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CAAs close to formulating UAV rules

To many, the notion that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will one day fly alongside passenger airliners and other aircraft, in fair weather and foul, still

Galileo adapting Mirach for reconnaissance roles

If anyone can make UAVs sexy, it must be the Italians.
Aircraft

Airbus nearing fuel glitch fix for A340-500/600

Airbus believes it is close to correcting a fuel management software glitch that contributed to a Virgin Atlantic Airways A340-600 diversion earlier this y

NASA saving its pennies for

NASA once sprinkled its research monies throughout “a field of 1,000 flowers,” some of which would blossom.

Researchers in search of a truly silent aircraft

You couldn’t be in a better place than Le Bourget during airshow week to appreciate–if that’s the right word–aircraft noise.
Engines

Engine builders take ‘Vital’ step on environment

European engine manufacturers are joining forces on Vital, a research program co-funded by the European Commission that aims to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2)
Aircraft

Western 100-seaters meet their match

Airlines around the world in the market for equipment to serve the emerging 100-seat sector have no fewer than five choices to evaluate here at the Paris A

Sky’s the limit for plastic maker’s aerospace line

Plastic thermoforming specialist Dedienne Plasturgie, a sibling of Dedienne Aerospace, manufacturer of aircraft maintenance, tooling and ground support equ

Sagging 50-seat jet market sends Gamesa into tailspin

Gamesa, the Spanish aerospace equipment manufacturer, has begun a drastic cost-reduction plan for the current financial year following a two-thirds plunge
Aircraft

Hi-tech seats help A380 fly lighter

Aircraft cushion specialist Celso says interest is rising for its Soly’t lightened cushion.
Airports

Teterboro Pilots Not Having a Merry EMAS

The EMAS arrestor bed at the end of Teterboro (New Jersey) Airport’s Runway 6 is difficult to see at night, and two jets have taxied into the bed, made of
Accidents

Learjet Lands Safely after Losing Right Elevator

On December 1 Learjet 36 N26FN with two pilots and one passenger aboard lost its right elevator while maneuvering off the coast of San Diego.
Regulations and Government

Crash Report Clarifies Canada Caravan Ops

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) released the final report on the fatal icing-related crash of a Cessna 208 Caravan on Oct.

Midair Photos Shot Down as a Hoax

Blurry photos supposedly taken from the inside of the Gol Airlines 737 after it collided with an Embraer Legacy 600 on September 29 over the Amazon jungle
Security

U.S. Pilots Home but Charged by Brazilian Police

Less than one day after a joint letter from the NBAA and several other associations was sent to Brazilian prosecutors thanking them for their part in getti
ATC

GBAS not dead, despite FAA reversal

Boeing’s delivery in May of a 737-800 airliner certified for the global navigation satellite landing system (GLS) marked the culmination of a 10-year devel

Jammers help keepRussian fighters alive

“Stealth does not make you invisible,” said the Russian designer sitting across the table at an out-of-the way institute in Moscow.  “It makes an airc

Mountain of expertise in France’s Aerospace Valley

French regions Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrénées have formed an organization called the “Aerospace Valley” to bid for government-endorsed “competitiveness area”

GA-ASI trolling for export business

“We’re getting bigger–but we’re still manageable,” said Tom Cassidy of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI).
Aircraft

UCAV Program Review

Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS): As well as its “black world” programs such as the Lockheed Martin “son of DarkStar” that was reportedly u
Aircraft

Conflicted priorities cloud UCAV picture

Companies in both the U.S.
ATC

Air traffic school provides a room with a view

Air traffic control students have had access to a broad range of simulators at the French national civil aviation school Enac for a year now.

Aerospace set to reap fruits of Orange Revolution

The dramatic victory of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his self-styled Orange Revolution in December last year has brought numerous changes to t

OEMs taking different routes to standard satcom for airliners

The three new communications media that have become indispensable in recent years– cellular telephony, electronic mail and the worldwide Web–are now becomi

CAE makeover has touched up all areas

Like a country doctor on a series of house calls, CAE president and CEO Bob Brown has seen his share of ill health in the Canadian aerospace industry over
Engines

Honeywell moves to electronic systems

In an effort to save weight and improve reliability, Honeywell has asked its engineers to develop systems that will replace traditional aircraft hydraulic

New Bell presages MAPL technologies


Bell’s 429 IFR light twin caused quite a stir at its February 2005 launch during the Helicopter Association International show in Anaheim, Californ

Dark days for French genav

For several years large dark clouds have swept across the skies of light aviation in France.

Russian JSC aims to get new missiles airborne

International air show regulars have become accustomed to seeing Russian arms house Vympel’s line of air-to-air missiles (AAM) alongside Sukhoi’s fighter a