All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 574
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Airbus A350XWB Aircraft Profile
The A350-800 will be the second and smallest version of Airbus' new family when it enters service in mid-2014
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NASA predicts 2008 to be Constellation's year of the PDR
Leaders of NASA's Constellation return-to-the-Moon programme are describing 2008 as the year of the preliminary design review (PDR) for the Orion crew exploration...
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Boeing patents self-transpiring cooling system for hot structures
A self-transpiring technology for hypersonic or reusable space vehicles using a solid material that becomes gaseous and flows through the porous outer surface...
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Bidders submit concept for US Navy's intelligence-gathering EPX
US Navy announcement banning foreign-owned firms as prime contractors attracts bids for multiple study contracts
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2008 forecast: ADS-B rulemaking could create new funding model
The FAA is set to mandate an equipment buy that could cost airlines and operators up to $7.5bn by 2020 john croft
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2008 forecast: will Boeing or Airbus win production crown?
Delays to Boeing's 787 programme mean Airbus could maintain its lead in production figures - but it will be close max kingsley-jones
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2008 forecast: green squeeze
environment Green squeeze Europe's endeavours to take a hard stand on bringing aviation within the carbon trading market is likely to meet resistance Aimee...
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Comment - What goes up...
The industry should be congratulated on a remarkable production ramp-up over the last four years which has seen output across the Airbus and Boeing airliner...
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Bird strike on two engines brought down An-12 at Moscow
Bird strikes on the starboard engines of a Russian-operated Antonov An-12 freighter caused the aircraft to lose control and crash just seconds after it took...
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Qantas accidentally pumped nitrogen into aircraft’s oxygen tanks
It has emerged that Qantas was forced to inspect a large portion of its fleet and notify other airlines after an incident last year when engineers at Melbourne...