The aerospace industry has come a long way in the 100+ years since the Wright brothers made their first flight. In a relatively short span of time, we have seen aerospace technology evolve and change drastically. From supersonic air travel to budget airlines available to anyone, the evolution of technology...
The government has been urged to begin focusing their efforts on the aviation and aerospace industry within its many talks and discussions of Brexit. Avoiding a hit to the trade and its investment into the industry is of vital importance. One of the leading research charities within the country, The...
Investing in education is always a step towards helping to inspire younger generations to pursue a career in the aerospace industry. Present day investment into both the educational system and competitions to spur the minds of young people will aid in inspiring young engineers to pursue their career in aerospace....
The aerospace industry covers a wide spectrum of study, and one of these subjects is space travel. This has been a fascinating topic for numerous years, and plenty of investments and advancements have been made with space exploration, leading to many achievements. (more…)
Located near Milton Keynes, Cranfield University is an institution that offers postgraduate courses in technology and management. The campus has recently become home to the Aerospace Integration Research Centre (AIRC) which was officially opened last week. The £35m facility is co-funded by Airbus, Rolls-Royce and the university and will bring...
The aerospace industry is ever-evolving, with increasingly better technologies being developed all the time, so much so that they are becoming closer to what we have been seeing in sci-fi movies for a long time. We now seem to be on the verge of another breakthrough. The first flying taxi...
As the country with the largest population in the world, China has long struggled with the environmental and economic impact that this has. With a population of roughly 1.38 billion, the country has a huge impact on the environment. Until recently, environmental issues were not taken seriously by the Chinese...
The UK’s manufacturing industry was expected to grow a little by August of this year. However, these expectations were beaten when this past month saw figures rise higher than the ones forecast by experts. The IHS Markit’s UK manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) jumped to 56.9 in August: a figure...
Here at Dean Group, we have extensive expertise working with a wide range of industries, the aerospace and rail sectors included. Transportation within these industries has evolved greatly since their introduction, and the achievements of both have been staggering. There are changes and improvements engineers provide every day, a recent...
One of our manufacturing predictions for 2017 included the Internet of Things (IoT) and how it can aid the automation of the manufacturing processes, from supply chain to final product. Automation and connectivity on the factory floor or warehouse are crucial to not only reduce human error during the manufacturing...
China will relaunch the world’s fastest bullet train after the 21st of September of this year, when seven high-speed trains will be allowed to reach higher speeds once again. Following the two-train collision near Wenzhou that killed 40 and injured 191 back in 2011, the country cut back the speed...
Network Rail is looking to replace their copper wiring with aluminium one in an attempt to reduce overall costs. With news that rail fare prices are set to increase a staggering 3.6% in 2018, the subject of cost reduction in the rail industry has never been a more important topic...
