UMEX and SimTEX Conference will outline futuristic tech innovation and business opportunities in the unmanned systems sector. Under the theme of ‘Soaring to New Heights: Impact of New Technologies in the Evolving Unmanned Systems Era’, the UMEX and SimTEX 2024 conference will take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) on 22 January,Read More

Boeing has delivered the first Orca Extra Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) to the U.S Navy following acceptance testing completion this month. The XLUUV, designated by the Navy as “Orca,” is a new class of autonomous submarine that can perform long duration critical missions to achieve undersea maritime dominance in changing environments and contested waters.Read More

The Spanish Ministry of Defence has ordered 16 Airbus C295 aircraft in Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) configuration and Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) configuration. The contract amounts to €1.695 billion. These new aircraft will enable the Spanish Air and Space Force and the Spanish Navy to strengthen the national anti-submarine warfare capability as well as increaseRead More

Air traffic controller Susie McGough reflects on the challenges, opportunities and joys of working in a regional tower. After spending nearly a decade as an air traffic controller in Melbourne, Susie McGough was ready for her next challenge, leaving the city behind and journeying to the outback. “I was encouraged by a colleague to tryRead More

Chloe Familton was feeling blessed as she ate her lunch on the tarmac while a group of F-35 military jets took off and landed nearby. Ms Familton, 18, was making a pit stop at Katherine airport in the Northern Territory, which is connected to one of the country’s most strategically important Royal Australian Air ForceRead More

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur soared into night skies on its long-awaited first launch in January, carrying a commercial lunar lander. Peregrine is a lunar lander developed by Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic. The Centaur placed Peregrine on a highly elliptical orbit that will take it to the moon, where it will go into orbit in advance ofRead More

The United Arab Emirates has agreed to develop an airlock module for the lunar Gateway, helping complete the design of the lunar space station while enhancing the UAE’s role in the Artemis lunar exploration effort. NASA and the UAE’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced recently that the UAE would contribute the Crew andRead More

Gulf carriers featured high in the rankings for top on-time performers among the world’s airlines in tables published by Cirium recently. In the top 10 listing for ‘Global Airlines’ Qatar Airways finished third with 85.11% . Saudia was 9th with 81.29% of on-time arrivals. Colombia’s Avianca was top with 86.73%. But Oman Air appeared toRead More