A pilot facility opens in Abu Dhabi to produce biofuel from plants that will clean the effluent from fish and shrimp farms and help make the growth of aquaculture more environmentally and economically viable.
If the Tianjin plant accelerates output, it will do so as part of Airbus’s push to a rate of 60 aircraft per month, which is supposed to be reached by mid-2019. Stepping up to six a month from four would be easy.
The mission is designed to give scientists and engineers the human data to develop life-support hardware and operational protocols for crews making the 2-3-year round trip to Mars.
Another attempt to combine high speed with hover agility produces a unique solution combining tandem tiling wings, hybrid turbine-electric power and distributed electric propulsion.
China to receive Sukhoi fighters; B-52s are on temporary duty in Europe; UAE requests defenses for its C-17s; Pakistan considers JF-17 engines from Russia; Boost to India’s defense budget.
NASA’s X-plane will create the shaped shockwave signature of a 100-120-seat supersonic airliner to enable community testing to determine the public acceptance of low-boom designs
Senior Business Editor Michael Bruno and aerospace analyst Kevin Michaels discuss how massive supplier tie-up would have been “a stick in the eye” to Airbus and Boeing.
The Orion crew capsule European Service Module is a rare example of the kind of international cooperation best exemplified by the International Space Station.
The E190-E2 is expected to begin the flight test and certification campaign midyear and will enter service in 2018, with hopes of gaining a bigger slice of the 70-130-seat passenger market.
The EU Court of Justice ruling on flight delays is blurring the concept of contract of carriage, which is normally only between a carrier and a passenger.
To thrive in high-wage Australia, Boeing’s Melbourne plant must fabricate using advanced processes, such as the resin-infusion, oven-curing technology it applies to 787 work.
