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Discovery Space Learning Guides for kids

The Discovery Space Learning Guides offer an engaging and entertaining way for educators and parents to inspire kids to get…

Hydrogen combustion, explained

Today’s internal combustion engines in aircraft can be modified to run on alternative fuels for improved environmental…

How helicopters are braving the elements to keep our world running during COVID-19

The contribution helicopters make to the battle against COVID-19 are well-known; they are relied upon to transfer critically ill…

A Tiger team's daring rescue of a downed Gazelle crew in Mali

It’s June 2019, and French armed forces have launched Operation Aconit, a major push in the Liptako region, a hotbed of armed…

A layered approach to flying

What ensures a safe travel experience? Aviation partners are collaborating to find a solution to safe traveling during times of a…

Pursuing their dreams: The first Airbus-trained pilot cadets have graduated

Proudly wearing their newly-pinned wings, four cadets have become the first to graduate from Airbus’ Ab-Initio Pilot Cadet…

Imagine travelling in this blended wing body aircraft

The next generation of single-aisle aircraft has a lot to learn from MAVERIC, Airbus’ latest aircraft demonstrator. The game…

Airbus Helicopters’ 1,400th H135 is delivered to HEMS operator Mont Blanc

In late September, the light twin-engine helicopter reached a major milestone: the company’s 1,400th H135 was delivered to the…

Getting life-saving satellite imagery to where it’s needed most

The ‘International Charter Space and Major Disasters’ is a unique and worldwide collaboration, through which satellite data are…

EASA and Airbus: working towards our common safety objectives

Safety is a uniting force among all members of the helicopter industry. Here, John Franklin, Head of Safety Promotion at the…

From Earth orbit to the Moon…and beyond!

As the International Space Station (ISS) marks two decades of continuous human presence, circling the Earth more than 120,000…

Quieter city skies

With helicopters being a common sight and sound in any cityscape, sound reduction has been an ongoing area of rotorcraft research…

No Air dominance without Space dominance

The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) will create a network of manned and unmanned platforms in the sky from fighter to drones, up…

Airbus and Launchspace Technologies Corporation Sign Mission Contract for a Payload…

Airbus and Launchspace Technologies Corporation (LTC) have signed a contract for a mission on the International Space Station …

First A321P2F enters into service with Qantas for Australia Post

Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture created by Airbus and ST Engineering has achieved key milestones in the A321…

A330 MRTT and A400M

The Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) has granted the Voyager Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR) clearance for…

How HCare support contracts have kept customers flying for 35 years

Thirty-five years ago, helicopter operators transporting energy industry workers to offshore oil and gas rigs in the North Sea…

Four ways to tell if you're living in a city that's getting smarter and safer

With more of us living in cities than ever before, urban life is under pressure and it seems like there is more of everything –…

Hydrogen fuel cells, explained

Hydrogen fuel cells are emerging as a high-potential technology that offers significant energy efficiency and decarbonisation…

Meet the Airbus Quantum Computing Challenge’s five finalist teams