2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Bill Carey

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Stricter ICAO Rules Take Effect for Transporting Lithium Batteries

Gregory Polek

Investigators Dispatched to Scene of Latest Boeing 787 Incident

Brian Hsu

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.

China Confirms Y-20 Heavy Airlifter Program

Chris Pocock

Oman Buys Typhoons and Hawks in $3.75 Billion Deal

News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.

Unmanned X-47B Completes First Carrier Deck Tests

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

Pentagon Wins Two-Month ‘Sequestration’ Reprieve

China To Acquire Tu-22 Supersonic Bombers?

John Sheridan

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

Russian Mandate Raises Concerns about GNSS Charges

Pinnacle Identifies Path Out of Chapter 11

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News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Hawker Beechcraft Looks To Shed Non-Union Pensions

Curt Epstein

Kilfrost Bets on Demand Surge

Ian Goold

Critical period emerging for new turboprop developments

Russia Sticks With Glonass Mandate

Emirates Conducts First Flight from Dubai’s Concourse A

New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

London Airport Gets New ATC Communication System

Recommendations made at ICAO’s Twelfth Air Navigation Conference regarding human involvement in an automated environment.

Man vs. Machine: Who’s Boss?

Embraer Boosts Outlook for China

Vladimir Karnozov

China’s Comac has shown considerable persistence in its pursuit of certification for the ARJ21-700 regional jet

Comac Keeps Faith in ARJ21 Despite Slow Progress

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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