The Farnborough air show returned for the first time since 2018, with sweltering heat and the rise of sustainability topics grabbing the headlines, rather than the traditional pre-pandemic glut of commercial orders.
Our show report brings you the biggest stories from aerospace’s main event of the year, including UK plans for a Tempest demonstrator programme and the rapid rise of the electric vertical take-off and landing sector.
We review airline safety from the first six months of 2022, and detail the highest-profile accidents and incidents recorded as global air travel recovered after Covid-19 lockdowns. Plus: why passenger-to-freighter conversion demand keeps soaring; the latest aerial firefighting programme developments; and NATO’s growing strength.
Also this issue, we report from the ILA Berlin air show and Royal International Air Tattoo, and assess China’s launch of its new aircraft carrier, the CNS Fujian.
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Boeing came out on top at event, which overall produced lower order numbers than the industry has come to expect.
BAE Systems is to fly the nation’s first experimental supersonic jet since mid-1980s within five years, with British pilots already having digitally ‘flown’ 100h on low-observable platform.
Developers of electric-powered urban air mobility vehicles were conspicuous Farnborough attendees.
French investigators have disclosed that an Airbus A320 inbound to Paris narrowly escaped colliding with terrain short of the runway, after an incorrect pressure setting given to the pilots went undetected.
The launch of Beijing’s third aircraft carrier, CNS Fujian, was a powerful symbolic moment in China’s relentless arms buildup, with work also underway to forge a world-class air wing.
Advanced propulsion developer ZeroAvia will launch its 600kW ZA600 hydrogen fuel cell powertrain on one of four previously disclosed aircraft types, although the firm is staying tight-lipped on the exact selection.
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Back after a pandemic-enforced three-year gap, the Royal International Air Tattoo drew star attractions from around the globe – and 200,000 visitors – to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire from 15-17 July.
The first six months of 2022 involved more fatal airline accidents and resulting fatalities worldwide than during the same period in each of the two previous years, but amid increased flight activity.
The market for giving ageing airliners a second life as converted freighters continues to thrive despite the return of commercial belly hold capacity and new pressures on the global economy.
Aerial assets play a key role in the battle to keep forest and bush blazes at bay. From modified airframes to purpose-built aircraft, we look at what the latest specialist platforms are capable of.
Russia’s late-February invasion of Ukraine has galvanised NATO, which is now set to grow its membership to 32 nations and further boost its equipment advantage over Moscow’s military.
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) aviation accident investigator Zoe Keliher traces her aviation career to the day her father gifted her a flight lesson for her 15th birthday.
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While previous editions of the Farnborough air show have been dominated by orders, the theme at this year’s scorching event was clearly sustainability.
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