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Updated Jan. 4, 2024 2:13 pm ETIn its certification, Airbuswas required to prove that its A350 aircraft can be evacuated in less than 90 seconds. In Tuesday’s collision in Japan, the last crew member escaped the aircraft after 18 minutes—but there were still no casualties.The sizable discrepancy, for the moment, represents a puzzle for the industry: Does the safe and deliberate evacuation represent a triumph of new aircraft designs and improved procedures? Or was it a one-off, a fortunate confluence of events that…

Updated Jan. 3, 2024 3:47 am ETAirbus is in talks to buy Atos’s cybersecurity unit, with an indicative offer that values the business at up to 1.8 billion euros ($1.97 billion) including debt.Facing fresh financial constraints, French IT group Atos is revisiting its asset-sale plans nearly a year after the European plane maker’s failed bid to take a minority stake in the Atos division that houses the cybersecurity unit.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8…

Wout Vergauwen / Bloomberg: Airbus begins talks to acquire Atos' cybersecurity and data unit, in a deal that could be valued up to €1.8B; Atos says another company had also made an offer — Atos added it had received interest from another party, without elaborating. Wout Vergauwen / Bloomberg: Airbus begins talks to acquire Atos' cybersecurity and data unit, in a deal that could be valued up to €1.8B; Atos says another company had also made an offer — Atos added it had…

Airbus has flight tested the latest prototype of its A400M Roll-on/Roll-off modular kit that turns a standard Airbus A400M turboprop military transport aircraft into a firefighting bomber to drop water and retardants on conflagrations.Using aircraft to bomb wildfires and forest fires with water and retardants is certainly spectacular and can be credited with saving many lives and billions of dollars in property over the years. First conceived of in 1929, the technique has evolved over the years and the development of a…

Having shown off simplified copter controls, Airbus Helicopters' FlightLab has completed a fully automated flight testing a new simplified tablet-based human machine interface (HMI) designed to reduce pilot workloads and increase safety.Normally, flying a helicopter is so complicated that it requires both hands, both feet, and the third hand that you don't actually have. Since flying in general is already an attention-heavy task, it isn't surprising that Airbus Helicopters and others are looking for ways to simplify the…

To help combat the growing problem of space debris, a CubeSat launched by EnduroSat on November 11, 2023 called Exo-0 includes a 100-g (3.5-oz) device developed by Airbus that uses the Earth's magnetic field to prevent dead satellites from tumbling.According to the US Space Surveillance Network, there are over 25,000 artificial objects orbiting the Earth. Considering the vast volume surrounding the near-space region of Earth, this is a very tiny number, but most satellites are crowded into a few highly desirable orbits.…

Airbus has launched a new spacecraft, which they hope will be instrumental in cleaning up space debris cluttering Earth's orbit. Called Detumbler, the spacecraft is a magnetic damping device designed to prevent defunct satellites from uncontrollably tumbling in space…

An illustration of space debris littering Earth orbit.Illustration: ESAEarth’s orbit can be a chaotic place, with defunct spacecraft darting aimlessly across the dark skies. In order to tackle the growing issue of space debris, Airbus created a new device designed to keep satellites from tumbling around after they’re no longer of use.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewThe device, aptly named Detumbler, launched on Saturday on board a Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg…

Last Updated: November 10, 2023, 14:50 ISTHAL And Airbus Sign Contract For Nashik’s Civil Aircraft Maintenance And Repair. (Photo: Free Press Journal)Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) & Airbus have signed a pivotal contract for Maintenance, Repair, & Overhaul (MRO) facilities for A-320 aircraft in Nashik. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian aerospace and defence firm in the public sector.The organization develops, plans, builds, and delivers aircraft, helicopters, avionics, and communications…

The European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space, and Voyager Space have signed a technology agreement that gives us a glimpse at space exploration and exploitation beyond the retirement of the International Space Station (ISS).The ISS is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2030 and deorbited a short time later. Twenty five years ago, the first module of the station roared into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, and since then it has grown into a 100-tonne behemoth that is the cornerstone of orbiting astronaut…