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BAE Systems hands first Typhoon fighter over to Qatar

By: Rebecca Campbell 16th August 2022 UK-based global major aerospace and defence group BAE Systems on Monday handed over the first of the Typhoon multirole fighters ordered by the Middle Eastern country of Qatar. The Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) is acquiring 24 Typhoons. The aircraft was handed over to the QEAF at BAE Systems’... →

Amid energy crisis, EU plans to help gas-rich Mozambique boost security

By: Reuters 16th August 2022 The European Union (EU) is planning a five-fold increase in financial support to an African military mission in Mozambique, an internal EU document shows, as Islamist attacks threaten gas projects meant to reduce the EU's reliance on Russian energy. The energy squeeze due to the Ukraine war has... →

UK and Israeli groups combine to offer weapons detecting radar to British Army

By: Rebecca Campbell 12th August 2022 UK-based aerospace, defence and security group Babcock International has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and IAI subsidiary ELTA Systems, to jointly bid for the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD’s) SERPENS programme for the British Army. SERPENS is... →

Specialists complete inspection project

12th August 2022 The benefit of rope access for routine industrial inspection work was again demonstrated when leading rope access specialist Skyriders Access Specialists successfully completed a project for Easigas in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. →

Denel announces fresh turnaround strategy

By: Marleny Arnoldi 11th August 2022 State-owned defence company Denel has announced it will institutionalise and implement a new turnaround plan to effect a self-sustaining business. The plan is particularly focused on streamlining the company, growing its order pipeline and accessing new revenue streams. →

Denel's Badger infantry combat vehicle

Joint US-Norwegian jet-propelled artillery projectile successfully tested

By: Rebecca Campbell 10th August 2022 Giant US aerospace and defence group Boeing and Norwegian defence and aerospace company Nammo have successfully test fired an artillery projectile powered by a ramjet. Announced on Tuesday, the test took place on June 28, at Norway’s Andøya Test Centre. A ramjet is a structurally simple form of... →

Southern Africa lags in adoption of sustainable aviation fuel, despite great potential

By: Rebecca Campbell 5th August 2022 At the recent Farnborough International Airshow, in England, US-based global major aerospace group Boeing unveiled a new tool to model data, which it designated Cascade, which was created to map the ways that the global commercial aviation sector could reach the international target of having... →

Rolls-Royce reports recovery progressed 'well' during the first half of the year

By: Rebecca Campbell 4th August 2022 UK-based global major power and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce released, on Thursday, its results for the first half of this year (1H22). It recorded statutory revenues of £5.6-billion during the period, up from the £5.159-billion accrued during the same period last year (1H21). Statutory... →

Boeing to open new research centre in Japan and cooperate on sustainable aviation

By: Rebecca Campbell 2nd August 2022 US-based global major aerospace group Boeing announced, in Tokyo, on Monday, that it was establishing a new ‘Boeing Research & Technology’ (BR&T) centre in Japan. This follows the recent expansion of the group’s cooperation agreement with Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),... →

Canadian company reports completion of its sub-scale prototype urban aircraft

By: Rebecca Campbell 2nd August 2022 Canadian aerospace engineering company Horizon Aircraft has announced that the 50%-scale prototype of its Cavorite X5 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft has been completed. The Cavorite X5 will be a small hybrid-electric aircraft, aimed mainly at the emerging urban air mobility (UAM)... →

Photo by Horizon Aircraft
Artist’s impression of the Cavorite X5

Denel to pay further R90m to Solidarity members as settlement reached

By: Schalk Burger 1st August 2022 State-owned defence company Denel has paid overdue salaries of about R300-million to trade union Solidarity members and other employees, and has reached a settlement with Solidarity on the R90-million still owed to Solidarity members. This settlement comes after Solidarity obtained a court order... →

Airbus reports 'solid' results for the first half of this year

By: Rebecca Campbell 28th July 2022 Europe-based global major aerospace and defence group Airbus announced its results for the first half of this year (1H22) on Wednesday. It did not release any quarterly results at the same time. It recorded revenues of €24.81-billion, a 1% increase over the €24.637-billion achieved during the... →

Photo by Airbus
An Airbus A330neo widebody airliner

Boeing releases first half results and reports that momentum is building in its turnaround

By: Rebecca Campbell 28th July 2022 Giant US-based global aerospace and defence group Boeing released its results for both the first half (1H22) and the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22) on Wednesday. For 1H22 it accrued revenues of $30.672-billion – a 5% decline in comparison to the figure of $32.215-billion for the first half of 2021... →

Photo by Boeing
A Boeing 737 MAX 10

Rolls-Royce announces identity of its next CEO

By: Rebecca Campbell 26th July 2022 UK-based global major power and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce announced, on Tuesday, the identity of its new CEO. He is Tufan Erginbilgic and he will take up the position on January 1 next year, following the departure of current CEO Warren East, who announced his decision to step down... →

Embraer delivered 46 commercial and business jets during the first half of this year

By: Rebecca Campbell 26th July 2022 Brazil-based global major aerospace group Embraer reported, on Monday, its commercial and executive aircraft deliveries for both the first half, and the second quarter, of this year. It also reported on orders and developments for the company at last week’s Farnborough International Airshow in... →

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An Embraer E190 airliner of South African operator Airlink

China’s new airliner completes final pre-certification test flight programme

By: Rebecca Campbell 25th July 2022 The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) announced on Saturday that the test flight programme for its C919 single-aisle airliner had been completed. This was the final step before the aircraft could be certified by China’s aviation regulators. The programme involved six test examples... →

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A Comac C919 airliner

Airbus and CFM team up to flight test a new and more efficient aeroengine design

By: Rebecca Campbell 20th July 2022 Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus, and international aeroengine company CFM International (a 50:50 joint venture between GE of the US and Safran Aircraft Engines of France) announced, at the Farnborough International Airshow on Tuesday, that they were collaborating to test, in... →

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Artist’s impression of the Airbus A380 flying test bed fitted with a CFM RISE engine

Details released of experimental UK reusable hypersonic air vehicle programme

By: Rebecca Campbell 19th July 2022 UK advanced aerospace propulsion systems company Reaction Engines Limited (REL) and UK-based global major propulsion and power systems group Rolls-Royce jointly revealed, on Monday, at the Farnborough International Air Show, new details of the UK’s Hypersonic Air Vehicle Experimental (HVX)... →

Photo by Reaction Engines Limited
HVX programme air vehicle design ‘Concept V’

UK reveals that it is developing a sixth-generation fighter technology demonstrator aircraft

By: Rebecca Campbell 19th July 2022 UK-based global major aerospace and defence group BAE Systems (BAE) is leading the development and construction of a sixth-generation fighter technology demonstration aircraft, the British Defence Secretary (Cabinet Minister) Ben Wallace announced on Monday, on the first day of the renowned... →

Rolls-Royce announces hydrogen aircraft fuel project and updates on hybrid-electric power

By: Rebecca Campbell 18th July 2022 UK-based global major propulsion and power system group Rolls-Royce announced on Monday (the first day of the 2022 iteration of the renowned Farnborough Air Show in England) that it had launched a cutting-edge programme to use hydrogen as a fuel for commercial aircraft. The company also provided... →

First batch of border guards deployed in Limpopo to safeguard against illegal entry

By: Marleny Arnoldi 15th July 2022 The first group of Border Management Authority (BMA) border guards have been deployed at the Beitbridge border post, in Limpopo. Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said in a release on July 15 that the guards are the first cohort of young men and women who have undergone a rigorous... →

VSD supplied for compressor test bench

15th July 2022 Multinational conglomerate General Electric (GE) Power Conversion has been awarded an important contract by low-pressure compressor manufacturer Safran Aero Boosters to supply an electrical variable-speed drive system to equip an airplane motor compressor test bench. This bench will be part of... →

The GE MV7000 range of VSD Compressor systems stood on display

TRIED & TESTED The new VSD system supplied by GE to Safran Aero Boosters will be sued on an airplane motor compressor test bench

Solidarity to auction Denel assets to pay R90m debt owed to employees

By: Schalk Burger 14th July 2022 Trade union Solidarity will hold the first of several auctions of State-owned defence company Denel’s assets on July 15. Solidarity seized these assets earlier this year owing to Denel’s failure to pay about R90-million in debt to Solidarity members in terms of a court order. →

Airlink doubles it flights to St Helena

By: Darren Parker 8th July 2022 Air travel service provider Airlink has announced that its scheduled flight service from Johannesburg to St Helena Island will increase from fortnightly to weekly as of October 8. The decision to boost accessibility to the remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic comes alongside the St Helena... →

Virgin Galactic places order for new spaceplane motherships

By: Rebecca Campbell 7th July 2022 US sub-orbital space tourism company Virgin Galactic (not to be confused with spun-off and now separate sister company Virgin Orbit) announced on Wednesday that it had ordered two new ‘mothership’ aircraft from Aurora Flight Sciences, which is a subsidiary of giant aerospace group Boeing. The... →

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Virgin Galactic’s current WhiteKnightTwo mothership, VMS Eve

Brazilian aerospace group turns to automotive giant to help increase production efficiency

By: Rebecca Campbell 1st July 2022 Brazil-based major aerospace group Embraer has entered an agreement with Toyota do Brasil to implement the principles and concepts of the Toyota Production System (TPS) at the former group’s industrial operations. The aerospace group is the world’s leading manufacturer of airliners with up to 150... →

Rolls-Royce developing turbogenerators specifically for hybrid-electric aircraft

By: Rebecca Campbell 22nd June 2022 UK-based global major power and propulsion systems and technologies group Rolls-Royce on Wednesday announced the development of turbogenerator technology, to advance the implementation of hybrid-electric flight. The development included a new small engine specifically designed for use in... →

UK quasi-airship design to go into production following agreement with Spanish airline

By: Rebecca Campbell 20th June 2022 UK low carbon aviation technology company Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) announced last week that Spanish regional airline Air Nostrum had signed an aircraft reservation agreement for ten of the former’s Airlander 10 hybrid aircraft. The airline is scheduled to start operations with the type in 2026.... →

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An artist’s impression of an Airlander 10 in Air Nostrum livery

Southern African airlines in Catch-22 as costs rise amid fragile demand

By: Rebecca Campbell 17th June 2022 To all practical intents and purposes, the Covid-19 pandemic hit Southern Africa just over two years ago. The pandemic and the measures adopted by the region’s governments to try and counter it have had a severe impact on the Southern African airline industry (and indeed on all sectors associated... →

Airbus spy satellite for Germany has been set to its launch site

By: Rebecca Campbell 14th June 2022 Airbus Defence and Space, part of the Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus, has announced that its SARah-1 reconnaissance satellite has been moved from its assembly facility in Friedrichshafen in Germany, in the State of Baden-Württemberg, in Germany, to Vandenberg (US) Space Force... →

Photo by Airbus
Artist’s impression of SARah-1 in orbit

Labour Court rejects Denel’s technical points in dispute over failure to pay Uasa-affiliated employees

By: Donna Slater 3rd June 2022 Trade union Uasa reports that the Labour Court has rejected State-owned defence company Denel’s technical points aimed at further delaying payments to Uasa members, in their dispute over delayed salary payments. The urgent court application brought by Uasa against Denel in April to honour all... →

Former Denel CEO is back as restructuring boss

By: News24Wire 1st June 2022 Former Denel group CEO Riaz Saloojee has returned to the state-owned defence technology company after he was forced out during the state capture period. Saloojee was one of three Denel executives suspended in 2015 by then-newly appointed board chair Daniel Mantsha. →

Airbus launches a fifth zero carbon flight research centre, in its fourth home country, the UK

By: Rebecca Campbell 26th May 2022 Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has announced that it has set up a Zero Emission Development Centre (ZEDC) in the UK. The ZEDC, which is located at Filton, near Bristol, in England, has already started work. Filton is also the home of one of the company’s main airliner wing... →

Reunert moves to acquire Etion Create to bolster capabilities

By: Natasha Odendaal 26th May 2022 The proposed acquisition of original design manufacturing firm Etion Create will boost JSE-listed Reunert’s manufacturing and original design capabilities, as well as its export market access into key targeted international geographies. On May 20, Reunert Applied Electronics entered a share... →

Spain, Britain call on Nato to look at Russian threat from Africa

By: Reuters 26th May 2022 Russia's expanding influence and activity in Africa pose a "worrying" threat to the security of Nato countries along with its invasion of Ukraine and must be addressed by the military alliance, the Spanish and British defence ministers said Wednesday. At a joint news conference in Madrid, Spain's... →

SA Navy takes delivery of first of 3 locally-made patrol vessels

By: News24Wire 19th May 2022 The South African Navy has taken delivery of the first of three multi-mission inshore patrol vessels at its naval dockyard in Simon's Town, Cape Town. The vessel formed part of Project Biro, which "aims to rejuvenate the South African Navy patrol capability" through the acquisition of the three... →

Turboprop airliner manufacturer announces its plan for a greener new generation design

By: Rebecca Campbell 18th May 2022 European regional turboprop airliner manufacturer ATR announced, on Wednesday, its plans to develop a new, ‘greener’, generation of aircraft, to be called the ATR EVO. The company was planning for these next-generation airliners to become available by 2030. ATR currently manufactured and marketed... →

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