General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the world’s leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), has been advised that the Australian Government has selected GA-ASI’s MQ-9B SkyGuardian® variant to provide the Armed RPAS for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) under Project Air 7003. This follows the Government’s announcement in November 2018 that GA-ASI would provide Armed RPAS to the ADF. The ADF expects to take first delivery in the early 2020s.

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Qatar Airways will fly thousands of visitors and football fans from across the world to Qatar in December. The multiple award-winning airlines have taken several measures, such as increasing flights capacity, starting new charter flights and introducing special fares, to ensure thousands of football fans will be there to cheer on their teams and enjoy incredible entertainment during their stay in Doha.

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive and Secretary-General"...

Qatar Airways Cargo has carried out major expansion of services in South America. Scheduled services to Campinas (Brazil), Santiago (Chile), Lima (Peru) and Bogota (Colombia) will join the airline’s global freighter network on January 16, 2020 and will be serviced by a Boeing 777 freighter.
The twice-weekly flights to Bogota from Doha will operate via Luxembourg and Miami, while the service from Bogota to Doha will operate via Liege, offering 200 tonnes on each leg.
The twice-weekly flights to Campinas from"...

Innovdays -Thales is unveiling PureFlyt, the Flight Management System (FMS) of the future, specifically designed to efficiently manage aircraft in a connected aerospace ecosystem and in increasingly crowded skies. Indeed, with the global commercial aircraft fleet forecast to double by 2030, and the use of drones set to rapidly grow, we will be entering an era in which millions of aircraft movements are recorded each day.

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(AETOS Wire)-- Leaders from around the globe are dealing with two major roadblocks to be successful in implementing their vision, deliver sustainable growth and deal with the most complex issues of our society. Research shows that only 1 in 10 organizations are able to implement all their strategic initiatives, and more impressive, when it comes to transformation, 70% of the transformation initiatives are failing. Forbes cites a $900 million worth of waste in 2018 alone.

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As part of its commitment to ensuring a high level of preparedness in safety and security matters, Hamad International Airport (HIA) management will be conducting its fourth full-scale emergency exercise on its premises today.
The exercise will involve a public health emergency incident at the airport where the emergency facilities and capabilities at HIA will be tested when dealing with a public health emergency incident of international concern. This exercise will include the involvement of medical facilities throughout"...

Hundreds of Qatar Airways (QA) employees completed a walk of 4.8 km down Hamad International Airport’s (HIA) east runway on Sunday, at an event organised by the airline to promote good mental health among its staff and their families.
QA Group Chief Executive Akbar al Baker attended the walk alongside HIA Chief Operating Officer Eng Badr Mohammed al Meer and QA Group Medical Director Dr John Roberts. They were joined by Susan Clelland, acting executive director, National Mental Health Program at the Ministry of"...

Qatar Airways (QA) will launch its inaugural flight to Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana on December 15, making it the first Middle Eastern airline to fly directly into the country, a QA official announced yesterday.

“The launch of this new route will further strengthen the ties between Qatar and Botswana, building on an already existing and flourishing relationship between our two countries. The new routes will offer seamless connectivity"...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a global leader in Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), announced today that they are working with the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) in Greece to conduct a series of demonstration flights for European countries in December. Flights will base out of the HAF’s site in Larissa and use a GA-ASI MQ-9 Guardian RPA to showcase maritime surveillance capabilities, as well as a GA-ASI-developed Detect and Avoid (DAA) system that enables RPA to fly safely in civil airspace alongside"...

Due to the weather conditions caused by the Cyclon Bulbul that is heading towards the Bay of Bengal, Qatar Qatar Airways has suspended its flights for the day.

In an alert put up by Qatar Airways Support on its twitter account, the message read that 'Flights to and from Kolkata Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU) are currently suspended from 6 pm Saturday 9 November to 6 am Sunday 10 November local time due to severe weather"...