Punching Above Its Weight

Small SA defence company successfully carving a niche for itself Small South African defence company Twiga Services recently started sea trials with its latest product, an 8.5-m-long military patrol boat. Manufactured out of high-density polyethylene (better known as...

Flying in Formation

Airbus continues to develop cooperation with South Africa Major European aerospace and defence group Airbus has been consolidating its technology cooperation with South African companies and institutions. “For the past few years, we’ve been running a pretty scattergun...

Airbus-approved supplier homes in on international contracts

Having received direct approval in 2014 from aero- space major Airbus that it is a credible supplier, Cape Town-based machined components supplier Daliff Precision Engineering aims to secure machining contracts from international Airbus Tier 1 suppliers within the...

Sparking Innovation

Airbus exec on the outlook for electric flight and unmanned aviation Major European aerospace enterprise the Airbus Group is working on innovations across the breadth of its activities, which include airliners, defence and space activities and helicopters. Some of...