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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

The A330 Family legacy continues with the 1,500th delivery

The A330 Family’s 1,500th delivery on 21st September to Delta Air Lines says a great deal about the enduring qualities of the…

The French armed forces: a historic partnership

From metropolitan France to Polynesia, from Afghanistan to the Sahel, from one ocean to another, the French armed forces have…

Armée Française: un partenariat historique

De la métropole à la Polynésie, de l’Afghanistan au Sahel, d’un océan à un autre, les armées françaises ont déployé ces dernières…

50 million data points behind feeling confident while sharing cabin space

With air filtration systems ensuring the highest levels of cabin air quality, passengers and crew can rest assured that an…

Hydrogen in aviation: how close is it?

Research into hydrogen as a potential energy carrier to power future zero-emission aircraft has been intensifying in recent years…

EASA approves increased take-off weight variant of the A330-900

Airbus has achieved certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its latest A330neo product…

Pléiades Neo set for launch in early 2021

The first two Pléiades Neo satellites are qualified and ready for launch – despite covid challenges and in line with what we…

Manned-Unmanned Teaming and Remote Carriers: transcending individual assets’…

When discussing the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), it is often too easy to equate such an innovative concept to the New…