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Airbus wins ESA contract to construct third European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft
Europe to enable lunar landing Service module being built by Airbus in Bremen Ten European nations involved in the programme Bremen, 26 May 2020 – The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Airbus for the construction of…
Airbus A400M achieves Automatic Low Level Flight certification
Getafe, 26 May 2020 – The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has achieved a new decisive milestone after the certification of its Automatic Low Level Flight capability, offering a unique in its class capability for a military transport aircraft. The…
Airbus’ Aeolus satellite supports weather forecasting amid COVID-19
In January 2020, the UK-based European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts started using wind information from the Aeolus satellite as a regular data source – something which is extremely unusual for such a new type of data source. Just weeks…
Airbus military aircraft perform life-saving medevac missions during the COVID-19 pandemic
The French Air Force also has deployed A400Ms from its fleet for COVID-19-related medical evacuations, with the country’s first-delivered aircraft now transporting patients from congested hospitals within France to areas with greater critical healthcare capacity – complementing the military service’s…
Christoph Zammert: How Airbus is helping frontline helicopter operators in the fight against COVID-19
The power of data analytics for helicopter operators With operations stressed to the limit, helping customers better manage their fleets via data analytics is a promising new area. During the COVID-19 crisis, we have been assisting our EMS operators in…
Airbus officially opens its A220 production facility in the U.S.
A new chapter in the development of Airbus’ U.S. production capabilities has begun with inauguration of the completed A220 commercial aircraft final assembly line (FAL) in Mobile, Alabama. This 270,000-square-foot facility – which can produce both the A220-100 and A220-300…
More thrilling than Top Gun
Red Flag is the world’s most important air combat training exercise. Established in 1975, Red Flag is held between four and six times per year in the Nevada desert in the US, sometimes with the participation of foreign air forces.…
Digital Transformation becomes mainstream: Airbus digital teams join Engineering and Operations
After four years of exploration, incubation and industrialisation of digital capabilities, the Airbus Digital Transformation Office (DTO) has brought the Company mature, industrial-grade digital platforms such as Skywise, DDMS (Digital Design, Manufacturing & Services), Artificial Intelligence, advanced analytics, Airlines Sciences…
Airbus unites in the global fight against coronavirus
“Covideation is part of the global crisis combat by adding the best practices and creativity forces of our company.” I launched The OASIS initiative in 2018, while working in R&D. I wanted to create an internal and external network of…
Future Combat Air System: Airbus and Fraunhofer FKIE create expert panel on the responsible use of new technologies
Munich, 14 May 2020 – In the frame of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Airbus (stock exchange symbol: AIR) and Bonn, Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE have created an independent panel of experts on…