Delivering small packages by drone is regarded as a potentially lucrative new frontier for aviation, but a group of UAE aeronautics students wants to try something more ambitious. A pressurized water-powered rocket designed to deliver small packages is on display at the Higher Colleges of Technology Booth.
Russia’s defense industry expects to finalize at least $2.5 billion in new arms export sales by the end of the year, Rostec chief executive officer Sergei Chemezov said at the Dubai Air Show.
SalamAir has agreed to lease two new Airbus A321LRs from GECAS and is eyeing them to address peak-season capacity surges and winter charter demand to Europe, among other routes, the airline’s top executive says. “This airplane is a game-changer,” SalamAir CEO Mohammed Ahmed said Nov. 17.
Ted Colbert, Boeing Global Services’ new CEO, sits down for an exclusive interview with Aviation Week’s Lee Ann Shay to discuss his goals for the business and how he’s transitioning from CIO.
The unprecedented and ongoing examination of aircraft certification triggered by the two Boeing 737 MAX accidents has identified several areas that must change to improve outcomes, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said.
The blend of military and business jets is serving Dassault well in the region, but it is the latter that the company seems keenest to focus its marketing efforts on.
At the world's major air shows, there may be an understandable temptation to concentrate on the big names and big contracts. And while new aircraft and multi-billion-dollar orders will always make headlines, the depth of innovation – both in terms of technology and business models – is often found elsewhere on the show floor.
The announcement may not have made huge headlines, but that should not diminish its significance. When Leonardo confirmed, during last year's Farnborough Air Show, that it had sold its Miysis DIRCM (directed infrared countermeasures) system to an undisclosed Middle Eastern customer, the company was implicitly underscoring the changing nature of threats in the region.
As aviation explores electrically powered flight, battery technology has emerged as critical. Current systems are unable to deliver anywhere near the same amounts of energy as a comparably sized conventional fuel tank.
Russia’s JSC Rosoboronexport, a subsidiary of the state corporation Rostec, has begun marketing new-generation combat aircraft, according to Alexander Mikheev, director general.
Boeing continues to see solid demand for widebody aircraft in the Middle East in spite of Emirates’ delay in confirming a 2015 preliminary order for 40 Boeing 787s and plans to stretch 777X deliveries over a longer period.
From a standing start a decade ago, the Bahrain International Air Show has become one of the Middle East's highest-quality gatherings for the aerospace and defense industry. That is the key theme stressed by the show's organizers, Farnborough International, whose chief executive officer, Gareth Rogers, believes the event has become an important fixture on the region's aviation calendar.
SalamAir has agreed to lease two new Airbus A321LRs from GECAS and is eyeing them to address peak-season capacity surges and winter charter demand to Europe, among other routes, the airline’s top executive says.
Head-up displays began as futuristic extras for fighter cockpits, but today the technology is available on high-end cars. Collins Aerospace believes it may have found a technology with similar potential – the wide-area touchscreen display.
Leonardo Helicopters and the UAE’s Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) have revealed their vision for a multi-modal transport air terminal that could service the Dubai Expo 2020.
Parcel delivery by unmanned air vehicle is capturing the imagination of UAV manufacturers and the shopping public alike, prompting a multiplicity of start-up projects. In an already crowded field, AGC Managing Partner Alexander Ostrovoy believes he has a winner.
Next year’s huge Expo 2020 exposition will drive records for business aviation in the region, with annual bizjet traffic to Dubai likely to double to 30,000 as visitors flock to the show.
Abu Dhabi-based Calidus burst onto the aeronautical scene exactly two years ago when the B-250 prototypes — one flying, one statically exhibited — were unveiled at DWC, to general surprise, on the opening day of the show.
Etihad Cargo says that its new CCC – Cargo Control Center – strengthens the airline unit’s “proactive service delivery capabilities” via active monitoring of some 3,000 daily shipments across more than 250 daily flights, as well as its UAE-wide road feeder services.
