Cirrus has introduced the TRAC10, a purpose-built training aircraft aimed at professional flight schools, universities and pilot training organisations. The new aircraft represents an expansion of the company's dedicated training portfolio and has been designed to address the evolving requirements of modern commercial pilot training. Production of the TRAC10 will take place at Cirrus' headquarters in Duluth, Minnesota. The manufacturer expects to begin deliveries to customers

By Garth Calitz The reported R1 billion credit facility extended to South African Airways (SAA) by Standard Bank has once again placed the national carrier under the aviation industry's microscope. While the existence of the facility has been widely reported, some important question remains unanswered: Who, if anyone, guaranteed the loan? Neither SAA nor Standard Bank has disclosed the terms of the agreement, citing commercial confidentiality. That is standard practice in the

As modern battlefields continue to evolve, one of the greatest challenges facing military planners is how to defeat a weapon that is both inexpensive to build and costly to intercept. Airbus Defence and Space believes it has found part of the answer with its latest development, the Bird of Prey, a reusable uncrewed interceptor designed specifically to hunt and destroy one-way attack drones. The rapid proliferation of one-way attack drones, often referred to as Suicide drones