The eight Dassault Alpha Jet Es of the world-renowned Patrouille Acrobatique de France are, perhaps surprisingly, the only French military aircraft on show at Dubai.
Surprisingly, because Dassault’s Rafale fighter-bomber remains a key player in a number of ongoing fighter competitions, being rated by many as being a front-runner to meet the Indian Air Force’s medium […]

Speed is certainly something the Action Aviation SJ30 light jet possesses as it made a record-breaking 7,810nm trip to the Dubai Air Show in a flight time of 16hr 24min.
The journey from San Antonio, Texas was carried out at an average speed of 476kt. The flight marked a record distance for any aircraft under 20,000lb […]

The Spanish Air Force aerobatic display team, Patrulla Águila, is making its Dubai debut this year.
Though the Spanish air force has had a number of aerobatic teams over the years, the Patrulla Águila (also known as Team Aguila) is the first national team. Manned by instructor pilots from the Academia General del Aire […]

Mubadala Development Company’s new top-tier maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business is making its public debut here at Dubai air show.
The new company is Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT), formerly Gulf Aircraft Maintenance Company (GAMCO). It is being transformed by Mubadala, the strategic investment and development company established and wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi […]

Companies from Belarus to the United Kingdom gathered at the Sheraton Dubai Creek yesterday (Saturday 10 November) to discuss latest developments in the regional unmanned aircraft vehicle systems market.
Organised by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), the one-day Unmanned Systems Middle East 2007 conference looked both at the systems available for, and being […]