All articles by Dan Thisdell – Page 32
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Astrium targets IFEC market
EADS's Astrium Services satellite information and communications unit is lining itself up to enter the growing market to provide airline passengers with...
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Computer modelling cuts autoclave time
Elaborate computer modelling of autoclave curing of large composite structures has identified ways to optimise the process to cut up to one-third from curing times.
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Spaceplane engine tests under way
Testing is under way to demonstrate the heat exchanger technology crucial to a hybrid air- and liquid oxygen-breathing rocket motor that Oxford-based Reaction Engines believes will enable single-stage-to-orbit flight.
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Hybrid airship set for cargo development
An innovative airship concept under development for the US Army has won a civil contract that will see a cargo variant enter service in 2014.
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Bombardier Q2 orders, deliveries up but economy fragile
Bombardier's second-quarter order book jumped to 86 net units during the three months to the end of July, including 43 for its in-development CSeries narrowbody...
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Top 100 Special Report: 2010 a year of rebound
Though the economic situation looks uncertain, manufacturers big and small are knuckling down and competing in a market on the road to recovery
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Top 100 - Data source
The Flight International Top 100 was compiled by aerospace experts at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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GKN flat in first half but eyes strong growth in 2012
First-half sales at GKN Aerospace dipped by 1.5% to £723 million, though trading profit held flat at £80 million.
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EADS makes some Vision 2020 headway
EADS made first-half progress towards two of its "Vision 2020" rebalancing goals, but slipped further behind on its key objective of growing...
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Falcon orders point to tentative business jet market recovery
First-half performance at Dassault Aviation is pointing to a tentative recovery of the large-cabin business jet market, which was hit hard worldwide in the financial crisis.
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ISS set for science surge
With the wheels barely cool after the final touchdown of the Space Shuttle programme, member space agencies of the International Space Station's Multilateral Coordination Board met to discuss the future of the orbiting laboratory - which could soon take on a new role as a testbed for ambitious manned or ...
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Human power: Southampton team eyes Kremer prize
Southampton University students hope new pedal-powered aircraft will turn gossamer wings into robust sports machine
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Shuttle dream jobs fading
When the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down today some 3,200 workers at NASA contractors waved goodbye to an icon of American technology, and to their jobs.
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Atlantis touched down on schedule at Kennedy Space Center
Atlantis touched down on schedule at Kennedy Space Center, brining to a close mission STS-135 and the Space Shuttle programme.
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Lola's F1 history hides a kink for aerospace
Motorsport fans love to love Lola. But while the company is famed for engineering some for F1's frontrunners it has diversified with business in aerospace, defence, communications and automotive.
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Launch site readied for world's most powerful rocket
SpaceX yesterday broke ground on a launch site at Vandenberg AFB's Space Launch Complex 4 East for its Falcon Heavy rocket.
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Cheaper oil means trouble
Jet fuel prices are trending down with crude, but that may be bad news for airlines
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ESA focusses on re-entry technology
The European Space Agency's focus on re-entry from low-Earth orbit goes beyond its flagship IXV project.
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ESA in re-entry vehicle push to 2013
European Space Agency follows 'bottom up' approach to development of multi-purpose orbit-and-back vehicles
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ESA's material science laboratory
The European Space Agency's materials science laboratory is housed in a NASA research rack aboard the International Space Station. It consists of a stainless...