Aerospace

Qatar Airways, global main partner of FC Barcelona, promoted the launch of the football organisation's first official supporters club in Kenya – Penya Barcelonista Mashariki (PBM) this week.
Aerospace

The rebranding of Eurocopter as Airbus Helicopters, effective January 8, marks a new era in the history of the company, which joins Airbus and Airbus Defense and Space within the new Airbus Group.
Aerospace

The Royal Air Force Typhoon Display Team will display daily at the show, with Flight Lieutenant Jamie Norris taking Eurofighter Typhoon to the skies once again following a fun-packed season showcasing its performance throughout 2013, with the most recent at the Al Ain Aerobatic Show.
Aerospace

By Antoine Gelain
Has the A&D industry’s conservatism become a liability?
Defense

Despite a challenging global economic environment, import and export trade volumes for DHL Express Sub Saharan Africa remain strong and are forecast to grow.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Can an unproven market bring success to unproven aviation concepts?
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce’s future turbofan strategy will leverage European, national and company research
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Tests to unravel final hidden hypersonic phenomena will unlock full scramjet potential
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
An innovative engine cycle conceived for a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) launch concept is attracting interest for possible wider application in several air-breathing hypersonic roles.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Radical new future propeller concepts emerge from integrated concept design studies
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Dowty is engaged in an advanced composite design and manufacturing research effort to prepare for a coming wave of new-generation blades, whether they are longer, thinner propellers or large-scale, wide-chord blades for an open rotor.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Turbine-electric propulsion shows promise for keeping aviation’s efficiency improvements going beyond 2030
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
NASA Langley Research Center has begun tethered tests of the GL-10 Greased Lighting, a 10-ft. wingspan prototype of a hybrid-electric distributed propulsion vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
A new approach to supercomputing could be required to tackle aerospace’s hard problems
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Improving human-machine interaction crucial as systems become more complex and automated
Air Transport

The President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama who is also Patron of the African Air Expo has announced that all events taking place in Ghana over the next three months will have to be postponed until West African countries have safely contained the Ebola Virus.
Aerospace

Africa Aerospace & Defence (AAD) continues to engage with South Africa's learners through the Africa Aerospace & Defence Youth Development Programme (AAD YDP) Introduced in 2002.
Aerospace

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) African Aviation Day being held today and tomorrow (18-19 August) at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, has emphasised the need for intra-African air connectivity to spread economic and social prosperity across the continent.
Aerospace

Sikorsky Aircraft and Boeing have been selected to build a helicopter for the U.S. Army's Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator Phase 1 program (JMR TD), paving the way for the next generation of vertical lift aircraft.
Aerospace

The trade relationship between the United States and Africa, as well as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) - which provides exporters duty-free access to the lucrative US market, was recently put under the microscope at the 2014 US – Sub Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (known as the AGOA Forum), which coincided with President Barack Obama's US-Africa Leaders Summit, both held in Washington last week.
Aerospace

There is no autopilot for sustaining the industry’s culture of innovation
Defense

Today Paramount Group's Advanced High-Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft (AHRLAC), took to the skies at Wonderboom airport, Pretoria, to make its public debut.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways has successfully defended its title as the World's Leading Airline at the World Travel Awards Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2014 in Anguilla.
Aerospace

In the presence of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Mubadala subsidiary, Piaggio Aerospace, officially opened its new manufacturing plant for unmanned aircraft systems, aircraft and aero engines
Aerospace

The third edition of the two-day Global Airport Leaders Forum (GALF-2015) will be held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC) from May 11 and 12 as a co-located event of the 15th edition of Airport Show.
Aerospace