Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
Arrow-3’s Alaska Flight Delay, a new container for BrahMos missiles, Indonesia receives Grob trainers, and Rand sizes the risks of additive manufacturing.
Defense

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
Ride-hailing giant Uber widens the network of partners it is working with to develop a complete ecosystem for urban air transportation.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Uber is releasing common reference models for electric VTOL configurations in an effort to encourage industry collaboration on tackling technical challenges.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Passive optical seeker is set to upgrade three existing weapons with GPS-denied navigation and automatic target recognition.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
SureFly eVTOL flies; BAE backs solar HALE; Vahana back in flight; Airbus drone inspects runways; Intel beefs up drone; Insitu launches ScanEagle3; Textron unveils UAS testbed.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
While still brash and aggressive, the commercial drone industry is evolving to meet the needs of large corporate customers.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Navy project seeks to extend the reach of explosive ordnance disposal robots by teaming them with unmanned helicopters, enabling airlift and remote operation up to 50 mi.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
DLR’s converted autogyro, nicknamed Air Dolly, will prove cargo concept.
Aerospace

By Richard Aboulafia
China’s mandatory technology-transfer policy is having a deleterious effect on its aerospace development strategy.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
The EuroMALE unmanned air system is a testbed for multinational cooperation on a fighter jet.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Lange Aviation develops a unique fuel-cell-powered surveillance aircraft with long endurance, high redundancy and reliability and low operating costs and emissions.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Dubai-based Jetex Flight Support commits to installing a charging network to support private flights using Wright Electric’s planned nine-seat electric aircraft.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
Research and development efforts envision highly integrated, easier to use flight controls.
Connected Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Russia’s unmanned helicopter, Fly Airbus, drive Audi; Aeryon’s defense drone, DLR’s new flying testbed, and insurer backs safer drones.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Dynetics to demonstrate the airborne launch and recovery of volleys of low-cost UAS under a DARPA program to expand the potential uses of unmanned aircraft.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
DARPA cancellation of an ambitious VTOL X-plane program underlines the challenges facing industry in developing hybrid-electric and distributed-electric propulsion systems
Program Management

By Graham Warwick
The agency cites growing commercial interest and the lack of a service partner with which to transition the technology to a program.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Powering unmanned aircraft via laser beam could increase endurance and allow larger payloads, with high-bandwidth data sent back over the same beam.
Connected Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Canada backs Bell air taxi; DARPA wants fast launches; Safran invests in microturbines; Volocopter’s urban mobility vision; SkyNRG tests new biofuel
Aerospace

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Aerospace

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
Operators are seeking greater efficiency, with prognostics beginning to emerge as a factor.
Air Transport

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick
“We’re going to see small and medium-sized companies here in Montreal get the opportunity to deal with Airbus as suppliers,” said Dominque Anglade.
Air Transport

By Byron Callan
How contractors and the Pentagon could balance requirements and budgets in the coming years.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Air Force looks to detect orbital threats, Airbus launches inspection drone, Bye flies electric light aircraft, and kite-like drone wins accelerator prize.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
The world’s leading Advanced Photon Source is poised to help U.S. recovery efforts in race for hypersonic dominance.
Aviation Week & Space Technology