Paris Air Show 2009

Rolls-Royce’s development of an open-rotor engine for the next generation of midsize airliners has taken a giant leap forward after wind-tunnel tests revea

In both engineering and visual terms, the open rotor is a huge departure from the turbofans that power today’s aircraft.

Despite the recession, French aerospace research organization Onera is launching a recruitment drive here at the Paris Air Show.

If all goes well, the German air force could be the first air arm to routinely operate a military unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in European airspace.