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Space 16 March 2020

Orion spacecraft for Artemis I mission successfully completes major testing

Plum Brook Station, Sandusky, Ohio 16 March 2020 – The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission has successfully completed several months of simulated space…

Air transport 16 March 2020

Gulf Air Temporarily Reduces its Network and Suspends Flights to Several Destinations

Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain – 16 March 2020: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has temporarily suspend flights to and from…

Industry 16 March 2020

As Boeing’s problems mount Airbus sales stall

As setbacks for Boeing’s 737 MAX accumulate, uncertainty over its path to recertification continues to impact companies within Boeing’s US supply chain, says GlobalData, a…

News 16 March 2020

Next AERO Friedrichshafen to take place in April 2021

Our world has been turned upside down. Nevertheless, it is still imperative for Messe Friedrichshafen to look to the future. Since the coronavirus forced us…

Space 12 March 2020

Heads of ESA and Roscosmos discuss future of ExoMars

On 12 March ESA Director General Jan Wörner and Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin. Will meet by videoconference to discuss the ExoMars project and its…

Training 12 March 2020

The Emirates Group partners with Airbus

The Emirates Group partners with Airbus to provide leadership programmes for UAE Nationals Programme to help develop skills of the Group’s future business leaders DUBAI,…

Industry 7 February 2020

Airbus – The month in review: January 2020

Airbus logged net orders in January for 274 commercial aircraft from its A220, A320 and A350 XWB product lines in activity that included two new…

Industry 4 February 2020

GKN Aerospace signs USD multi-million contract for Boeing 777X wiring

Six-year agreement covers electrical wiring interconnection systems for the 777X GKN Fokker Elmo has signed a contract to supply electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS) for…

Helicopters 31 January 2020

Airbus Helicopters adds 250 more helicopters to global support contracts

Anaheim, 29 January 2020 – Airbus Helicopters added 250 helicopters to HCare Smart and Infinite contracts in 2019, increasing to 2,250 the number of aircraft…

News 31 January 2020

Strengthening Cooperation on Standards for Intermodal Travel

Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Union of Railways (UIC), to strengthen their…

Satellites 29 January 2020

Sentinel-6 satellite renamed in honour of renowned US scientist

ESA, NASA, the European Commission. The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and the National Oceanic. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have renamed the…

Helicopters 29 January 2020

NASA places order for three Airbus H135 helicopters

The U.S. agency will use the aircraft for security during rocket launches, emergency medical services and qualified personnel transport. Anaheim, 28 January 2020 – The…

Industry 27 January 2020

Airbus, Air France, Safran, Suez and Total welcome advancements in favour of a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in France

As the French Government presented the country’s ambitions with regards to sustainable aviation fuel, in Toulouse, Airbus, Air France, Safran, Suez and Total acknowledge the…

Space 24 January 2020

ESA and Airbus sign contract for Bartolomeo platform on the International Space Station

Bremen, 23 January 2020 – The Bartolomeo platform from Airbus gives new opportunities for research on the International Space Station (ISS). The European Space Agency…

Industry 24 January 2020

Airbus demonstrates first fully automatic vision-based take-off

Toulouse, 16 January 2020 – Airbus has successfully performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off using an Airbus Family test aircraft at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. The…