All the headlines from our Aerospace Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 22 2015 // Owners of all but the smallest toy drones will have to register them with the U.S. government before the end of the year if the Obama administration adopts proposals issued by a task force it appointed.Registration —...
Oct 7 2015 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is proposing the largest fine to date against a drone operator as the agency cracks down on the booming use of unmanned aircraft in congested skies over populated areas.The agency...
Sep 29 2015 // Airbus Group SE’s Defence and Space will team with digital services provider Atos SE to develop products designed to counteract cyber attacks on companies and their supply chains.The partnership will address...
Aug 21 2015 // Rightscorp Inc., the company that identifies infringers to copyright holders, said in a company filing that it now has contracts covering about 208,000 copyrights.That’s more than twice the 100,000 copyrights the...
Aug 13 2015 // Pilot encounters with drones are on pace to at least quadruple to more than 1,000 this year, highlighting a growing threat to U.S. aviation by unmanned aircraft.There were 650 cases reported to the Federal Aviation...
Aug 10 2015 // The U.S. Climate Prediction Center’s updated 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook calls for a 90 percent chance of a below-normal hurricane season. A below-normal season is now even more likely than predicted in...
Jul 31 2015 // Willis Group Holdings announced the appointment of Thomas Messer as Regional Leader of aviation in Latin America with immediate effect.Messer joined Willis in 2002 and has served in a variety of roles within the aerospace...
Jul 31 2015 // A lack of guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration and improper training were significant factors in the midair collision of two skydiving planes over northwestern Wisconsin about two years ago, according to...
Jul 20 2015 // The family of a Washington man who was fatally injured while he was working on a seat belt air bag replacement that inflated explosively is suing Boeing Co. and a supplier.The lawsuit filed in July in King County Superior...
Jul 16 2015 // The International Union of Aerospace Insurers (IUAI) held its annual general meeting (AGM) in Bengaluru, India, which included a session on the potential impact of 3-D printing in aerospace manufacturing in the future.A...
Jul 15 2015 // U.S. aviation regulators imposed unusual speed and altitude restrictions on St. George, Utah-based SkyWest Inc., a regional airline flying for several mainline carriers, after one of its planes temporarily plummeted out of...
Jul 10 2015 // JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (JLT Specialty USA), a U.S. subsidiary of London-based Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc., hired Joe Taccetta as executive vice president.Taccetta will be based in New York where he...
Jul 9 2015 // The Federal Aviation Administration is issuing permits for the commercial use of drones at a rate of about 250 a month as it tries to meet the growing demand for unmanned aircraft while it develops rules for their...
Jul 7 2015 // SpaceX is still homing in on why its Falcon 9 rocket exploded after liftoff last week, unable to resolve conflicting data radioed back to the ground before the explosion, CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday.“It’s a...
Jul 6 2015 // The family of a Washington man who was fatally injured while he was working on a seat belt air bag replacement that inflated explosively is suing Boeing Co. and a supplier.The lawsuit filed last week in King County...
Jun 29 2015 // SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket en route to the International Space Station erupted in flames on Sunday moments after its launch, delivering a potential business interruption blow to the so-far highly successful private...
Jun 5 2015 // The pace of global warming hasn’t slowed since 1998, a finding that contradicts a major United Nations study and challenges a key argument of skeptics of manmade climate change.Temperatures since 2000 have risen at a...
Jun 2 2015 // The hurricane planes known affectionately as “Miss Piggy” and “Kermit” are getting new Rolls-Royce engines, new wings and better radar.Every hurricane season for nearly four decades, the two...
May 27 2015 // The U.S. Climate Prediction Center says the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season will likely be below-normal.But that’s no reason to believe coastal areas will have it easy, say the weather experts at the center, which is...
May 6 2015 // Scientists are planning to send more drones flying into hurricanes that develop during the upcoming Atlantic storm season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration first launched the 13-pound winged drones into...