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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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)... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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’... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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...