Aerospace

Cargolux Airlines has introduced two new destinations in Africa, Douala in Cameroon and Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The first Cargolux cargo plane to Lubumbashi will take off on 15 September, while Douala will be served from 3 October.

Russian Helicopters says it will this year deliver 15 Kamov Ka-52 'Alligator' helicopters to Egypt as it forges ahead with the fulfilment of a 2016 order of 46 units, reports Oscar Nkala.

Inadvertently, decades-old restraints on weapons exports are helping China expand its foothold in the unmanned aircraft arena.

From delivering critical medical supplies to warehouse inventory management, drones are slowly making inroads into the logistics business

Uncertainties about U.S. defense spending and Congressional actions are complicating planning for contractors.

Microsoft’s AI soars; Near Earth to land Vahana; designing for 24-hr. hover; space-hardened computers

Developing and demonstrating megawatt-class electric machines and power converters that are light enough and powerful enough for use in aircraft is a key step in enabling electric propulsion for commercial airliners.

Advanced human-machine interfaces and new technologies are set to make ATC workstations as jaw-dropping as the newest flight decks, if not more so.

Nigerian aviation services provider Caverton Helicopters has signed a five-year duration contract to provide 24-hour medical evacuation services to petroleum company Chevron Nigeria, reports Oscar Nkala.

Airbus BizLab has launched the #Africa4Future challenge, targeting Southern African startups with innovative ideas that will help define the aerospace business of the future.

Willard Custer’s mid-20th century channel wing is back on the drawing board as a possible way to combine vertical flight with efficient cruise.

Major acquisitions can take an enormous amount of time to achieve. A UTC/Rockwell deal would be in the very early stages of discussion.

Additive manufacturing is no stranger to the aerospace industry, having been adopted for rapid prototyping, concept modeling and tooling.

The technology for retrieving powered vehicles in forward flight has remained largely unexplored for decades, since experiments in the 1940s and ’50s.

The Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) SOC is hosting the seventh International Federation of Air Traffic Safety Electronics Associations (IFATSEA) Africa Region meeting and Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel (ATSEP) workshop this week at Monte Casino.

Ghana's minister of aviation, Cecilia Abena Dapaah is to give a keynote address on the country's air transport priorities before officially opening the country's first African Airshow which takes place at Kotoka International Airport, Accra on October 24.

Scottish cargo UAS; JAXA lift-fan VTOL; long-endurance drones; simpler solar UAS; Frigate FreeJet airliner; designer’s take on airliners

Who will dominate the coming urban air mobility market? At least one industry investor thinks he has a clue and has a list of startups to watch.

Curved touch screens, augmented reality, integrated smart systems that drastically reduce pilot workload—all these are coming in the no-to-distant future

The U.S. is striving to make its electronic warfare systems agile and flexible to offset advances made by potential adversaries.

First used in 2013 by British forces in Afghanistan, ultraportable nano-UAVs are growing in capability and applications.

Super-smooth touchscreen control, unique human-machine interfaces and connections to “open world” applications highlight Thales’ new flight deck.

Avionics used to be closed systems, but the coming of broadband connectivity on board has prompted a rebirth of new architectures to reap the benefits of an open system.

Generation Orbit Launch Services is preparing for a critical series of hot-fire and captive-carry flight tests of its hypersonic flying testbed.

Analysts say that aerospace manufacturing investments in low-cost countries peaked in the 2008-13 and declined significantly in the past three years.