2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

David Donald

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

Essential news and analysis on the defense aerospace business. Your trusted source for new and ongoing programs and requirements in military aircraft (manned and unmanned), engines, avionics, weapons and associated systems, including ground-based air defense.

Arguably the most impressive new design on display at Dubai is Adcom Systems’ latest unmanned air vehicle, the United 40.

Adcom Unveils Innovative UAV at Dubai Air Show

Alsalam Aircraft Co. is hoping for a record year and believes there is much business to be had in VIP conversion work and military MRO.

Future Is Bright For Alsalam

Gregory Polek

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Embraer expects to finish discussions with prospective customers about a powerplant choice for a re-engined version of its popular E-Jets in around two mon

Airline Talks Over Embraer’s Re-Engining Plan Near Conclusion  

Russia’s RAC MiG Corp is displaying a new simulator system at the Dubai Air Show this week.

Russians Enhance Fighter Training With 3-D Glasses

Bombardier Aerospace unveiled its new CSeries flightdeck demonstrator Sunday at the Dubai Air Show. 

Bombardier 'Very Happy' with Embraer Decision Not To Launch New Jet

Chad Trautvetter

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Software problems with the Embraer Legacy 500's fly-by-wire system is delaying the aircraft program by some nine months.

Fly-by-wire Software Issue Delays Embraer’s Midsize Jets

Swiss company Unmanned Systems is showing a model of its Orca rotary-wing unmanned air vehicle for the first time at the Dubai Air Show.

Tip-jet UAV Unveiled by Unmanned Systems

Julian Moxon

According to a report by Boeing, the Middle East will need more than 37,000 pilots to fly the aircraft due to be delivered there over the next 20 years.

Training Providers Scramble To Meet Middle East’s Pilot Shortfall

The Dubai Air Show will be the occasion for the first Gulf Aviation Training Event being held tomorrow and on Tuesday.

Dubai Show Rises to the Training Challenge

Training is just getting under way of the first military fixed-wing pilots to be taught to fly in Afghanistan since the early 1990s.

Training Underlines Afghan Air Force Rebirth

Content Archive: November 2011