Boeing says it now expects delivery of the first 787 in the middle of the first quarter 2011. The delivery date revision follows an assessment of the availability of an engine needed for the final phases of flight test this fall....

Local MP Gordon Henderson visited Aeromet International in Sittingbourne, Kent, recently and cited the company as an exemplar organisation in helping the UK move towards a more balanced economy....

According to the latest Plimsoll research, there is a real mixed bag of company performance in the UK aerospace industry at present with the analyst indicating that with 158 companies in trouble, 340 others powering ahead and a further 137 set to be......

With tools for aerospace machining accounting for an increasing proportion of Walter’s turnover, the company is responding to the industry’s unquenchable thirst for high performance cutting tools. The doubling in the number of large......

QinetiQ has filed for three world records for Zephyr, its solar powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS). Subject to ratification with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), Zephyr achieved the absolute......

Carrying out a complete investment appraisal analysis has guided SL Engineering in its decision to purchase an additional Mori Seiki NL2000 SY mill-turn lathe. The company provides a full in-house solution specialising in the manufacture of rigid......

Taking place in eight locations around the UK and Ireland, the National Instruments LabVIEW Developer Day offers free introductory and advanced technical sessions designed to help engineers and scientists improve product skills, knowledge and......

Leading electronics businesses were invited to get ahead of the game on the research and development front at an event held by the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) on August 19th at Ansty Park, Coventry. Thirty companies from across the......

The latest super-hard PCBN and PCD cutting tool inserts from Mapal are claimed to consistently outlast and outperform budget price alternatives. The company offers a range of PCBN indexable inserts for use on ferrous materials and PCD inserts for......

LAP Laser has announced that it has been commissioned by Airbus to provide 220 laser projection systems. The company won the order in a worldwide tender process against competitors from Germany, Canada and the USA and has now become a strategic......