Mike Richardson

Dan Carmel, director of LRQA's aerospace & defence assurance services examines the leading quality issues affecting 50 aerospace manufacturing SMEs holding AS9100 certification.

According to Silveray's products and marketing director Norman Stapelberg, the sky's the limit with a new inspection technology called Digital X-ray film.

Dieffenbacher has acquired the composites business of the insolvent Schmidt & Heinzmann based in Bruchsal, Germany.

Midlands-based coatings company, Indestructible Paint has been supporting the restoration of a WWII Hawker Typhoon by supplying expertly colour-matched coatings for the special project designed to bring the aircraft back into flying condition.

Hufschmied Zerspanungssysteme has expanded its range of specialised machining tools for aluminium.

Mikrosam has announced the delivery of its advanced robotic filament winding machine with automated tape placement head to Cidetec, Spain.

Bruno Gardes, head of sales and customer application support, Business Unit Solid Round Tools at Sandvik Coromant, examines the unique challenges of machining composites materials in aerospace manufacturing and outlines the R&D efforts of Sandvik Coromant to support this sector.

Addcomposites has announced a new milestone for the AFP-XS system, said to be the world's most affordable automated fibre placement (AFP) system, which now also boasts the largest global install base, surpassing 50+ systems.

Andrew Underwood, Lockheed Martin UK's chief engineer special projects and LM Fellow reflects on role models and the future of engineering.

Altair has signed a collaboration agreement with aerospace startup Moya Aero as part of Altair's Aerospace Startup Acceleration Program (ASAP).