Latest Commercial Aviation Content by Aviation Week & Space Technology
Sep 20, 2016
Risk of injury from drones falling on people’s heads appears to be less than expected, but a small UAS hitting an aircraft will not be the same as a birdstrike, initial research indicates.
Sep 19, 2016
Participation by countries in a carbon-offsetting scheme being developed to help aviation achieve carbon-neutral growth will be voluntary initially, a proposal expected to go before the ICAO Assembly said.
Sep 19, 2016
From full speed ahead to slamming on the brakes: The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has formally tightened rules on setting up airlines, around five months after it suspended authorizations, unannounced.
Sep 19, 2016
Israel’s ducted-rotor cargo UAS; distributed flaps improve efficiency; submarine-launched drone tested; Prodrone’s grasping, clinging UAS; DARPA’s counter-UAS Dragnet.
Sep 19, 2016
While industry retirements are of concern, so too is low attrition, especially as Silicon Valley muscles into A&D’s wheelhouse.
Sep 16, 2016
From meager beginnings, this small Miami-based avionics is fast becoming a global powerhouse to supply the backbone for aircraft connectivity.
Sep 16, 2016
Singapore Airlines is not extending the lease for its first Airbus A380, another blow for the manufacturer and the struggling program.
Sep 16, 2016
Eric Dautriat has retired as executive director of Clean Sky after seven years leading Europe’s major public-private partnership for civil aeronautics research.