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The B2M patrol ship Champlain
French Navy patrol ship visiting Durban
19th January 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

The French Navy offshore patrol vessel Champlain is currently in Durban harbour, the French Embassy in Pretoria has reported. The ship arrived on Monday and will sail on Friday. The vessel is based... 


Airbus, NTT, Docomo and SKY Perfect JSAT jointly studying connectivity services
17th January 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Airbus, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT Docomo and SKY Perfect JSAT have jointly announced that they have begun studying the feasibility of collaborating on future... 


Southern African bloc extends Mozambique troop deployment
12th January 2022 By: Reuters

Southern African countries agreed at a summit on Wednesday to extend their troop deployment in Mozambique to help the government fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency, a communique said. The... 


An H160 painted in Gendarmerie colours pictured with Gendarmerie special forces
Airbus wins contract for first law enforcement version of its new helicopter
11th January 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

France’s Gendarmerie Nationale has become the first police force to order Airbus Helicopters’ new-generation H160 multimission helicopter, the company has reported. The contract, for ten of the... 


Airbus reports hitting its 2021 airliner delivery target
11th January 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus announced on Monday that it had achieved its 2021 target for deliveries of commercial aircraft. During the year, the company delivered 611... 


American group wins contract to upgrade Egyptian Air Force attack helicopters
10th January 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

US-based global major aerospace and defence group Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $102-million contract to upgrade 25 of the Egyptian Air Force’s (EAF’s) Boeing AH-64D Apache attack helicopters... 


A Rafale fighter of the Qatar Air Force
Dassault reports aircraft order and backlog numbers for last year
10th January 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

Renowned French aerospace group Dassault Aviation reported on Friday the number of new aircraft that it had delivered during last year and the (unaudited) size of its order backlog (as of December... 


Airbus unveils new manufacturing subsidiary
4th January 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus announced on Monday that it had established a new and wholly-owned subsidiary, named Airbus Atlantic. Formally set up on January 1, it is focused on... 


UK and Japan to jointly develop future fighter engine technology demonstrator
3rd January 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

Shortly before Christmas, on December 22, the UK and Japanese governments announced that the two countries were to jointly develop a jet engine technology demonstrator, as the precursor to a next... 


Competition Commission reaches settlements with two companies over air force tender
14th December 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Competition Tribunal has announced that two separate settlement agreements have been concluded with two companies, regarding alleged collusion regarding a South African Air Force (SAAF) tender.... 


Airbus boosts its hydrogen aviation research, innovation and development capabilities
13th December 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has announced that it is strengthening both its research capabilities regarding the future use of hydrogen in aviation and its innovation... 


Parliamentary Committee calls for government to facilitate local defence industry exports
13th December 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa’s Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Defence has affirmed that the government should give the country’s defence industry the support it needed to ensure its sustainability. The... 


The first production H160 in its ANH livery
First production example of new-generation Airbus helicopter delivered to Japanese client
13th December 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

Airbus Helicopters has announced that it delivered the first production example of its new-generation H160 multimission civil helicopter to All Nippon Helicopter (ANH) in Japan on Friday. The... 


Hybrid-electric aero engine technology demonstrator passes megawatt milestone
8th December 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

UK-based global major industrial technology group Rolls-Royce has reported that its hybrid-electric aero power and propulsion technology demonstrator, Power Generation System 1 (PGS1) had reached... 


An image of elephants taken with a drone
Study finds best method for drones to observe elephants with least impact
6th December 2021 By: Donna Slater

Researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) have been involved in the first ever paper to be published containing practical guidelines and a suggested ethical protocol on how to cause as little... 


Labour Court postpones deadline for Denel to comply with employee contractual obligations again
3rd December 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Defence company Denel has again failed to comply with a Labour Court order, handed down on August 4, 2020, compelling the enterprise to honour all outstanding contractual obligations with Uasa... 


Drone regulations stifling use of modern technology
30th November 2021 By: Donna Slater

Regulations governing the use of drones in South Africa and an inability by the Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) to grant access to airspace were limiting service providers who want to use... 


Embraer signs MoU with Dutch aerospace research agency
24th November 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

Brazil-based major aerospace group Embraer and the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (Royal NLR) have deepened their relationship with the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on... 


The ‘Spirit of Innovation’ in flight
Rolls-Royce-led team smashes world electrically-powered aircraft speed records
22nd November 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

UK-based global major industrial technology and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce announced on Friday that the ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aeroplane had set new world records for an all-electric... 


New regional and smaller airliners market forecast to be worth $650bn over 20 years
16th November 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

Brazil-based major aerospace group Embraer published its 20-year Market Outlook, for regional and smaller airliners with up to 150 seats, at the Dubai Air Show on Monday. The Outlook covered both... 


An Airbus A330 MRTT of the UAE AF
Airbus announces two more orders for its strategic tanker-transport aircraft
15th November 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

Airbus Defence and Space, a division of the Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus, has announced two contracts for a total of five of its A330 Multirole Tanker Transport (MRTT) strategic... 


SANDF soldiers
SA soldiers not adequately armed to protect military bases, says defence force commission
15th November 2021 By: News24Wire

Soldiers guarding South Africa's military bases are not adequately armed, and there is no control of who moves in and out of the facilities. Security fences within military bases and units and on... 


Eskom power lines
No immediate Eskom debt solution, as Minister outlines ‘tough love’ stance on SOEs
11th November 2021 By: Terence Creamer

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana offered no new insight in his maiden address to lawmakers into how government intended approaching the issue of Eskom’s R400-billion debt burden, which has been... 


Airbus Helicopters makes first test flight with 100% green fuel
10th November 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

Airbus Helicopters has for the first time flown a helicopter using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to power one of its engines. The machine concerned was an Airbus H225, powered by two Safran... 


Embraer releases concept designs of a family of low- and zero-carbon emission aircraft
10th November 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

Brazil-based major aerospace group Embraer has unveiled its latest initiative to help cut or eliminate carbon emissions from aviation. The group has announced a family of four concept aircraft,... 


New UK joint venture to make ammonia credible as a zero-carbon aviation fuel
8th November 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

British air-breathing rocket propulsion technology company Reaction Engines, UK state research and development organisation, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), and venture... 


Armscor signs three-year partnership to evaluate, configure ATNS programmes
5th November 2021 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Armaments Corporation of South Africa (Armscor) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) that will see Armscor assist ATNS with... 


A photo of the Barys 8x8 infantry combat vehicle
Paramount Kazakhstan completes 25 000 km testing of Barys 8X8 ICV
5th November 2021 By: Donna Slater

Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering (KPE) reports that its flagship and next-generation Barys 8X8 infantry combat vehicle (ICV) has successfully completed a four-year series of trials conducted by the... 


An image of the Vibrac's bench top Bearing Inspector Model 3100 Series
Updated precision bearings testing system available
5th November 2021

Precision testing expert Vibrac notes that its Bearing Inspector Model 3100 Series – an update of BRG-3000 –  is available. Vibrac  explains that Bearing Inspector Model 3100 bench top system is... 


Denel munitions plant safety questioned following explosion
2nd November 2021 By: News24Wire

Safety at the Rheinmetall Denel Munitions plant in Macassar, Somerset West, has been called into question after an explosion on the premises on Sunday night. Trade union UASA said it was "anxious... 


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