Wind tunnels were supposed to be put out of work by now.

Market momentum for airfreight is carrying into the summer of 2017 - with rates across 21 major east-west trade lanes up by 1.1 percent, year-over-year, to reach $2.81 per kilogram, according to Drewry's latest East-West Airfreight Price Index.

Global aerospace company Boeing has deployed a radio frequency identification system for internal manufacturing purposes at four facilities since 2016, using recently released RFID labels from Fujitsu.

Aviation group CAE has published its 10-year pilot demand outlook, and the civil aviation, defense and security, and healthcare training company is warning that the airline industry will need to produce 70 new type-rated pilots per day to meet global demand - a rate that many doubt will be possible given the current cost and time barriers to entry.

When 17th century futurists imagined skylines teeming with dirigibles, they might have been onto something.

London's Gatwick Airport has installed 2,000 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons across its two terminals to help passengers navigate their way to flights, as well as receive push notifications. The beacon system, known as the "indoor blue dot," was provided by Pointr Labs.

Boeing Co. is moving some work completing aircraft to China and other overseas markets but doesn't expect this to affect its U.S. manufacturing workforce, said the chief executive of the world's largest aerospace company.