As commercial supersonic flight returns, aerodynamic heating around rivets is an underexplored threat to aircraft structures — a UNSW project explains why.
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When your job is to find faults with
multi-million dollar aircraft, celebrating the failures as well as the successes creates a culture that protects professional integrity, says flight test specialist Jaime Hale
The DO-178C safety standard minimizes the risk that software failures could compromise aircraft safety
The key technologies the UK Government is backing in its Defense Investment Plan
Dr David Birch, associate professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Surrey, discusses how a new sensor technology will improve aviation safety
Why safety is key to the future of autonomous aircraft
The 787 Dreamliner’s composite wing passed its ultimate load test, but not before exposing a failure mode that the computers never saw coming
Dr Mike Bromfield discusses the importance of human factors when developing the cockpits of future electric and hybrid-electric aircraft
Advances in materials science, manufacturing and testing are proving fundamental in the further exploration of space
Roman Bertschi from Elsys AG discusses the latest update to its TranAX data acquisition software