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Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

By Rebecca Campbell

An image of a Jaguar I-PACE vehicle towing an electric aircraft

Rolls-Royce-led electric speed record aircraft project gets support from Jaguar Land Rover

23rd July 2021

UK-based global industrial technology group Rolls-Royce announced on Tuesday that its all-electric aircraft world speed record project was now also being supported by automotive manufacturer Jaguar... 


SKA designs result of years of development work by hundreds of international experts

16th July 2021

The recent decision by the Council of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio astronomy Observatory (SKAO) to formally start construction on Thursday (July 1) is the result of more than seven years... 


Rolls-Royce, Shell sign MoU on helping achieve net-zero carbon emissions in aviation

16th July 2021

UK industrial technology group (and renowned aeroengine manufacturer) Rolls-Royce and Anglo-Dutch global major energy group Shell have signed an agreement to increase the use of sustainable... 


Complementary effort need to ensure maritime security in the Southern Africa region

9th July 2021

Local defence company Hensoldt South Africa has highlighted a recent speech by its Executive Manager: Strategic Affairs, Sihle Mayisela. His topic was the need for complimentary and innovative... 


Kenya Airways subsidiary using drones to support wildlife census

2nd July 2021

Kenyan national flag carrier Kenya Airways’ subsidiary Fahari Aviation participated in the Tsavo Ecosystem Wildlife Census, which was coordinated by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the... 


Britain to accelerate its phase-out of coal-fired power stations

30th June 2021

The UK government announced on Wednesday that the phasing out of the use of coal to generate electricity in Great Britain will be brought forward by a full year, to October 2024. (The only... 


Scientists using artificial avocados to investigate fruit damage in transit

25th June 2021

Researchers at the Engineering 4.0 facility of the University of Pretoria (UP) are conducting a project to determine damage suffered by fresh produce while being transported intercontinentally from... 


Tough times not yet over for African airlines

Tough times not yet over for African airlines

18th June 2021

Around the world, light is now visible at the end of the Covid-19 pandemic tunnel (although the distance to the end of the tunnel varies greatly from country to country). One of the economic... 


Importance of Brazil-SA space cooperation highlighted at virtual summit

11th June 2021

Addressing the first day of the Brazil-South Africa Space Industry Virtual Summit on Wednesday, the heads of the space agencies of the two countries both stressed the importance of international... 


Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

Defence Minister warns about crisis in local defence industry, especially Denel

4th June 2021

In her address to the National Assembly on Tuesday, introducing the debate for her 2021 budget vote, Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula warned the assembled... 


An artist’s impression of the upgraded and optimised UK SMR design

Rolls-Royce-led consortium unveils optimised small modular reactor design

4th June 2021

UK-based global industrial technology group Rolls-Royce has announced that the small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) consortium that it leads has upgraded the SMR’s design and increased its power... 


Satellite image showing the recent volcanic deposit around a fissure in the Cerberus Fossae system

New discovery suggests Mars is not dead, but merely sleeping

28th May 2021

Scientists at the University of Arizona’s (UArizona’s) Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and at the Tucson, Arizona, based Planetary Science Institute (PSI), in the US, have discovered evidence... 


An Airbus A321neo

Sensing market recovery, Airbus restarts work on a new A320 family final assembly line

28th May 2021

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has announced that it is restarting work on establishing a new final assembly line (FAL) for its A320 family single-aisle airliners, and in... 


Air cargo demand hits record high, Iata reports

21st May 2021

The International Air Transport Association (Iata) – the global representative body of the airline industry – has reported that global air cargo demand during March reached the highest level... 


Artist’s impression of the Cavorite X5 in vertical flight mode, with its wings open to allow its lift fans to operate

‘Flying taxi’ market expected to attract considerable investment

14th May 2021

Market research commissioned by electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) company Horizon Aircraft indicates that there will be rapid and considerable growth in investment in the urban air... 


Nasa’s Ingenuity helicopter makes aviation history on Mars

7th May 2021

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (Nasa’s) Ingenuity drone helicopter successfully made its first flight on Mars on April 19. The flight took place at about noon, South African... 


Iata predicts lower losses but continued pain for aviation sector this year

7th May 2021

The world’s airlines will this year continue to make tens of billions of dollars of losses, and burn through an even greater amount of cash, as a result of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, the... 


Airbus wins French and Egyptian defence contracts

30th April 2021

The French Ministry of Defence has ordered eight more H225M helicopters and a second VSR700 uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) from Airbus Helicopters. The order is part of the French government’s... 


The development of electrically powered aircraft is accelerating

The development of electrically powered aircraft is accelerating

23rd April 2021

Although air transport accounts for only 2% of human-produced carbon dioxide, the aerospace industry is not complacent. In October 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) adopted... 


Iata supports AU on reopening continent’s civil aviation sector

16th April 2021

The representative body for the global airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (Iata), has affirmed its support for the African Union’s (AU’s) campaign to safely restart... 


Stellenbosch researchers make major advance in imaging biochemical processes in cells

16th April 2021

Scientists and engineers at Stellenbosch University have developed a ‘visualisation tool’ that can, in three-dimensional (3D) images in space, as well as in time, automatically localise and... 


Core stage of Nasa’s biggest-ever rocket has passed final major test

9th April 2021

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has successfully conducted a second ‘hot fire’ test of the core stage of its new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The SLS core stage,... 


Embraer’s commercial jet business takes Covid strain

9th April 2021

Brazilian aerospace group Embraer, one of the world’s leading companies in the sector, has released its results for last year. (Embraer’s financial year is identical to the calendar year.) The... 


New patrol vessel for Navy launched in Cape Town

9th April 2021

Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT), a subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Damen International Shipyards Group, recently launched the first (of three) Multimission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPVs) for... 


For South African agriculture, 2020 was a very good year

2nd April 2021

South African agriculture had a “remarkable year” last year, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Production (BFAP) has reported. This was despite the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused all other... 


German physicist determines that starships are indeed possible – at least in theory

2nd April 2021

New calculations by a physicist at Germany’s Georg-August University, in Göttingen (more generally known as the University of Göttingen) has indicated that superluminal (faster-then-light) space... 


UK recognises Africa’s dynamism, restates commitments to global issues

2nd April 2021

In its recently published 2021 integrated review, the UK reaffirmed its commitments to multilateralism, international cooperation, free and fair trade, development, countering the effects of... 


Air transport body reports increasing confidence in air travel

26th March 2021

The representative body of the global airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (Iata), has reported that its latest opinion poll, conducted from a sample of recent travellers,... 


Covid-19 hits Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace hard, but diversification helps the group

26th March 2021

UK-based global major industrial technology group Rolls-Royce has reported its full-year results for last year. The group was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, suffering a loss (including tax) of... 


Construction starts on new Sansa space weather centre

26th March 2021

The ground has been officially broken to mark the formal start of the construction of the South African National Space Agency’s (Sansa’s) new R70.89-million Regional Space Weather Centre at... 


CSIR launches photonics centre to support twenty-first century industries

19th March 2021

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has officially launched its new Photonics Prototyping Facility (PPF). The new facility is funded by the Department of Science and... 


Plan emerges for renewal of South Africa’s crucial space infrastructure

Plan emerges for renewal of South Africa’s crucial space infrastructure

19th March 2021

Almost unnoticed by most people on Earth, space technology and infrastructure has become essential for, and ubiquitous in, everyday life. It has become a major facilitator for national economic... 


Air charter operator reports dramatic increase in interest from mining companies 

15th March 2021

UK-based international aviation charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has reported that the past year has seen dramatic increases in workforce logistics charter flight bookings by energy,... 


Iata identifies key issues for airlines, governments for reopening air travel

12th March 2021

The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has appealed to the world’s governments to work with the global airline industry – for which Iata is the representative body – to prepare for the... 


UK, Australia sign first-of-its-type space-sector partnership agreement

12th March 2021

In what has been described as the first such agreement in the world, the UK and Australia on Tuesday created a partnership to greatly strengthen space cooperation between the two countries in most,... 


NEW ERA

The Boeing Australia Loyal Wingman UAV on its maiden flight

Credit: Australia Department of Defence

Australia’s leading-edge UAV programme makes significant advances

12th March 2021

The beginning of this month saw major developments in Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF’s) advanced technology Loyal Wingman uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) programme. On... 


Nasa rover Perseverance successfully lands on Mars

5th March 2021

Late in the night of February 18, South African time, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (Nasa’s) latest Mars rover, Perseverance, successfully landed on the Red Planet. It... 


Concor, partner awarded MeerKAT/SKA radio telescope construction contract

5th March 2021

South African contractor Concor, in partnership with OptiPower, has been awarded a R212-million contract for the structural foundations and associated infrastructure for 24 additional dishes for... 


Computer image of an Eurostar Neo satellite in orbit

Airbus goes big on 3D printing for satellite contract

26th February 2021

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus is now engaged in large volume manufacturing of radio frequency (RF) components for satellites using additive layer manufacturing (ALM). Also known... 


Two countries place probes in Martian orbit for the first time

26th February 2021

In one week, two countries were able to celebrate the safe insertion into Martian orbit of their space probes. And neither country had ever before launched an interplanetary mission. They are the... 


Bombardier to make more savings, end production of the Learjet

26th February 2021

Canadian aerospace company Bombardier announced, during the release of its annual results for 2020 earlier this month, its latest steps to return to profitability. The company is now focused... 


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