All aerospace news – Page 1054
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BWB can be evacuated in 90s say academics
More than 1,000 passengers could exit a blended wing body airliner within the 90s legal requirement, say London based-University of Greenwich researchers. Simulations...
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Tomorrow can wait as Airbus and Boeing leave next generation narrowbody development on the back burner
Airbus - like Boeing - is refusing to bow to pressure for rapid development of a next generation narrowbody as it focuses near-term efforts on improving today's models
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Who would be hit by Europe's new pilot training rules?
Signatories to the joint letter pleading with the European Aviation Safety Agency to change its proposed flightcrew licencing rules reads like a lexicon...
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SpaceX Dragon demonstration development vehicle nears completion
Development work for Space Exploration Technologies' first Dragon flight vehicle...
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Russia and India work on ISS mission
India and Russia have set up a joint team to examine an Indian International Space Station mission early in the next decade. Russia offered the ISS...
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Ares I to get extended nozzle lunar variant
NASA is planning to extend its Ares I crew launch vehicle's solid rocket booster first-stage nozzle in time for the maiden lunar mission, to deliver improved...
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Turboprops are back with a vengeance
The resurgence in demand for turboprops that began a few years ago shows no sign of diminishing,...
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Green and versatile
The 777F on its Everett debut on 21 May Raked wingtips delivered 1.5% better than expected fuel consumption The first 777F on the assembly line...
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Eclipse is latest company caught in powerful lawmaker’s safety net
Eclipse Aviation is the latest company centred in the crosshairs of powerful US congressman James...
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Farnborough 2008 Show Guide
For all its irritating faults and for all the new competition it faces, Farnborough remains one of the world's big two air shows:...
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As Airbus A350 takes shape, can it avoid the A380's troubles?
The A350 XWB is taking shape and is on schedule. Airbus is determined to avoid any repetition of the delays that have beset A380 production - can it succeed?
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EASA and FAA extend safety regulatory harmonisation
A new transatlantic treaty will introduce sweeping changes in air safety arrangements between Europe and the USA with the most immediate impact the exchange...
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Regional jet leasing yet to take off
Major aircraft lessors remain wary of entering the regional jet leasing market, and new programmes seem likely to bring only incremental changes
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Airbus selects lead partners for logistics overhaul
Airbus has selected Swiss logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel to manage exclusively the consolidated regional logistics hubs that the airframer is establishing...