South Africa in talks with Airbus, Boeing to print 3D parts

An Airbus A380 aircraft is seen in the paint shop at the Airbus facility in Finkenwerder near Hamburg. South African researchers are developing the world’s largest machine for producing aircraft parts.  Image: REUTERS South African researchers developing the...

AISI to focus on technology-based supplier development

Hosting the Aerospace Industry Support Initiative (AISI) for the tenth year, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says the programme will focus on technology-based supplier development for the aerospace industry this year. The initiative has been...

CSIR, Airbus DS cooperation set to benefit South Africa

The research cooperation framework agreement between the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS), signed in August last year, will benefit a wide swathe of the South African defence and aerospace research and...

Meanwhile in our country

South Africa is one of 70 countries that has its own space agency. Here are a few quick facts about our role in space research. South Africa’s Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory in Gauteng has supported several space missions, including Apollo 15 in 1972....