Aircraft Interiors Expo has been postponed due to Coronavirus Reed Exhibitions has announced that Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) has been postponed following the escalation of Coronavirus in Europe. The show was planned to take place at the Hamburg Messe,…
Farnborough Airshow organisers respond to coronavirus outbreak The organisers of Farnborough Airshow 2020, which is due to take place this July, have responded to the outbreak of coronavirus. Farnborough International has said the trade exhibition and airshow…
Yamazaki Mazak opens museum dedicated to machine tools The Yamazaki Mazak Corporation is celebrating the far-reaching impact machine tools have on everyday life with the opening of the Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Machine Tools in Minokamo, Japan. Opened…
Administrators appointed to Tods Aerospace Andrew Sheridan and Geoff Rowley, partners at specialist business advisory firm FRP, have been appointed as Joint Administrators to Tods Aerospace Limited (‘the Company’) on Tuesday 3 March 2020. Somerset-based…
Meggitt awarded $73-million contract by Bell Textron Meggitt has signed a contract with Bell Textron for $73 million to supply composite de-icing propeller rotor blankets, heated spinners, fairings and pendulums to the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. The…
MACH 2020 unveils latest seminar programme Not only is MACH 2020 the UK’s national manufacturing exhibition, with the largest range of technology on show under one roof, it is also playing host to an extensive seminar…
Solar powered unmanned aircraft makes first flight PHASA-35, a 35m wingspan solar-electric aircraft has successfully completed its maiden flight. The landmark flight paves the way to this new aircraft becoming a game changer in the air and…
Böllhoff Group acquires shares in Gillis Aerospace The Böllhoff Group has announced it has acquired shares in Gillis Aerospace, a French manufacturer of fasteners for the aerospace industry to further expand its presence in the aerospace sector.…
Heller to partner with Seco at MACH 2020 German-owned Heller Machine Tools, whose factory in Redditch produces selected 4-axis and 5-axis horizontal machining centres for world markets, has entered into a distribution partnership agreement with Alcester-based Seco Tools…
Kyocera SGS to host aluminium machining ‘Lunch & Learn’ event In partnership with ALFED, the Aluminium Federation, Kyocera SGS has announced that it is hosting another ‘Lunch & Learn’ event for its customers and associates at its Wokingham, Berkshire headquarters…
Boeing reveals new attack helicopter design Boeing has gone public with its submission to the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition, simply named Boeing FARA. Two competitors will be picked from a pool of five…
New display celebrates 50th anniversary of UK’s last space rocket Today marks the anniversary of a unique date (March 4th 1970) in British space history when the Black Arrow rocket took to the sky from a launch pad in Australia.…
Greener aerospace future discussed at FAC conference The main thrust of the 21st annual conference of the Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (FAC) was climate change, and how the industry should help combat it. Speaker after speaker explained how…
BAE Systems Chairman’s Award presented to Zund UK Zünd, the multi-functional cutting solution provider, has announced that it has been awarded a BAE Systems 2019 Chairman’s Award for its cutting system designed to process military aerospace components. The…
NCC unveils a bright digital future for composites manufacturing On Friday 28 February 2020, the UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC) opened the doors to the most advanced composite manufacturing facility in the world. Part laboratory, part factory, the 9,948m2…
ActOn Finishing partners with GPA Innova as UK distributor A leading Midlands engineering firm has launched a new partnership with a high-profile Spanish industrial company as part of ambitious growth plans. ActOn Finishing, based in Coventry, has joined together…
AR innovation for aircraft seating MRO A partnership between Jamco America, an established commercial aircraft interior and services provider and Object Theory, an early pioneer in mixed (VR/AR) reality, has created a new training tool for…
Spirit AeroSystems opens new aerospace facility in Scotland Spirit AeroSystems has opened a new composite manufacturing facility at its site in Prestwick, Scotland. This facility leverages advanced composite technology from Spirit's research and development portfolio and brings new…
Mitsubishi celebrates first flight of first GTF engine made in Japan Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has announced it has completed its maiden flight with the first Pratt & Whitney GT PW1200G engine assembled in Japan. The flight was completed in the US…
Partners agree on Embraer JIT raw material provision Aerospace Technology of Korea (ASTK) and thyssenkrupp Aerospace have agreed on the just-in-time provision of raw material batches to the Korean manufacturer of aircraft components. The material is destined to…
Marshall wins £9.5m contract with Lockheed Martin Marshall Advanced Composites has signed a £9.5m contract with Lockheed Martin to manufacture cockpit trim panels for its C-130J Super Hercules airlifter for the next five years. Advanced Composites general…
Disruption is sometimes the only way forward says CGTech ‘If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got’ is a truism that CGTech, developer of VERICUT – the world’s leading CNC simulation, verification…
JEC World 2020 is postponed due to Coronavirus outbreak Based on the latest assessment of the coronavirus outbreak, JEC Group has postponed this year’s JEC World until 12-14 May 2020. The composites industry trade show was due to take…
GKN selected by FMV to support Gripen aero-engine GKN Aerospace says it has been selected for the technical product support and MRO for the Gripen E RM16 Engines of the Swedish Air Force. The RM16 is the Swedish…
