Hybrid-electric aircraft company ZeroAvia reports end of its first flight...
US-UK hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system development company ZeroAvia has reported that it has successfully completed its first flight test programme, using a Dornier Do 228 twin-engined...
View ArticleDenel, global firm advance Rooivalk modernisation plans
State-owned Denel’s Denel Aeronautics division and global defence and advanced electronics company Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi (Aselsan) have strengthened their strategic collaboration by signing a...
View ArticleRolls-Royce’s transformation programme has good start with much better first...
UK-based global major propulsion and power group Rolls-Royce on Thursday reported “significantly improved” results for the first half of this year (1H23), in year-on-year terms. This better performance...
View ArticleEmbraer reports strong growth in civil jet aircraft deliveries during the...
Brazil-based global major aerospace group Embraer has reported on its commercial and executive aircraft deliveries for both the second quarter and first half of this year (2Q23 and 1H23 respectively)....
View ArticleAnalytics company predicts dramatic growth in global defence AI market
International data and analytics company GlobalData has forecast that the global defence artificial intelligence (AI) market will expand dramatically by the end of this decade. And that a key part of...
View ArticleZero carbon emissions aviation company announces compressor breakthrough
US-UK zero-greenhouse gas emission aviation company ZeroAvia announced on Friday that it had developed a high-performance compressor for hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion systems (that is, systems...
View ArticleUS company contracted to build first full-scale modern blended wing-body...
US sustainable aviation startup company JetZero, founded in 2021, has been awarded a $235-million, four-year, contract by the US Air Force (USAF) to design and build a full-scale blended wing-body...
View ArticleParts for Boeing airliners to be manufactured in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Airlines Group has signed an agreement with major US aerospace group Boeing under which the former will manufacture aircraft parts for the latter. This was announced by the Ethiopian...
View ArticleNasa initiates study into airliners capable of flying at four times the speed...
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has announced that it is now initiating the next phase of its Advanced Air Vehicles Programme (AAVP). This is focused on developing concepts...
View ArticleLatest Dassault business jet has been certified in Europe and the US
Renowned French aviation company Dassault Aviation’s latest business jet, the Falcon 6X, received its type certification from both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US Federal Aviation...
View ArticleZero emissions aviation company and energy group enter hydrogen supply...
US-UK zero carbon emissions aviation company ZeroAvia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) clean energy group Masdar have entered a partnership to examine the production and supply of hydrogen at key...
View ArticleAirbus launches new, latest technology, airliner fuselage plant
Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has formally inaugurated its latest production plant – an automated facility for the outfitting of fuselage sections for the latest variant of the...
View ArticleNew industry alliance to push hydrogen as an aviation fuel launched in UK by...
A group of leading UK and Europe-based aerospace, aviation, and renewable energy sector companies on Tuesday announced that they had formed a UK-based alliance to promote the use of hydrogen in...
View ArticleKenya Airways unit pushing use of drones and other emerging aviation...
With new technologies promising to transform commercial aviation, Kenyan national flag carrier Kenya Airways is determined to be an active participant in this revolution and so make the East African...
View ArticleDenel reports its T5-52 mobile artillery piece achieved ranges above 60 km in...
State-owned defence industrial group Denel has reported that it has successfully demonstrated the long-range capabilities of its T5-52 truck-mounted gun/howitzer to eight international delegations (ten...
View ArticleDenel seeking to rebuild itself after severe collapse
A briefing to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises by the top management of Denel on Wednesday brought home the scale of the collapse at the State-owned defence industrial group over...
View ArticleDenel briefs Parliament Public Enterprises Portfolio Committee on its...
The senior management of State-owned defence industrial group Denel presented, on Wednesday, to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises, an update on the restructuring plan for the...
View ArticleParamount announces integration of weapon management systems, more deliveries...
Paramount Aerospace Industries has announced that it has made additional customer deliveries of its Mwari advanced reconnaissance, surveillance and precision strike aircraft, and that it had integrated...
View ArticleTwo aerospace research projects under spotlight
Aerospace Industry Support Initiative (AISI), an initiative of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in conjunction with prominent aerospace design company Ontrack Technologies,...
View ArticleEvent continues to impress
Southern Africa's premier event for the general aviation industry, AERO South Africa took place this year at the Wonderboom National Airport in Tshwane, Gauteng, from July 6 to 9. The event was...
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