20 January 2015
Solar Impulse 2 prepares to take first global flight
Solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 is preparing to take a flight of 35,000km in its first attempt from Abu Dhabi in late February or early March.
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20 January 2015
Boeing to build CMMB Vision’s mobile multimedia services satellite
Boeing Satellite Systems International has been selected by New York Broadband (NYBB) to build a L-band satellite.
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19 January 2015
GKN Aerospace to supply components for Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine
Rolls-Royce has awarded a $200m contract to GKN Aerospace to supply components for the Trent 1000 engine.
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19 January 2015
Nasa to use Isaac robot to produce composite structures for aerospace vehicles
Nasa is preparing to use an integrated structural assembly of advanced composites (Isaac) robot to produce composite structures and materials for aerospace vehicles.
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19 January 2015
Preliminary investigation suggests no terrorism link to AirAsia flight crash
Indonesian air safety investigators have said that data from the black box flight recorders of the AirAsia flight QZ8501 has shown no evidence that the aircraft was brought down by...
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19 January 2015
Boeing and University of Washington open research lab in Seattle
Boeing and University of Washington (UW) have opened a new research centre in the US to focus on aircraft and spacecraft assembly and manufacturing technologies.
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18 January 2015
Air Europa finalises $3.6bn Boeing 787-9 order
Spanish airline Air Europa has finalised a $3.6bn order with Boeing to purchase 14 wide-body 787-9 Dreamliners.
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18 January 2015
SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to launch ‘hundreds’ of internet connectivity satellites
SpaceX and Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk is reportedly planning to launch hundreds of satellites to provide high-speed internet services to remote corners of Earth, and eventually to Mars.
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18 January 2015
Safran opens aircraft carbon brakes manufacturing plant in Malaysia
Safran has opened a new facility in Sendayan, Malaysia, to produce carbon brakes for commercial aircraft.
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18 January 2015
ESA realigns Cluster satellites to study solar wind impact on Earth
The European Space Agency (ESA) has manoeuvred two satellites of the Cluster constellation to study the impact of solar wind on the Earth's magnetic field.