All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 9
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NewsEXCLUSIVE PICTURES: WhiteKnight Two at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway airport
Flightglobal has obtained exclusive pictures of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two mothership Eve at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway airport...
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Airbus signs research deal with JAXA
Vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding evaluation and non-destructive inspection are two technologies to be evaluated under the first research agreement...
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NewsActuator forces WhiteKnight Two diversion from spaceport ceremony
An actuator alarm led Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two mothership prototype Eve's pilots to land at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway airport today, diverting the aircraft...
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Galileo still bedevilled despite progress
Despite launch contract signings and production award announcements declared at the Paris air show the Galileo satellite navigation system is still a programme...
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Germany puts MALE and Advanced UAV work on hold
Germany has emerged as a doubtful partner in a three-nation European Advanced Unmanned Air Vehicle development project, after the country's defence minister...
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Israeli industry overshadows UAV Paris first
While appropriate that a European unmanned air vehicle should fly for the first time at the Paris air show on its 100th anniversary, the reality for the UAV industry is that Israel's dominance was clear.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Sandivk offers improved composites drilling
Sandvik Coromant (hall 3, D6) is launching three geometries for its CoroDrill Delta C R854 product that it says will...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Galileo faces 40% cost hike says EADS
The Galileo constellation of satellites could cost up to 40% more under dual procurement,...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Soyuz 2-1b launch end of 2010
Next year will see the maiden flights of two types of Samara Space Center Soyuz rockets from the new...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: SpaceX Falcon 9 may not launch Hylas
Space Exploration Technologies' Falcon 9 rocket may not launch Avanti Communications' Highly Adaptable Satellite (Hylas) telecommunications satellite. Hylas...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Russia happy to help with India space plans
Russia happy to help with India space plans India and Russia have started discussing collaboration for an Indian manned space programme, but no agreements...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Volvo Aero gives Ariane 5 rocket nozzle upgrade
In the third quarter of this year a full-scale demonstration of a Volvo Aero (hall 2, B114) nozzle...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Linux control and heavy fuel engines for KillerBee
KillerBee buzzes above Arizona Above the US Army's Yuma proving grounds in Arizona, Raytheon's blended wing body KillerBee unmanned air vehicle has...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: EADS chief engineer champions green technologies
EADS champions green favourites Composites with reduced riveting requirements, algae-based biofuels and hydrogen fuel cells are the environmental technologies...
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PARIS AIR SHOW IAI Heron looks set to win in France and Germany
IAI Heron looks set to win in France and Germany Israel Aerospace Industries' Heron unmanned air vehicles could be the winners of medium-altitude long-endurance...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Singapore's Aeropak promotes 900Wh UAV motor
Singapore based-Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies' Aeropak fuel cell is on display here (static BC-075). This fuel cell power system is to be evaluated in this...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Titanium nuts could save Airbus A350 XWB 100kg plus mass
Titanium nuts could save the Airbus A350 XWB on the order of 100kg (220lb) in mass if they are selected for the programme, says its manufacturer Alcoa Fastening...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: British Army Elbit Systems Hermes 450 in Afghan near miss
A British Army Elbit Systems Hermes 450 unmanned air vehicle had...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Virgin Galactic's mothership testing reaches new heights
Virgin Galactic's mothership WhiteKnight Two is ratcheting up the test flights...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: What a scorcher
It was so hot during the build-up at Le Bourget over the weekend that even the dummies were stripping off and taking five on any spare economy seat they...