Aerospace

Ethiopian Airlines and SKYTRAX have announced that it will take delivery on June 5 2018 of its 100th aircraft, a Boeing 787-900, making it the first African airline to operate a 100 aircraft fleet in the history of the continent.

Performance margins built into Karem’s Butterfly quad-tiltrotor eVTOL have allowed Uber to show its aerial-ride-sharing requirements can be met with available battery technology.

JetSuiteX’s short-haul flights between secondary cities fit with Zunum’s strategy for revitalizing regional air transport with hybrid-electric propulsion.

GE Aviation sees its new Catalyst advanced turboprop as the potential core for a new generation of hybrid-electric propulsion systems.

The African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) will launch the AfBAA Commercial General Aviation Symposium (CGAS), at EBACE 2018 in Geneva, with the CGAS event to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, 21-23 November 2018, as the Association’s first meeting focusing on flight operations in the turboprop hub of East Africa.

The 10 busiest passenger air routes in Africa have been revealed in a new study conducted by Routes.

Software testbeds developed by Ball Aerospace and BAE Systems are evaluating a new app-based approach to situational awareness and command and control in space.

The T-100 integrated pilot training system for the U.S. Air Force T-X program will bring thousands of new technology and manufacturing jobs to Alabama and across the United States. Customer-proven and made in the U.S.A.

U.S. scheduled charter operator JetSuite is the launch customer for Zunum Aero’s hybrid-electric regional aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery beginning in 2022.

Spacecraft software for drones, DARPA’s Gremlins on show, gunship launches drone, AACUS in action, HorseFly drone delivers, and recovery parachute for eVTOLs.

Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA) conducted a half-day Autism Awareness panel discussion on May 11, 2018 at EAA Auditorium under the theme “Flying with Autism”.

At its second Elevate Summit in Los Angeles last week, Uber described an ambitious end-state vision for its aerial ridesharing initiative. Guy Norris and Graham Warwick were there for the eye-opening presentation and discuss the challenges to realizing Uber’s vision with Mark Moore, the man behind its plans to fill the skies over the world’s most congested cities with electric VTOL air taxis.

New program ignites slow-moving FAA effort to introduce drones more widely into the U.S. national airspace system.

ICAO Secretary General Dr Fang Liu addressed government and industry safety experts in Bucharest last week when she helped to launch the UN aviation agency’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Cybersecurity in Civil Aviation Summit.

The African unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market is interesting in comparison to other regions of the world, with less dominance on the military use of such technologies and more emphasis on the humanitarian benefits. Beth Stevenson reports.

Describing its Elevate initiative as a “forcing function” for urban air mobility, Uber is taking on challenges across a wide front. Photo: Uber

Tanzania’s leading airline Precision Air services has taken part in preserving the environment around Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Booming demand, tariffs and geopolitics jeopardize aluminum and titanium supply for aerospace manufacturing.

The Trump administration announces 10 local, state and tribal government projects under the UAS Integration Pilot Program.

Reaction Engine ponders accelerating the schedule as its U.S. test site ramps up and funding builds.

News from the Uber Elevate Summit: Skyport concepts, advanced rotors, Grand Challenge, and international plans.

U.S. military revenue and earnings are likely to remain strong.

Students at Kuwait University have learnt more about how disruptive technologies are shaping the future global aerospace and defence industry.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 2.0% in September 2018, compared to the same period the year before.

Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) has debuted its multifunctional booth under the theme of “Embracing China, Expanding Partnership” at the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Conventional Centre in Shanghai.