The Federal Aviation Administration briefed airline and pilot representatives on 12 April to review the state of the 737 Max grounding a meeting sources say comes amid geopolitically-charged questions about pilot training and aircraft certification. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Projected total costs for 23 new Sikorsky VH-92As, aircraft for the Presidential Helicopter Replacement programme, have declined $230 million from a previous estimate. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

An Airbus flight-test campaign to prove its solar-powered, stratosphere-cruising Zephyr aircraft and payloads it will carry for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) got off to an inauspicious start last month, when a bout of “severe adverse weather” caused the delicate aircraft with a 25m (82ft) wingspan but a mass of less than 75kg (170lb)...Continue Reading

Large unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) have arguably reached their current level of technical sophistication thanks to the development investment and operational experience that has supported and advanced their military uses over the past couple of decades. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

There has been much excitement over promises from retailers and social media companies over recent years to develop unmanned air vehicle (UAV) concepts that could deliver everyday goods. So far, however, these have not amounted to much, although the idea of an unmanned system being used for delivery is still evolving in other ways. Powered...Continue Reading