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Drone Aviation Corp. said a Department of Defense customer has ordered its WATT multi-rotor tethered drone.

Trimble is divesting its Gatewing engineering and manufacturing business in Belgium to focus on aerial data collection software over platforms.

The Marlin MK2 autonomous underwater vehicle launced the collapsible fixed-wing Vector Hawk during a U.S. Navy technology exercise.

The Gulf carrier signed a letter of intent for 60 Boeing 737 Max 8s, but says it remains committed to buying Airbus A320neos.

In an 'historic and momentous' action, the ICAO Assembly meeting in Montreal adopted a global market-based measures scheme to reduce emissions.

Major drone producers Israel, Russia, China and India are not among 45 signatories to the joint declaration on the export of weaponized UAVs.

Advanced Turbine Engine Company and GE Aviation reported developments in separate U.S. Army engine development efforts.

The Aerosonde HQ adds four rotors to what is an otherwise catapult-launched small unmanned aircraft system.

The service plans to deploy the RQ-4B Global Hawk maritime derivative unmanned aircraft system in late 2017.

The FAA says its Data Comm program to implement text messaging between pilots and controllers is two years ahead of schedule.

The plan provides a 'strategic framework' with priorities for improving aviation security, according to the United Nations aviation agency.

The delivery giant and CyPhy Works flew an asthma inhaler from Beverly, Mass., to a children's camp on an island using a hexacopter.

The new drone design leverages work Bell has done on the V-280 tiltrotor it is developing for the U.S. Army's joint multi-role demonstration.

The service plans to repair 15 grounded F-35As by December; it will then implement the fix on 42 jets on Lockheed Martin's assembly line.

The capability to operate in contested environments, autonomy and networking will be key future capabilities, experts say.

The service announced the name of the new long-range strike bomber after a suspenseful build-up at the annual Air Force Association conference.

Insulating material around an avionics cooling line in a fuel tank was found to be shedding, the F-35 Joint Program Office said.

The committee of senior-level executives that will advise the FAA in further introducing drones held its inaugural meeting in Washington, D.C.

The International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation calls for revisions to global market-based measure scheme ICAO's assembly will consider.

The research and development organization invited companies to demonstrate systems that detect and stop small drones weight under five pounds.

The manufacturer and partner Saab of Sweden rolled out the new jet during a rousing ceremony in St. Louis.

The manufacturer plans to produce 150 JDAM tail kits each day from its St. Charles, Mo., facility, and more if necessary.

Chaired by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, the advisory panel includes senior business, association, academic and municipal leaders.

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command plans to deliver one RQ-21A Blackjack system consisting of five aircraft to the Canadian Army next year.

Sand is the last of three unprepared types of surfaces for which the four-engine turboprop will be certified, Airbus Defence said.

The service has flown the small multi-rotor drone during training exercises at the National Training Center at For Irwin, Calif.

MD Helicopters over the last two years has produced 24 armed MD 530F helicopters for the Afghan Air Force, in addition to earlier trainers.

Most of the waivers granted to the Part 107 operating conditions involve night-time flights, said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta.

The Transportation Security Administration has plugged staffing gaps that caused long lines at airport security checkpoints this summer.

The carrier cancelled several domestic flights, reportedly due to concern over turbine blade corrosion of the 787's Rolls-Royce engines.