Showing 49 articles for: Aerospace and Air Transportation
At the frontier of space exploration
Tereza Pultarova
NASA’s Perseverance rover is exploring Mars with the help of British-made CCD technology.
Air-breathing rocket engine
Hugh Ferguson
A team from Reaction Engines has carried out successful completion of high-temperature tests of a unique precooler system for jet engines.
Composites take off
Michael Kenward OBE
Bombardier won the 50th anniversary MacRobert Award for engineering innovation with its innovative composite carbon fibre wings for the Airbus A220.
How I got here - Lucy Harden
Lucy Harden is a mechanical engineer on BAE Systems’ Digital Light Engine Head-Up Display development programme.
An aircraft like no other
Geoff Watts, Chris Daniels and David Burns
The Airlander is the world’s largest aircraft and, when in flight, can stay in the air for weeks at a time if necessary.
Warren East CBE FREng - Taking engineering to industry
Michael Kenward OBE
As CEO of Rolls-Royce, Warren East CBE FREng is forging links with academia with a keenness to turn engineering research into profitable products
Building Britain's biggest warships
Richard Gray and Martin Douglass
Construction of two new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, the largest ever in Britain, is the most ambitious shipbuilding project attempted in the UK
A lot more than lubrication
Professor Ian Hutchings FREng
Professor Ian Hutchings FREng, GKN Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Cambridge, highlights the progress and some failures of the important discipline of tribology.
Creating Smarter Skies
Iain Harris and David Hawken
This article describes some developments that will further improve the safety, resilience and efficiency of air traffic control systems.