There are important changes ahead for the aerospace supply chain as new UAV concepts and applications come to the fruition and improved technologies allow access to the civil market. Simon Lott speaks to two of the key protagonists keeping the UK at the forefront of......

What are the solutions to the qualified personnel shortages currently facing the UK aerospace industry? Mike Richardson heard the views from the Aero-skills Panel Session held during AeroEngineering in Manchester last November....

Airframe manufacturers are constantly striving to remove more weight whilst simultaneously reducing the amount of complex wiring harnesses and cables running throughout the aircraft. Mike Richardson reports....

The Welding Engineering Research Centre at Cranfield University has been examining new opportunities in additive layer manufacturing using arc + wire over the last few years. Simon Lott takes a look at the progress it has made....

Dr Neil Calder discovers how the creation of smart structures using embedded optical sensors within composite materials could soon be a viable technology....