Dubai based carrier orders further 50 A380 aircraft Dubai-based carrier, Emirates Airline, has placed an additional order for 50 A380s flagships, taking their total order to 140 and confirming the continued strong demand for very large aircraft in the Middle East. The...
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Fine Tubes wins contract to supply hydraulic tubing for new generation of Snecma engines
5 Nov
Fine Tubes, a leading manufacturer and global distributor of precision tubes for critical applications, is delighted to announce that it has received final supplier approval from Snecma, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of aircraft and rocket engines. This is...
GKN Aerospace wins award for A350 XWB rear wing spar
4 Nov
• Plastics industry’s prestigious Horners Award recognises pioneering design innovation. The British Plastics Federation (BFP) and the Worshipful Company of Horners have awarded the 2013 Horners Award for Plastics Innovation and Design to GKN Aerospace for its ‘highly...
GKN Aerospace and Royal Academy of Engineering establish Research Chair with the University of Bath.
4 Nov
• New Chair will advance manufacture of aerospace composites GKN Aerospace is sponsoring a five year Royal Academy of Engineering (RA Eng.) research chair, based at the University of Bath. The Royal Academy of Engineering/ GKN Aerospace Chair in Composites...
Symbiotics Ltd provides pilot selection tool for JET Aviation
4 Nov
Symbiotics Ltd, leading international specialists in human performance assessment and training solutions, is delighted to announce that it is now working with Jet Aviation to help them select pilots with the right qualities for the particular demands of business...
Fine Tubes to showcase titanium tubing innovations at AIRTEC in Germany
4 Nov
Fine Tubes, a leading manufacturer and global distributor of precision tubes for critical applications, has been supplying the aerospace industry for over 50 years and is renowned for both innovative design and first class product quality. One of the few suppliers,...
Local students see how GKN Aerospace in Yeovil helps ‘makes things fly’
24 Oct
• Students from four Yeovil schools take part in UK Government’s ‘See Inside Manufacturing’ GKN Aerospace welcomed twenty 13 - 14 year-old students from four local schools into their aircraft structures manufacturing facility in Yeovil on Thursday the 17th...
New Bristol Academy students see how GKN Aerospace ‘makes things fly’
21 Oct
• Local MP joins students to see UK Government’s ‘See Inside Manufacturing’ in action GKN Aerospace welcomed sixteen students from the Bristol Technology and Engineering (BTE) Academy into their state of the art manufacturing facility at Western Approach on Wednesday,...
SECOND CALL FOR NATIONAL AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY EXPLOITATION PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED
17 Oct
Nine bids made by industry in Round One- -NATEP will innovate technologies for new products or manufacturing processes - -Welsh Government now supporting Wales businesses in participating in NATEP- The National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme...
From Aero to Space – Adapting Aerospace Technology to Meet Outer Space Demands
9 Oct
Photo courtesy of "Astrium" Within the aerospace industry, the pressure is always on to develop new materials that can meet the demands for higher performance at reduced weight – for...
Duke of Gloucester Officially Opens Iconic Airbus Building
26 Sep
HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO officially opened the newly restored Pegasus House in a special ceremony at the Airbus site in Filton earlier today. The Grade II Listed art-deco building, which was originally opened in 1936 as the headquarters of the Bristol...
Altran’s Denton Clutterbuck elected as a Fellow of the IET
10 Sep
Denton Clutterbuck, Head of Aerospace, Defence & Rail at Altran UK, has been elected to the status of Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), in recognition of his significant and sustained achievements within the profession. Having trained...