Etihad’s management is facing the consequences of a flawed business strategy that saw it throw good money after bad in an attempt to beat rival Emirates.
Last month, Aviation Week pilot Fred George strapped into the left seat of the updated version of the world’s best-selling jetliner. Listen in as he discusses the flight and technical upgrades. Also, our senior editor and resident Boeing expert Guy Norris breaks down the status of the flight test program and on-going inspections of the Leap-1B engines.
UPS has appointed Juan Perez chief information and engineering officer, to oversee alignment of the company's technology and engineering teams and smart logistics network.
Aviation Week’s pilot notes Boeing’s Leap-engined 737-8 has bigger displays and refinements such as fly-by-wire spoilers. Only a short training course is needed to upgrade from the 737NG.
Leonardo DRS’s Bill Lynn on the company’s prospects for trainer success, the U.S. defense budget and persistent questions about the sale of the company.
BAE Systems and Gulfstream design inceptors that ensure each pilot is immediately aware of any flight-control inputs by the other pilot or the autopilot.
Turkey’s new family of missiles, Egypt asks for Archangel border patrol aircraft, Aerojet’s AR1 rocket engine on track to fly in 2019 and CAE to train UAV pilots in the UAE.
Whether it is found in our Solar System or another one, discovery of another life form will mean we are not unique in the universe, and probably not even rare.
The hyper political sensitivity over air safety in China helps to explain the CAAC’s willingness to take the worldwide lead in mandatory HUD installations for airlines.
The Tactical Ship-to-Land Missile will supplement the larger Hyunmu 3 cruise missile already deployed on destroyers. Unlike Hyunmu 3, it will be entirely under the control of the navy.
