All articles by Murdo Morrison – Page 71
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Dutch precision manufacturer KMWE moves up the value chain
Flexibility is helping the ambitions of smaller Dutch enterprises such as KMWE to punch above their weight
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Flanders - recent aerospace entrant but world class
Flanders is a comparatively recent aerospace entrant, but the region's companies have rapidly become world class
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Wallonia - home to Belgium's aerospace heavyweights
Wallonia's heavy industry heritage has evolved into an aerospace culture, with civil business now outpacing defence
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Benelux special - the future for the region's aerospace industry
Europe's big aerospace nations, France, Germany and the UK, surround Belgium and the Netherlands, but the great confluence that created the modern Airbus and EADS passed by these two small states at the heart of Europe.
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How Dutch industry rebounded after Fokker's bankruptcy
Fokker's 1996 demise was a blow to SMEs that depended on the airframer, but Dutch enterprise has created new partnerships
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ADSE: design for life after Fokker
Formed from the wreckage of Fokker in the late 1990s, engineering consultancy ADSE is an example of a successful entrepreneurial start-up that has mined the former airframer's deep heritage in design and manufacturing.
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Fokker's remarkable transformation from airframer to leading first tier supplier to world's aircraft manufacturers
The best-known Dutch aerospace company no longer makes entire aircraft, but its name lives on as a key supplier and service provider
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LH Aviation bids to break the mould with Ellipse
It has never been easy rewriting the rulebook when it comes to designing light aircraft. Many new concepts have been tried in the past few decades and -...
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Evektor pitches at the utility market
The Moravian light sport aircraft specialist is pitching for the utility market with its EV-55 twin. Will it make it off the ground?
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Second A400M nears first flight
MILITARY TRANSPORT Murdo Morrison SEVILLE A400M flying back on track Rain in Spain has slowed progress, but Airbus Military says airlifter remains...
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A400M final assembly line gears up for production
ASSEMBLY GEARING UP FOR EFFICIENCY A year ago, the newly opened 145,000m2 (1.56 million ft2) A400M final assembly line complex at Seville was...
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EADS slides to its first loss
Despite robust underlying performance, European giant is vulnerable on key programmes
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Gallois rules out an EADS bid for the new US tanker competition
EADS has categorically ruled out any new bid for the US air Force's KC-X requirement - either acting alone or with a new partner ...
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EADS chief executive Louis Gallois says the company could sell '400-500' more A400Ms after resolving a contractual crisis ...
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Forecast growth of fleet in Middle East and North Africa region
OUR GRAPH predicting the shape of the Airbus and Boeing narrowbody and widebody...
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Business aviation MRO catches up with growth of sector
THE MAINTENANCE, repair and overhaul sector has failed to keep pace with the growth of the business aviation fleet in the Middle East, and the lack of competition...
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Middle East boosts its MRO footprint
Ambitious Middle Eastern maintenance providers are aiming to increase market share to match the region's growing importance in the aviation world
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BAHRAIN AIR SHOW: Academy leads training push
Bahrain is stepping up efforts to become a centre of pilot, cabin crew and engineering training for the Middle East.
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BAHRAIN AIR SHOW: Air force signs off on deal with Sikorsky for nine Black Hawks
Bahrain completed negotiations at the show on 21 January on a long-standing deal for nine Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters,...
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BAHRAIN AIR SHOW: Comlux move boosts Bahrain
Comlux intends to house an A319-based ACJ and an A318 Elite in Bahrain Swiss company says move will cut response times for VIP customers in the Middle...