Aerospace

Helicopter leasing firm Milestone Aviation Group Limited and Airbus Helicopters, announced today they will provide five H145s to Aramco Overseas Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, a fully integrated, global petroleum and chemicals enterprise.
Aerospace

South African Airways’ (SAA) In-flight Magazine Sawubona has for the fourth year in a row, won the award for ‘Africa’s Leading In-Flight Magazine’ at the World Travel Awards Gala Dinner, held at the Durban International Convention Centre.
Aerospace

Ethiopian Airlines has won the Aviation 100 “Africa Lease Deal of the Year 2018” award by Airline Economics Magazine during the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dubai 2018 conference gala dinner.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
From communities isolated by poor roads to heart-attack victims and affluent golfers, pilot projects are exploring the value of drone delivery.
Aerospace

Cape Town International Airport was named Africa’s Leading Airport for the second consecutive year at the 25th World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony held at the Durban International Convention Centre last week.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Hypersonic X-plane; NASA testbed crash; Raider hits 200 kt., drone strikes wing; smart material for turbine; waste-gas biofuel; Garmin joins Bell’s eVTOL; advancing lightweight structures, and TsAGI reshapes Tadpole.
Aerospace

By Richard Aboulafia
These victories, while impressive, have led to questions on pricing and whether the company is effectively buying the market by offering the lowest prices around.
Defense

Etihad Aviation Group recently hosted its Pitch Day and awards ceremony to celebrate the winners of the second edition of its Fikra University competition.
Aerospace

Royal Jordanian Board of Directors Chairman Said Darwazeh expressed appreciation for all RJ employees and management after announcing the financial results of the first quarter of 2018.
Aerospace

Air Traffic Control is the cornerstone of the aviation sector and Dubai has implemented the most advanced procedure, keeping the safety of passengers and their timely travel as their ultimate priority and goal.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Safran will develop a version of the Ardiden 3 helicopter turboshaft to drive the electric generator in the startup’s 12-seat, 700-mi.-range ZA10.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Legislation reauthorizing the FAA requires rulemaking to pave the way for a return of commercial supersonic aircraft.
Aerospace

The chairman and chief executive officer of Nigeria’s Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has received the award for “Agent for Positive Change” at the Nigeria Goodwill Ambassador Awards 2018, reports Afritraveller.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Target Arm will showcase a prototype universal launch and recovery system for unmanned aircraft at a U.S. Army technology demonstration.
Aerospace

Boeing delivered more commercial airplanes than any manufacturer for the sixth consecutive year and set an industry record with 763 deliveries in 2017, driven by high output of the market-leading 737 and 787 jets.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo, MBDA and Qinetiq are providing the technologies for the UK’s directed-energy weapon capability demonstrator.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
DLR cuts aircraft noise; Airbus tests teaming; Bell demos Hydra; NASA picks demos; Airbus backs Biosteel.
Aerospace

African governments, companies and organisations are becoming increasingly adept at strengthening their security to fend off cyber attacks. Now, as Steve Knight reports, they face a new threat – the rise of the ‘blagger’.
Aerospace

New Pentagon undersecretary of defense for research and engineering says the U.S.’s real work of developing hypervelocity weapons systems is just beginning.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
In tests in Australia, using a Cessna Caravan iron bird, startup MagniX runs its electric motor with a propeller for the first time.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Transcend Air defines an approach to intercity air travel that combines schedule services with tiltwing VTOL aircraft.
Air Transport

South African Airways (SAA) has issued a statement saying it is on track with its turnaround strategy with quarter one results showing that the company is ahead of the plan in its trading performance.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris, Irene Klotz
Spaceplane drives design of world’s largest additively made liquid rocket engine for Stratolaunch family of vehicles.
Space

By Guy Norris
PGA-powered high-speed vehicle could double-up as stepping stone to Black Ice spaceplane as well as hypersonic flying testbed.
Space

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
The mood at the AIAA Spaceplanes and Hypersonics conference was bullish amid growing investment in space infrastructure and hypersonic development. Listen in as our editors discuss their findings.
Aerospace