home its benefits.

Gogo is poised to be one of the big Internet of Things players in connected aviation.

UTAS is working on engineering greater fuel efficiency as part of the Ecological Integrated Propulsion System (EcoIPS) program.

Malaysia welcomes its third A400M airlifter; India prepares to export BrahMos missiles; U.S. Navy to complete communications satellite constellation; U.S. Apaches begin strikes in Iraq.

What is the industry’s long-term approach to global warming, the talent chase and new competition?

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have been selected as system integrators for the next phase of DARPA’s Collaboration Operations in Denied Environment program to enable legacy unmanned aircraft to operate in airspace where the electromagnetic spectrum is contested.

Unmanned-aircraft news: Disaster relief by drone; Autonomous air taxi plans; Hacking hobby UAS; Debating the drone risk.

Demagogue politicians and pundits can’t rail against machines—the Luddite Rebellion ended 200 years ago. Instead, trade makes a convenient scapegoat.