Hexagon launched a range of solutions at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024 including a new solution to boost production and increase efficiency by planning and managing factories and shop floors using up-to-date digital twins. The Digital Factory solution allows production companies to use virtual layouts, workflows, and sites to ensure [read more]
The UK aerospace sector has already generated exports worth £18.6 billion in 2023 bolstered by an increase in aircraft production and global orders. The data from ADS Group, the trade association for the UK’s aerospace, defence, security and space sectors, shows that so far this year 315 airliners have been [read more]
Sleaford based SHD Composite Materials Ltd recently supplied aircraft interior specialist Percival Aviation with a highly sustainable resin system, FR308, which Percival used to increase the storage capacity of Boeing 757 overhead luggage bins. The resin, which is produced using a waste product of sugar cane production, was tested for [read more]
The commercial Aircraft services market is set to double by 2041 according to European aerospace giant Airbus increasing in value from $95bn to $320bn. Airbus expects the market expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, with the supply of pilots, cabin crew, engineers and maintenance systems growing at around [read more]
A new state-of-the-art Newton Flight Academy has opened its doors at the Glasgow Science Centre, which is the first one in the UK. Newton Flight Academies are designed to provide unique and high-quality learning experiences and secondary pupils using the centre will cover themes including space, biofuels, and advanced materials [read more]
The UK’s only flying classroom is now fully operational and ready to train the next generation of Aerospace Engineers. Made possible thanks to the technical expertise of Starling Aerospace, the flying classroom will be operated by Cranfield University’s National Flying Laboratory Centre (NFLC). In order to build the flying classroom, [read more]
Aerospace engineering firm RHH Franks has announced it has expanded its manufacturing facility in Hampshire, increasing its capacity by 25%. Funded by the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership, RHH was able to equip an additional 6,600 sq ft of unit space at its site in New Milton. RHH Franks’ has been [read more]
The British School of Aviation (BSA) is marking its re-opening by offering a complimentary place on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner Engineeer type-rating course. The six-week-long course will be the first face to face training carried out by the school since February. BSA is based at London Luton and normally operates [read more]
Rolls-Royce has unveiled the aircraft it plans to use to attempt to set a speed record in excess of 300mph in 2020. The aircraft is part of a Rolls-Royce project dubbed ACCEL (Accelerating the Electrification of Flight) was unveiled at Gloucestershire Airport and will now be fitted with its electrical [read more]
South-Wales based Caerdav (formally Cardiff Aviation Ltd) is opening a line maintenance station for ASL Airlines France at Cardiff Airport with technicians from its facility at St Athan. The facility is part of Caerdav’s new operator support service which it now offers in addition to worldwide Aircraft of Ground (AOG) [read more]
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