All articles by Dan Thisdell – Page 24
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IN FOCUS: ESA's key green-light projects for 2013-2017
Some of the main programmes European Space Agency member states meeting in Naples have agreed to fund for the 2013-2017 period include:
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IN FOCUS: Europe's next rocket has high hurdles to clear
Despite no real surprises emerging from the 20-21 November meeting in Naples of European Space Agency member states - who agreed funds for ESA to essentially...
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IN FOCUS: GKN poised for transformaton in wake of Volvo Aero acquisition
With its £633 million ($1 billion) acquisition of Volvo Aero complete, GKN Aerospace has embarked on what appears to be a 15-month transformation, as it adds manufacturing jet engine components to its competence as a top-tier aerostructures supplier.
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ESA gets green light for new heavy launcher and NASA crew vehicle collaboration
The European Space Agency got the green light on 21 November to push ahead with a new generation of launchers and take its first foray into manned spacecraft,...
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Mars or bust - Elon Musk is serious about the ultimate road trip
For Elon Musk, colonising the red planet is a priority, but investors need to come on board
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IN FOCUS: How LAX is positioning for future growth
As Tolstoy might have observed, modern airports are all alike, but legacy airports have their own legacies to overcome. London Heathrow's troubles...
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IN FOCUS: Finmeccanica continues on bumpy road to recovery
After a disastrous 2011, Italian aerospace giant Finmeccanica has this year been in slow recovery as it prepares for a revamp of strategy
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IN FOCUS: Finmeccanica continues on bumpy road to recovery
In Italy's furthest-east corner at the top of the Adriatic Sea lies Trieste, just a few miles from Slovenia and part of the Austro-Hungarian empire until...
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Astrium ready to ship Skynet 5D for December launch
One of the UK Ministry of Defence's most radical private sector supply contracts is set to mark its halfway point with a dramatic increase in capability, as Astrium Services starts the final push towards a 19 December launch of the fourth satellite in its Skynet 5 secure communications constellation.
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IN FOCUS: Avio in shape for IPO
If any company is in a position to ride the wave of airliner delivery growth, it is Avio, the Italian manufacturer of engine components. Its first-half revenue...
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Airbus 'on track' for 30 A380 deliveries in 2012
Third-quarter revenue at EADS gained 15% to €12.3 billion ($19.6 billion), lifting operating income (EBIT) by two-thirds to €537 million, while net income...
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Selex nears market-readiness with Falco EVO
Selex Galileo will imminently be ready to market the Evo long-endurance variant of its Falco unmanned air system, with all fully-autonomous flight modes...
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European UAV sense-and-avoid system to begin trial flights by year-end
First test flights are imminent for a European effort to develop an automated sense-and-avoid mid-air collision avoidance system that would help overcome...
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Rolls-Royce Osprey engines to go directly to hovercraft application
Fuel economy is a shared obsession of aircraft and ship operators. In that regard, ship operators generally have the advantage of running rigs big enough...
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IN FOCUS: BAE-EADS merger a 'test of national resolve to change'
The decision by BAE Systems and EADS to abandon plans to merge their companies into the world's biggest aerospace and defence group, with revenues of some...
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BAE Systems, EADS call off merger talks
In the face of overwhelming opposition from shareholders and severe misgivings in Berlin, Paris and London, BAE and EADS have thrown in the towel on their...
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Software tools helping Airbus designers see through complexity
Humans are pretty good at visualising what will happen if they change one part of a simple system but when that change impacts a large number of outcomes,...
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New tools aimed at non-linear design challenges
Engineers typically design mechanical systems to perform through operating ranges, according to mathematical rules that are clearly established from the relatively narrow range of conditions it is possible to test in the laboratory or - in the case of aircraft - on the ground.
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BAE-EADS merger ‘illogical’ says Invesco
As BAE Systems and EADS approach a 10 October deadline for either announcing formal terms for their proposed merger, walking away or requesting an extension...
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IN FOCUS: Solar Impulse founders aim to highlight environmental solutions
Planning a solar-powered circumnavigation of the globe for 2015, the Solar Impulse founders insist technologies to meet many environmental challenges are already here