Aerospace Emerging Technologies
Jan 07, 2021
Landmark flight on one of Air Force’s oldest designs paves way for use of artificial intelligence in military aircraft and spacecraft.
Jan 07, 2021
From flight trainers to regional miniliners, European light aircraft manufacturers are moving to exploit propulsion electrification.
Jan 07, 2021
Germany joins race for European vertical smallsat launch competing with Norway, Sweden, Portugal and the UK.
Jan 07, 2021
A half-dozen startups are making the pace in the race to unlock UAM, with at least as many close behind. Who will be the winners?
Jan 05, 2021
The Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) is an air traffic control organisation based in Dakar, Senegal. It came into being more than 60 years ago and manages 16.1 million square kilometres of airspace. Vincent Chappard met the organisation’s director general, Mohamed Moussa.
May 06, 2020
Ethiopian Airlines has introduced a mobile app and chatbot-assisted shipment tracking service to elevate cargo customers’ experience.
May 03, 2020
Etihad Airways has announced a 32% improvement in core operating performance for 2019, on revenues of US$ 5.6 billion (2018: US$ 5.9 billion).
May 02, 2020
The first day of the CAPA Qatar Aviation, Aeropolitical and Regulatory Summit has kicked off on Wednesday 5 February at the Sheraton Hotel in Doha, Qatar.
Apr 30, 2020
Cornwell Muleya is no stranger to African aviation, after gaining senior leadership experience at Air Botswana, Air Tanzania, Air Mauritius and Zambezi Airlines. As Victoria Moores reports, his latest challenge has been setting up Uganda Airlines, an ambitious new national carrier, which launched operations in 2019 and plans to go long-haul in 2021.
Apr 29, 2020
Fielding a technology that can expand the use of additive manufacturing in parts production, startup Velo3D has secured $28 million in Series D funding, taking total financing raised so far to $138 million.
Apr 28, 2020
Startup Skyryse is flight testing the software for the first application of its FlightOS automation system as it progresses toward certification of the aircraft-agnostic fly-by-wire (FBW) architecture on its first platform.
Apr 23, 2020
Airbus has announced a new aircraft hand-over and “e-Delivery” virtual process has recently commenced operation, guaranteeing continuation of Airbus’ delivery stream, while integrating the required health & safety requirements during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 21, 2020
How the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry will fare in the aftermath of the COVID-19 impact on commercial aviation is far from clear. But most…