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Son of Apollo takes shape
July 17, 2008
Next year will mark the fortieth anniversary of man first setting foot on the Moon. Back in the early 1970s it was all systems go for human exploration of space but somehow the momentum was lost, and other priorities took over. Just maintaining an orbital presence above the Earth has been full of challenges with Space Shuttle failures and delays to the...
moreFuel prices, scarce credit could depress lease rates
July 17, 2008
Recent demand for younger airliners has ensured lease market buoyancy, but rental rates could fall if more operators release capacity or collapse under the pressure of fuel prices and scarce credit. Major lessor International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) has warned that air traffic growth might slow down, potentially causing “a negative impact on future lease...
moreAéro Montréal Strengthens Links to Europe
July 17, 2008
Aéro Montréal, greater Montreal’s aerospace cluster, has signed two “framework agreements” with similar industrial clusters in Germany and Poland aimed at improving cooperation and expanding trade. During the Paris Airshow last year Aéro Montréal signed similar agreements with the aerospace clusters in Midi-Pyrénées and Aquitaine in France.
moreAbu Dhabi plans grand aero hub
July 16, 2008
In its effort to catch up with fast-growing neighbor Dubai as an aerospace hub, Abu Dhabi companies announced several key developments here at the Farnborough show yesterday. The deals will launch tier one aerospace manufacturing in the Arabian Gulf, and significantly expand local maintenance, repair and overhaul capability. EADS and local sovereign wealth...
moreGE Av Systems hopes to cash in on more-electric aircraft trend
July 16, 2008
General Electric Aviation Systems (Hall 4 Stand B7) has long been a pioneer in the more-electric aircraft concept but now is finding that rising fuel prices are increasing the impetus for the technological shift. At the same time, the company’s expertise in flight management systems (FMS) is coming to the fore as part of the effort to improve air...
moreEADS, Canada cooperate on aero research
July 16, 2008
The National Research Council of Canada signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with EADS last month to cooperate on aerospace research and technology development.The agreement builds on 20 years of research collaboration between NRC and EADS, which includes current projects involving Airbus and EADS Innovation Works. The MoU will allow NRC to...
moreSingapore 2010 draws bookings
July 16, 2008
The 2010 Singapore Airshow (Hall 2 Stand B9) has taken reservations for 80 percent of its available space just five months after this year’s inaugural event. Managing director Jimmy Lau is here at Farnborough aiming to sign firm contracts for 30 percent of that area and had already received 15 percent after Farnborough’s opening day. “We have to keep the...
moreComposite future draws ever closer
July 16, 2008
Ongoing research into new composite materials is expected to yield major enhancements in performance, weight and cost for the aerospace industry in the coming years. New ways of laying up carbon fiber, such as weaving, are already enabling more complex shapes. Thermoplastic resins are making manufacturing easier, and the practice of integrating several...
moreMaterials–It’s What You Know
July 16, 2008
Complex materials, made of carbon fiber composites and a metal, are tricky to characterize. “We already know that titanium is a better match than aluminum with carbon fiber,” research coordinator Benoît Sagot-Duvauroux said. But now researchers are endeavoring to put numbers on corrosion and dilatation issues, for example. Simulation of real-world operating...
moreMessier-Bugatti readies 787’s all-electric brakes
July 16, 2008
Messier-Bugatti (Hall 4 Stand B12) is looking forward to seeing its all-electric braking system on the Boeing 787 when it makes its first flight in the fourth quarter of this year. According to François Tarel, the Safran group subsidiary’s vice president for wheels and brakes, the system received its “safety of flight” approval from Boeing last November,...
moreAerospace central to Britain’s economy
July 15, 2008
Aerospace, which employs 12,000 people in the UK and is worth an annual £20 billion ($39.8 billion) to the country’s gross domestic product, “will remain central to the British economy and our future as a high-tech manufacturing nation.”That message came from John Hutton MP, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory reform, during an...
moreAirbus claims its place in a new world order
July 15, 2008
If Airbus COO customers and chief commercial officer John Leahy ever met a paying customer he didn’t like, it certainly wasn’t one of the world’s big aircraft lessors, whose strong balance sheets look all the stronger at a time soaring fuel costs eat away at profits of the world’s airlines. Lessors now account for some 16 percent of Airbus’ backlog, but...
moreAlenia’s EM test chamber nearly ready
July 15, 2008
Electromagnetic (EM) compatibility testing, which has become increasingly important with the advent of new technologies such as fly-by-wire controls, the saturation of airspace with high-frequency EM emissions and the decision by some airlines to allow mobile phone calls aboard their aircraft has prompted Alenia Aeronautica to build Europe’s largest...
moreFrench industry calls on Sarkozy to fulfill his promise
July 15, 2008
French aerospace orders last year remained at record levels but the long-term weakness of the U.S. dollar against the euro continues to erode profit margins and increase pressure on companies to move production away from France. Last year, just ahead of the 2007 Paris Air Show, new French President Nicholas Sarkozy took office on a pledge to address issues...
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