All articles by Dan Thisdell – Page 16
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NewsEurofighter: new aerodynamics set for 2014 test flight
Eurofighter will by year-end make is final proof-of-concept test flight on an aerodynamic modification kit that promises to improve the combat aircraft’s subsonic turn rate by 15%.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing star shines in UK aerospace constellation
UK aerospace naturally brings to mind names like Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, GKN and Airbus, but one industry major that shouldnt be left off the list is Boeing.
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Airbus, Safran join forces to beat SpaceX at low-cost rockets game
The two leading industrial players in European rocketry have launched an aggressive bid to tackle a cost crisis brought on by US start-up SpaceX - by consolidating Europe’s space launch industry into a single company spanning concept through design, production and launch.
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NewsTransatlantic effort progresses Orion crew vehicle
The development of a key component in any future manned mission to deep space has taken a leap forward with European Space Agency approval of the design for the service module it will supply for NASA’s Orion crew capsule.
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NewsFor the long haul to Mars, keep your diet close to the Earth
On the Apollo missions, astronauts ventured about 400,000km from Earth and spent between 8 and 12 days away from home. A trip to Mars would involve 56 million km travelling over eight or nine months – and a stay of about two years, to wait for the two planets to ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Roadmap to Mars is paved with ambition, high hopes and money
A manned mission to Mars is a lofty goal, but with international effort beginning to align behind one cohesive plan, the next stage of human exploration may well become possible
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Airbus spaceplane concept aces 3,000ft drop test
Airbus Defence and Space last week released pictures and video from a drop test of a runway take-off and landing suborbital spaceplane programme which is now moving into an advanced concept stage.
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Mars mission is 'only justification for human spaceflight programmes' – report
The cost and danger of human spaceflight programmes can only be justified if they are part of a collaborative, international pathway plan aimed at putting boots on “other worlds” – ultimately Mars. And, according to a report by the US National Research Council, since progress “beyond low Earth orbit will ...
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ILA: ESA makes great step for Orion
The development of a key component in transatlantic spaceflight co-operation took a leap forward yesterday, with European Space Agency approval of the design for the service module it will supply for NASA’s Orion crew capsule.
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ILA: Ariane 6 can hit cost target, Dordain says
European Space Agency director general Jean-Jacques Dordain has underscored the agency’s confidence that it can meet the ambitious cost and performance targets set for its all-new Ariane 6 heavy launcher.
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ILA: Galileo on track, says ESA
The European Space Agency is on track to orbit four more of its Galileo navigation satellite by year-end, giving it eight in orbit to allow the provision of early services from early 2015.
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ILA: Pressure mounts on Ariane 6 partners
Indications of intra-European discord over the plan for replacing the European Space Agency’s Ariane 5 heavy lift launcher that came to light on the eve of the show look set to be a main point of interest for ESA director general Jean-Jacques Dordain at his press briefing this morning.
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ILA: Airbus pushes for radical propulsion leap
Airbus is literally powering ahead with its vision of a hybrid-electric regional transport aircraft – by preparing to begin serious development of the radical propulsion system on a Munich testbed that will be fully functioning within two years.
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NewsILA: DLR looks to the future with LamAiR concept
At German aerospace research agency DLR, modern composite technology is finally catching up with a 1970s fast jet vision of the future – to slash airliner fuel burn by up to 13% by using forward-swept wings.
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ILA: Getting ready for Clean Sky 2
Thursday’s ILA programme will bring together top European aerospace technology experts to discuss the objectives of the €4 billion ($5.5 billion) Clean Sky 2 next-generation aircraft research programme, which was given the green light earlier this month by EU member state governments.
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ILA: How Tecnatom looks beneath the surface
Non-destructive testing systems specialist Tecnatom (Hall 1, stand 1115) is on hand to talk about laser ultrasonics – the technology it says is opening a new era of speed and precision in examining complex composite parts for flaws.
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NewsILA: DLR working at dawn of new technological era
To describe 2014 as a high-profile year for Germany’s aeronautics and space research agency is to risk understatement. Next week, German astronaut Alexander Gerst will strap himself into a Soyuz rocket and begin a six-month stint aboard the International Space Station. And, as Gerst is preparing to come back home ...
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NewsF-35 becoming industry's "dominant platform" – GKN
US budget pressures may be dampening short-term demand for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but from one supplier’s perspective, sales to key allies such as Japan and South Korea are turning the aircraft into a “dominant platform” for its programme’s supply base
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NewsIN FOCUS: German fallout of Airbus restructuring remains in flux
Two years after a failed merger with BAE Systems, the newly restructured Airbus Group is finally getting back to the status quo – but some of the long-term ramifications of the strategy are yet to come to light