- Home
- Aerospace
Aerospace
News
Last week’s poll: Shoreham air show crash
Following the tragic Shoreham air show crash, regulators have announced that vintage jets will now be prohibited from performing aerobatics over land at such events. With which of the following statements do you most strongly agree?
ESA awards Ariane 6 contract to Airbus Safran Launchers
€2.4bn deal sees first Ariane 6 launch set for 2020, with full operational capability scheduled for 2023.
In-depth
The Engineer Conference 2015 - Airbus' Ian Costello on the engineering behind the Rosetta mission
Ian Costello, deputy engineering manager for Airbus Defence & Space, talks about the role that engineers played in the Rosetta mission’s audacious attempt to land a probe on a comet
Opinion
Trident surfaces again
George Osborne’s visit to Faslane may have been political posturing, but Trident is all about posturing. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t discuss it.
This week's poll: Trident renewal
George Osborne’s announcement of new funding for the Faslane submarine base has brought the UK’s renewal of Trident back into the news. With which of these statements do you most strongly agree?
Classic Archive
October 1960: High speed wind tunnels
In October 1960, The Engineer reported on the opening of two new high speed wind tunnels at the Warton Aerodrome, near Preston.
This week in 1959: A rare sighting of the Seaslug
The Engineer gets its first look at the The Armstrong-Whitworth “Seaslug”, the UK Navy’s first guided surface to air missile
