All articles by Dan Thisdell – Page 22
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GKN-Comac deal for C919 stabilisers hits ‘impasse’
GKN Aerospace's talks with Comac on supplying horizontal stabilisers for the developmental C919 airliner have reached "a bit of an impasse", says chief executive Marcus Bryson.
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IN FOCUS: Astrium engineers take a shot at space debris
How many satellite engineers spend their day shooting at things? Answer - two. And, it must be said, Simon Barraclough and Jaime Reed are having a good time doing it.
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For ‘flexible’ Vega, second launch a step up in complexity
The European Space Agency is readying the 2 May second flight of its Vega light launcher in expectation of repeating the success of last year's maiden launch...
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IN FOCUS: Toulouse reins in EADS governance shake-up
EADS chief executive Tom Enders has consolidated his grip on the Airbus parent with the formal creation of a single operational headquarters in Toulouse, at the expense of Munich, as part of a new governance structure that dramatically reduces the shareholdings, and influence, of the French and German governments.
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IN FOCUS: Better batteries will be a hard cell
Li-ion has been so successful that, as its price has come down, to about $400/kWh today, this technology is even making electric cars a practical reality. But as Boeing's ongoing struggle to overcome a couple of in-service battery fires aboard 787s demonstrates, safety is the dark side of Li-ion.
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ANALYSIS: Dassault Falcon faces threat from the top end
For Dassault Aviation, bigger, faster rivals pose a graver threat than market malaise
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Dassault shows signs of business jet market recovery
In a year that opened with its Rafale fighter winning India's long-contested MMRCA competition, Dassault Aviation enjoyed a rise in its fortunes on both the military and business jets sides of the operation
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Europe gets first spot fix from Galileo
Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system has been declared viable, with the first determination of a ground location using the four satellites in orbit.
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Wind turbine radar fix gets funding boost
The UK company behind a radar system which promises to help air traffic controllers distinguish between approaching aircraft and rotating wind turbine blades has secured £6.75 million ($10 million) in new funding to enter into full-scale commercial operation.
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Bertling to leave Eurocopter for Bombardier rail division
Helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter is to lose long-serving chief executive Lutz Bertling, who has resigned from the Marignane-based company for a position...
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New operating discipline helps Thales revival
After heavy losses in 2010, new operating discipline is supporting a turnaround
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Engineers in a flap over rotor blades
European research efforts to cut helicopter noise and vibration while improving fuel economy could be realised by building on a 1970s motor racing aerodynamics breakthrough, according to Dutch research into "smart" rotor blades.
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ANALYSIS: KLM on how sustainable flight is possible, but not easy
Fuel prices are as much of a headache for KLM managing director elect Camiel Eurlings as for any of his peers. But the man who will head the Dutch flag carrier...
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IN FOCUS: For EADS, no defence is no offence
For several years now, EADS's corporate strategy has been guided by a vision - of reducing its reliance on its dominant Airbus commercial airliners division by building up its Eurocopter, Astrium space and Cassidian defence businesses
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In space, nobody can see you pulse
LIDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, has been a powerful tool in Earth observation since at least the 1990s, when satellites began using this active sensing technology to augment the passive measures - such as visual light photography - that characterise most systems.
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BAE hit by defence spending cuts
BAE Systems' 2012 financial results underscored the austerity-era challenges facing arms makers, as sales dipped 7% to £17.8 billion ($27.2 billion) and pre-tax profits slipped nearly 6% to £1.41 billion.
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IN FOCUS: EADS-BAE merger lives on
Failed bid to combine European giants may still influence mergers and acquisitions market
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Mexico trumps Asia as newest Eurocopter overseas production outpost
Eurocopter has joined the growing number of aerospace majors in Mexico's Queretaro manufacturing cluster with the formal opening of a $100 million factory...
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ANALYSIS: Long live London's third runway debate
Will London Heathrow airport ever get a third runway? Does London Heathrow airport actually need a third runway? If it did get a third runway, would that...
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Boeing readies Phantom Eye for return to flight
Boeing's Phantom Eye high-altitude, long-endurance testbed is ready to fly again - following a hard landing after its first flight in June 2012.