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By Angus Batey
With little flying, preparations for return-to-service may replace previously scheduled maintenance.
European Business Aviation Special Report

By Chen Chuanren
Bangladesh’s US-Bangla Airlines has leased two ATR 72-600s from Singapore-based lessor Avation PLC.
Singapore Airshow

By Angus Batey
These are interesting times to be a manufacturer of high-end surveillance systems.
Singapore Airshow

By Paul Jackson
Its flying days at an end, the no-longer-grim General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, serial number 00-003, has been retired to act as a static exhibit for 432nd Wing of the U.S. Air Force at Creech AFB, Nevada – and it is performing that very role this week in the Changi aircraft park, carrying the badges of the 17th, 18th, 20th and 22nd Attack Squadrons.
Singapore Airshow

By Steve Trimble
AeroVironment’s UAS lineup includes the new Puma LE and the recently acquired all-electric Vapor helicopter. But the company’s internal focus is expanding as the market shifts.
Singapore Airshow

By Bradley Perrett, Guy Norris
An official photograph of the first major assembly for the Boeing Airpower Teaming System (ATS) drone indicates adaptable payload spaces in an airframe of composite skin over metal substructure.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
The prospects of urban air mobility flights in Singapore took a key step forward with the signing of an agreement between Airbus and the island state’s Civil Aviation Authority to improve regional connectivity.
Singapore Airshow

By Steve Trimble
As the U.S. Defense Department accelerates hypersonic weapons fielding, the air force’s top commander in the Pacific region emphasizes that the missile isn’t the only technology required to realize an operational capability to strike targets at speeds faster than Mach 5.
Singapore Airshow

By Jens Flottau
SINGAPORE - Boeing is hopeful to get back into business with Chinese airlines as soon as the trade tension has abated. Also, the impact of the Corvid

By Angus Batey
Aviation is an activity in which the tiniest error can produce deadly consequences. As fastidious as pilots and ground crew may be, mistakes do
Singapore Airshow

By Ben Goldstein
FAA administrator Steve Dickson sounded a positive note on the Boeing 737 MAX recertification process, telling reporters at Singapore Airshow that the agency is “narrowing the issues.”
Singapore Airshow

By Angus Batey
As with all aspects of Singapore Airshow 2020, the USA Partnership Pavilion has been affected by concerns over the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
Production of the composite blade set for Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan future large civil engine family demonstrator is getting underway at the company’s Bristol facility, representing the official start of parts manufacturing for the first test engine.
Singapore Airshow

By Chen Chuanren
With the first Boeing 787-8 expected to return from lease soon, Boeing is forecasting an influx of refurbishment orders as the aircraft enters its second life.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
As it becomes clearer that disruptive new airliner configurations will be one of the few ways of meeting the reduced emissions targets of the future, Airbus has revealed it is flight-testing a scaled blended wing body (BWB) technology demonstrator.
Air Transport

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
An Australian team led by Boeing has completed the first major assembly for the Airpower Teaming System (ATS) drone the company is developing with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
Singapore Airshow

By Angus Batey
For small companies at big shows, the investment in time, money and resources only makes sense if it helps generate new business.
Singapore Airshow

By Paul Jackson
It was a lackluster 2019 for Dassault Aviation’s civil business, but military orders helped balance the books.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
Asia-Pacific operators have a growing appetite for customized flight deck retrofits for fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft says Astronautics Corporation of America, which announced follow-on cockpit modernizations for Lockheed Martin P-3 and L-100/C-130s at the Singapore Airshow.
Singapore Airshow

By Paul Jackson
In various ways, circumstances conspire to decimate the Singapore Airshow’s business aircraft presence.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
Details of the U.S. Navy’s new generation, electrically powered aircraft launch and recovery system, currently under test for the first time on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) carrier, are visible in a large-scale model at the General Atomics booth at Singapore Airshow.
Defense

By Angus Batey
It is tempting sometimes to view the expansion of a range of products as somehow inevitable. If one system or capability works well and proves popular with customers, it often appears to naturally follow that a bigger and better version will be coming off the production line in short order. But innovation does not occur in a vacuum.
Singapore Airshow

By Angus Batey
Interest in the system is growing around the world. BriteCloud allows pilots to eject a round from their standard chaff or flare dispensers that will emit a signal similar to, and stronger than, the radar return of the platform, causing inbound missiles to divert away from the aircraft and toward the decoy.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
Production of the composite blade set for Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan future large civil engine family demonstrator is getting underway.
Singapore Airshow

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The hub will leverage technologies such as robotics and machine learning to address customer pain points, including inventory management and parts availability.
Singapore Airshow