Testing aerospace fuel pumps requires highly controlled environments that replicate real-world operating conditions, while also meeting strict hazardous-area compliance requirements. This article describes how automation control specialist Beckhoff helped Futura Systems develop a flexible test rig platform capable of supporting multiple pump...
Ask any engineer where a component fails and the honest answer is nearly always the same: at the surface. Fatigue cracks, corrosion, fretting and wear all begin at or near the surface of a part. Control that surface and you...
IM Export Services Limited, a leading manufacturer of bespoke timber cases, crates and pallets, has successfully doubled its daily manufacturing capacity after working with experts from Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) through the University of Warwick’s Innovation Lighthouse programme, funded by...
Honeywell Aerospace announced that Aeromexico intends to adopt its newest and most advanced runway safety technology, known as Surface Alerts (SURF-A), across the carrier’s entire Boeing 737 NG and 737 MAX fleet of more than 100 aircraft. SURF-A sends pilots real-time...
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has announced a series of measures at the Farnborough International Airshow this week to drive growth and decarbonisation across the aerospace sector. In a major step, UKEF will broaden its eligibility criteria so that it can...
Safran Landing Systems and Lufthansa Technik signed a 10-year Support and Services Agreement (SSA) at the Farnborough International Airshow for Airbus A320 family, A330, A340 and A350 landing gear and hydraulic equipment. This long-term partnership is the result of several...
BermudAir, Bermuda’s hometown airline, has become a new A220 customer following the order of 10 A220-300 aircraft, marking the first ever Airbus order for the airline. The order was included in the Airbus order book in March as an undisclosed...
Airbus, with partners from across the European Union, the UK and the US, is pursuing its ambition to pioneer a hybrid-electric non-propulsive energy architecture for the next generation of commercial aircraft with LEIA – Large Scale Integration Demonstrator of Hybrid...
Announced during the Farnborough International Airshow, Hyde Details and Hollygate Aircraft Components, both divisional companies of Hyde Aero Products, have reached major milestones in their SC21 journeys, securing their first gold awards for supply chain excellence. SC21 is a UK...
Airbus is launching a new flight-test campaign to evaluate the performance of high-span wings for next-generation single-aisle aircraft, marking the next phase of one of its largest research and technology programmes, Wing of Tomorrow. Over the next three years, Airbus...
