Aerospace

Morocco, Tunisia and South Africa already have successful aerospace manufacturing industries. Now Ethiopia is about to establish its own aerospace cluster in east Africa. Kaleyesus Bekele reports.
Aerospace

By Richard Aboulafia
Differences in foreign policy, arms-sales practices and industrial incentives could kill the aircraft before it gets off the ground.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s Aeronautics budget; CityAirbus debuts; UTC’s hybrid-electric demo; Rolls’ hybrid tests; Skyways delivers; structural battery; low-drag nacelles
Aerospace

Royal Air Maroc has become the latest airline to join Cargo iQ, signing up at the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA)’s World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Singapore this week.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s rapid feasibility project demonstrates ultralight cellular structures that can be programmed during assembly to enable a wing to adapt its shape in flight
Aerospace

During 4Q18, Embraer delivered 33 commercial and 36 executive aircraft (24 light jets and 12 large jets), for a total of 90 commercial and 91 executive aircraft (64 light and 27 large).
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
The complete engine is designed to provide air-breathing thrust from the runway to Mach 5 and beyond for hypersonic aircraft and, in rocket mode, low-cost access to space.
Aerospace

The Airbus Foundation and Air Senegal organised their first goodwill flight on March 8 to transport medical equipment, toys, clothes for kids and adults as well as books on board the airline’s newest A330neo.
Aerospace

The Seychelles Fishing Authority has unleashed an unprecedented combination of short-range drones, autonomous long-range unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), Earth observation data and fisheries intelligence analysis in its fight against illegal fishing operations in its waters.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
NASA’s fiscal 2020 budget request supports the ongoing X-57 Maxwell electric-propulsion and X-59 QueSST low-boom supersonic flight demonstrators, but some within the agency are concerned about future X-planes.
Business Aviation

Jetex has won three awards at the World Travel Awards 2019: World’s Leading FBO Brand 2019, World’s Leading FBO Terminal 2019 for its VIP Terminal in Oman and World’s Leading FBO Brand Website 2019.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
UTC’s new advanced projects group tackles industry’s need to change its culture and stay competitive.
Aerospace

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Knowledge Center

Angola’s state oil company, Sonangol (Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola – the National Fuel Society of Angola), has signed an agreement with a consortium formed by Canada’s CHC and Morocco’s Heliconia to restructure its aviation subsidiary, SonAir.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
NASA images interacting shockwaves; Goodyear unveils a tire for flying cars; hypersonic X-60 advances; XQ-58 flies; European research project demos recycled thermoplastic parts.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Autonomy, artificial intelligence and universal connectivity feature heavily in a vision for aerospace's future from the Aerospace Industries Association.
Aerospace

Emirates has won the Aviation 100 'Middle East & Africa Airline of the Year', awarded by Airline Economics magazine.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways celebrated the launch of its new offices in Amman, Jordan on Monday, 2 September 2019.
Aerospace

By Bradley Perrett, Graham Warwick
The Airpower Teaming System is a fighter-like unmanned aircraft specifically designed to be exportable globally.
Defense

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), decreased 1.8% in January 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This was the worst performance in the last three years.
Aerospace

By Antoine Gelain
Has Airbus really lived up to its potential? And is the group healthy enough today to guarantee that it will still be around 50 years from now?
Air Transport

Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) will fund the construction of 30 water wells in three African nations to assist in easing a critical shortage of clean water in remote communities.
Aerospace

Flydubai is celebrating 10 years of operations. The Dubai-based carrier has carried more than 70 million passengers since its start of operations in 2009.
Aerospace

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Aerospace

Dammam Airports Company (DACO), successfully concluded its participation at this year's edition of the Airport Show 2019.
Aerospace