Africa Flying

Travel Guides

Space Development Agency builds vendor pool for future demo missions

Space Development Agency builds vendor pool for future demo missions

The Space Development Agency has picked 19 companies to experiment with new satellite technologies through its Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit program. Through the effort, dubbed HALO, the agency will run rapid on-orbit demonstrations aimed at reducing risk and speeding up technology development for future operational missions. “We believe HALO will also increase […]

Space Development Agency builds vendor pool for future demo missions Read More »

MBDA pushes new deep-strike missile in time for Europe to arm up

MBDA pushes new deep-strike missile in time for Europe to arm up

PARIS — Pan-European missile maker MBDA is pursuing an “aggressive” development schedule for its future cruise and anti-ship missile program, with the assessment phase being finalized and plans to move the long-range strike weapon project known as FC/ASW into development next year. MBDA is working on what it says are two complementary missiles as part of

MBDA pushes new deep-strike missile in time for Europe to arm up Read More »

Press Release: LATAM Airlines Brazil invests in MRO for 787

Press Release: LATAM Airlines Brazil invests in MRO for 787

LATAM announces its largest investment in the past 10 years at its maintenance base, with nearly $7 million allocated for a new specialized Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft hangar, expected to begin operations in September 2025. Construction of the new structure will start on November 15 at “LATAM MRO” (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul), the group’s maintenance

Press Release: LATAM Airlines Brazil invests in MRO for 787 Read More »

Entrevista con Instructor de OCEANOS Juan Torres-Pérez

Mi nombre es Juan Torres Pérez. Yo soy un científico de la NASA del Centro de Investigación Ames en California particular la División de Ciencias Terrestres, la rama biofísica. Yo soy el investigador principal de OCEANOS. Océanos significa, en inglés, ‘Ocean Community Engagement and Awareness with NASA Observations and Science’ for Hispanic/Latino Students. La abreviación

Entrevista con Instructor de OCEANOS Juan Torres-Pérez Read More »

Sony orders two satellites to test laser communications

Sony orders two satellites to test laser communications

TAMPA, Fla. — Sony has partnered with California’s Astro Digital to test laser communications from two small satellites, using optical disc technology the Japanese conglomerate pioneered for CD players. The pair of spacecraft will be based on Astro Digital’s Corvus satellite platform and ready to launch in 2026, the companies said in a brief Nov. 12

Sony orders two satellites to test laser communications Read More »

Day 1 interventions by AFRAA at the YD/SAATM Monitoring Body Meeting – AFRAA – African Airlines Association

Day 1 interventions by AFRAA at the YD/SAATM Monitoring Body Meeting – AFRAA – African Airlines Association

  AFRAA Secretariat Team made various interventions at the 15th Meeting of the YD/SAATM Monitoring Body taking place this week from 28 to 30 October, 2024 in Nairobi – Kenya. The meeting is jointly organized by the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and the United Nations Economic Commission

Day 1 interventions by AFRAA at the YD/SAATM Monitoring Body Meeting – AFRAA – African Airlines Association Read More »

Eleven injured due to severe turbulence on Transatlantic Lufthansa flight

Eleven injured due to severe turbulence on Transatlantic Lufthansa flight

Eleven people were injured after severe turbulence affected a Lufthansa flight from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt, the German airline confirmed. The incident occurred onboard a Boeing 747-8, carrying 329 passengers and 19 crew members, which landed in Frankfurt early Tuesday. Shortly after takeoff from Buenos Aires, the aircraft encountered unexpected turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean,

Eleven injured due to severe turbulence on Transatlantic Lufthansa flight Read More »

Africa: COP29 - Drought Warnings Save Lives, What About Livelihoods?

Africa: COP29 – Drought Warnings Save Lives, What About Livelihoods?

Nairobi — While it may be clear from a forecast when a good time to act might be, with regards to livelihoods it is never straightforward to decide what exactly should be done. Advances in drought prediction mean that mass human fatalities have become much rarer these days. Sophisticated early warning systems generate forecasts that

Africa: COP29 – Drought Warnings Save Lives, What About Livelihoods? Read More »

Trump says Musk, Ramaswamy will form outside group to advise White House on government efficiency

Trump says Musk, Ramaswamy will form outside group to advise White House on government efficiency

Trump said in his statement the two will “pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.” ADVERTISEMENT President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency.”  The acronym

Trump says Musk, Ramaswamy will form outside group to advise White House on government efficiency Read More »

Who Is Pete Hegseth—Trump’s Pick for Defense Secretary?

Who Is Pete Hegseth—Trump’s Pick for Defense Secretary?

In picking Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, President-elect Donald Trump has selected a military veteran and popular conservative media personality with a large following of his own. Read More: Here Are the New Members of Trump’s Administration So Far Hegseth, 44, has developed a close rapport with Trump,

Who Is Pete Hegseth—Trump’s Pick for Defense Secretary? Read More »

Pin It on Pinterest

Verified by MonsterInsights