Aerospace

The 55th African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Annual General Assembly (AGA) and is to be held from 19-21 November 2023 at the Speke Resort in Entebbe, Uganda – The Pearl of Africa.

Africa’s immense potential to become a global powerhouse is undeniable. It has all of the ingredients including a market of 1.2 billion consumers (rising to 1.7bn by 2030) and a combined GDP worth US$2.5 trillion. So what is holding it back? - Jeremy Springall, senior vice-president, SITA at Borders, gives his analysis.

Targeted growth, strategic mergers and retaining talent can help companies rebound from the unavoidable difficulties of recent years.

But outside the echo chamber of AAM startups and industry enthusiasts, public awareness is still in a nascent stage.

Ispace believes that its Series 1 lunar lander crashed into the Moon because of an error in the spacecraft’s altitude measurement software.

The final two members of a novel cubesat quartet were launched into orbit to track developing storms on a near-hourly basis.

The K-UAM Dream Team led by wireless network operator SK Telecom has signed an MOU to develop an air mobility service in South Korea.

Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility has completed a prototype of its urban air mobility air traffic management system.

The cislunar transporter would make propellant runs from LEO to lunar orbit.

Like a shooting star, Virgin Orbit’s quick flare-up and steady diminution punctuates new space’s financial struggles.

The proving ground will use open-architecture testbeds to enable industry to flight-test autonomy technologies.

The U.S. Air Force’s AFWerx High-Speed VTOL Concept Challenger produces mixed results.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, the company’s founder and CEO, recently sat down with the AAM Report to share his thoughts.

Fleet Space Technologies has raised an about $33 million round of Series C funding to further finance its satellite connected geological survey business.

While there are no concrete statistics on lives or hulls saved by advances in aviation safety, it’s hard to imagine anyone topping Bateman’s career totals.

ULA canceled the planned May 25 static hot fire of its first Vulcan-Centaur rocket to review an issue with the booster engine ignition system.

After a nearly two-year hiatus, Virgin Galactic returned its SpaceShipTwo passenger vehicle into suborbital space on May 25.

The Black Swan is designed to carry a 770 lb. payload up to 1,550 mi. with up to 50% lower cost than conventional airfreight.

On the last day of EBACE, Airbus secured a firm order from Italian company Air Corporate for more than 40 helicopters, including three premium ACH160s.

Natilus has selected ZeroAvia to supply its hydrogen-electric powertrain as an option for the autonomous, blended-wing-body (BWB) Kona aircraft.

Qatar Airways Cargo and Envirotainer have joined forces to offer a more sustainable solution for shipping temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals to where they are needed most.

With stability returning to travel globally, the number of flights (cycles) are slowly returning to equivalent 2019 levels.

Changes in cabin hardware and services can help cut waste and improve airlines’ environmental credentials.

Five years after Jeff Bezos began wooing NASA to buy Blue Origin lunar landing services, the U.S. space agency said “yes.”

Electric aircraft fire; Tiltrotor eVTOL prototypes; Autonomous deck landing; Weather-forecasting drone.