The US Army’s Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE) programme, an effort to come up with engine performance enhancing technologies, is nearing completion and should be wrapped up by the end of 2020. The US Army’s Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE)...
Up against increasingly sophisticated electronic warfare threats from countries such as Russia and China, drone maker Aerovironment and satellite communications company Viasat are partnering to develop better encrypted radio communications for the Puma AE reconnaissance unmanned air vehicle. Up against...
EmbraerX, the Brazilian airframer’s innovation subsidiary, has spun off its first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) project, called Eve. EmbraerX, the Brazilian airframer’s innovation subsidiary, has spun off its first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) project, called Eve....
Alessandro Profumo, the chief executive of Italian aerospace giant Leonardo, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment after being found guilty of false accounting and market manipulation offences during his time as president of bank MPS. In addition, Profumo –...
Wet-lease and charter specialist SmartLynx’s Maltese division is to lease a pair of Airbus A321s which have been converted to freighters. SmartLynx Malta says it will lease the twinjets – MSN891 and MSN1017 – from Vallair in order to enter...
Embraer expects regional airports and smaller passenger aircraft will emerge on top from the coronavirus pandemic due to population shifts away from big cities. Embraer expects regional airports and smaller passenger aircraft will emerge on top from the coronavirus pandemic...
NH Industries (NHI), the three-way joint venture which manufactures the NH90 military helicopter, is working on future upgrades for the type, even as it signs a deal with France for a new special forces variant. NH Industries (NHI), the three-way...
The recovery of international air connectivity will favour KLM’s hub operations above point-to-point services, according to the Dutch flag carrier’s chief executive Pieter Elbers. The recovery of international air connectivity will favour KLM’s hub operations above point-to-point services, according to the Dutch...
Malaysian regional carrier Firefly – most recently the subject of speculation that it might become the country’s flag carrier – will commence jet operations from next year, reverting to an earlier plan which was eventually shelved. Announcing the move, parent...
“This course coalesces test and space expertise from Test Pilot School, the Space Force, NASA, the Air Force Academy and others. It is just the first step in training the cadre of space test professionals we need – space operators,...