Aerospace

Reusability is the focus for SpaceX, ULA, Airbus and others to make space transport more affordable, but they all take different approaches to reach the same goal

Nontraditional suppliers and technologies help missile-manufacturer Raytheon trim cost of MALD-J air-launched decoy jammer.

As interest in The African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) Annual Symposium, to be held at the Sheraton Addis Hotel, 24 and 25 September, continues to grow, the organisers have announced an impressive line up of dignitaries and speakers attending.

Sikorsky's technology work could add to Lockheed Martin’s portfolio but also could overlap, forcing internal decisions on which of various competing approaches to pursue.

Flyback boosters and a reusable, scramjet-powered second stage to feature in Australian subscale launch demonstration

Boeing has not won a single international KC-46 order thus far; the Airbus KC-30 now has 48 orders.

AviAssist Foundation has released its programme for the fourth Safety in African Aviation Conference.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has appointed Georges Biwer as vice president, EMEA.

United Technologies has announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its Sikorsky Aircraft business to Lockheed Martin for $9 billion in cash.

Russia’s supersonic ambitions; Swiss test UAV deliveries; fuel cell keeps multirotor aloft; ATR “green regional” demo flies; 3-D-printed missile incoming.

New technologies for an advanced turboprop are under review by Turbomeca in readiness for start of the next Clean Sky demonstrator program.

The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft has its origins in tuna-spotting from boats. Now its designers return to the same unmet market with a different, more flexible design.

South African Airways (SAA) continues to drive implementation of its Long-Term Turnaround Strategy (LTTS) across the business.

Solar Impulse crosses the Pacific and suffers some damage; Airbus E-Fan crosses the Channel and takes some heat.

With a cross-channel flight under its belt, Airbus begins to tackle serializing electric light aircraft.

Hikari, a European-Japanese consortium, says hypersonic travel can be a reality, with stepwise work through all the development issues.

Turnaround times, environmental impact and passenger comfort are among the key issues facing hypersonic travel planners.

EAN, the Lagos-based fully integrated business aviation company confirmed today that the third Nigerian Business Aviation Conference, NBAC 2016 will take place on 24-25th March 2016 in Lagos, Nigeria.

With the U.S. Congress refusal to prolong the authorisation of the Export-Import Bank which has expired on 30th June, the U.S. aerospace giants and their foreign clients have lost major support in financing new deliveries.

With the rapid growth of commercial aviation, the label “aerospace and defense” has become largely irrelevant, if not entirely misleading.

Ethiopian Airlines is to support the third international conference on Financing for Development (EFD) that will be take place in Addis Ababa, from July 13-16 2015.

Following the record breaking oceanic flight of 5 days and 5 nights (117 hours and 52 minutes) in a solar powered airplane, Solar Impulse will undergo maintenance repairs on the batteries due to damages brought about by over heating.

Momentum for Reaction Engines’ Sabre hybrid propulsion concept builds as first details of the frost control technology at the heart of the system are disclosed.

Joby’s Lotus VTOL unmanned aircraft has rotors that fold to become wingtip extensions to extend endurance in forward flight.

NASA funds new projects for a turbo-electric propulsion testbed; fuel-saving formation flight; deicing for smaller rotors; nanotube-reinforced composites; and plasma-enhanced combustion.