Aerospace

ExecuJet has won the 'Best Private Aviation Operator' category at the annual Business Traveller Africa Awards in Johannesburg, South Africa.

DHL Express has grown its retail footprint in sub-Saharan Africa by 1,000% in less than three years.

The Gulf Aviation Safety Council (GFSC) has called for greater cooperation and exchange of information by all aviation stakeholders both regionally and internationally and also lodged support for IATA's criticism of websites that create a ranking of air carriers on safety records.

Airbus Group, Eurocopter Southern Africa has adopted a new name and brand as Airbus Helicopters Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd (AHZA).

Thermoplastics could finally find more applications in aerospace

Spring and summer setbacks leave many open questions about the airframer’s direction

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.

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.

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.

Has the A&D industry’s conservatism become a liability?

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

Can an unproven market bring success to unproven aviation concepts?

Rolls-Royce’s future turbofan strategy will leverage European, national and company research

Tests to unravel final hidden hypersonic phenomena will unlock full scramjet potential

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.

Radical new future propeller concepts emerge from integrated concept design studies

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.

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

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.

A new approach to supercomputing could be required to tackle aerospace’s hard problems

Improving human-machine interaction crucial as systems become more complex and automated

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.

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.

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.

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.