UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency tests unmannned drone for search and rescue operations
Unmanned Hermes 900 drone flew in unsegregated and uncontrolled airspace to show search and rescue capabilities
Features
Autonomous distress tracking for commercial passenger aircraft
Devices and software that provide autonomous distress tracking are to become a requirement for commercial passenger aircraft
Opinion
The 2020s will be a make or break decade for the future of aviation
The industry must do better at backing startups and disruptive technologies, believes James McMicking, chief strategy officer of the UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute
Flight Testing
EASA to flight test Boeing 737 Max
Major milestone for re-certification of 737 Max as international regulators validate FAA design changes
Defense
BAE Systems tests Tempest fighter models in wind tunnel
BAE Systems’ engineers develop ideas and business case for UK’s next generation fighter aircraft
