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Aerospace & Defence

Black Hornet marks another advance in UAV capabilities

Unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) have undergone massive development over the past 20 or so years, with great changes in size and capabilities. They have acquired weapons (armed UAVs are designated Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles or UCAVs). Stealth UAVs...

By: Keith Campbell

15 Feb 13

Aerospace & Defence – 1

SA company considers entering new UAV market segment

South African missile and unmanned air vehicle (UAV) company Denel Dynamics, part of the State-owned Denel defence industrial group, is pondering a tactical unmanned helicopter project. The South African Navy (SAN) is known to be interested in...

By: Keith Campbell

29 Jul 11

Aerospace

UAV smashes unofficial flight endurance record  by four times and official record by eleven times

British aerospace and defence high-tech development company QinetiQ’s Zephyr unmanned air vehicle (UAV) successfully completed a record-setting endurance flight on July 23. The aircraft, which took off on July 9, flew uninterruptedly for 14 days...

By: Keith Campbell

06 Aug 10

AEROSPACE & DEFENCE

Once a UAV leader, South Africa is in danger of losing ground to a host of competitors

Cover story on SA Unmanned Air Vehicle sector, its products, programmes and projects, the rapidly increasing international competition, and its need for greater local support

By: Keith Campbell

03 Jul 09

Aviation

Australian Airbus incident unlikely to be relevant to Air France disaster

Speculation that the loss, early Monday morning, of Air France Airbus A330-200 F-GZCP, flight number AF447, could be connected with an alarming incident that befell a Qantas A330 last year is almost certainly erroneous. In October, a Qantas A330...

By: Keith Campbell

03 Jun 09

Defence

African helicopter market a boon for SA

The continuing success of Italian/UK helicopter group AgustaWestland in Africa ensures benefits for the South African aviation industry.

By: Keith Campbell

19 Jul 02

Telecoms

The next silicon revolution

Hitech Briefs

By: System Author

22 Sep 00

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