A leading UK main distributor of standard and bespoke
fasteners for international aerospace and other industries.
A leading UK main distributor of standard and bespoke
fasteners for international aerospace and other industries.
The Lockheed Martin X 59 QueSST is an American experimental supersonic aircraft being built for NASA’s Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator project. QueSST stands for ‘Quiet SuperSonic Technology’, and the X-59 will feature innovative technology to fly – quietly – faster than the speed of sound. Supersonic aircrafts currently produces a loud sonic boom, heard on the ground as a disruptive and unsettling noise. With the X-59, NASA plans to change this. When the aircraft flies overhead, people on the ground will hear nothing more than a quiet thump – no more than the slamming of a car door. Peter Coen of NASA’s Langley Research Center explains, “The X-59 aircraft is equipped with unique shaping and supersonic technologies. A long slender nose,
In the 1480s, Leonardo da Vinci drew over 100 illustrations that constituted the first real studies on human flight. One of these, a pen-and-ink sketch of a flying machine similar to a modern helicopter, contained what da Vinci called an ‘aerial screw’ – perhaps the first true aircraft fastener type, similar to a water screw but working in the air instead of water. Fast forward 541 years and the number of domestic and global airline flights worldwide is an estimated 22.2 million (in 2021). And with the demand for more affordable flights, the aerospace industry is growing at a rapid pace – and with it, the need for more specialised aircraft fastener types. The number of aircraft fasteners (bolt or screws, rivets,
Manufacturers have used race cars for decades as vehicles of experimentation. Specific race car fasteners that could endure the hardship of the track were certainly good enough for use in mass-production cars. Fasteners are those small-but-essential components that hold two or more objects together. These nuts, washers, anchors, threaded rods, bolts, rivets, screws, bonnet pins and retaining rings consist of high-strength materials to endure the high demands and speeds of F1 circuits. Take bolts as an example. We use a bolt for a given application according to its grade as defined by the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers). The rating scale runs from Grade 2 (the weakest) to Grade 8 (the strongest). Grade 2 bolts are low-carbon steel, and you’ll find
The space industry has a reputation for being a key player in the global fight against climate change. We try assessing the Carbon Footprint of Satellite & Rocket Launches.
The onset of the Ukraine-Russia conflict has brought attention to the strategic importance of commercial Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery for modern warfare.
While optical satellites fail to perform at night or when the sky is clouded, SAR technology can deliver reliable data at any time of the day irrespective of adverse weather conditions.
If you are looking for a comprehensive guide to the Space Applications market in the UK, then you are in the right place.
Welcome to our comprehensive overview of the UK space manufacturing sector in 2022.
What’s happening in UK space operations this year? We take a look at some of the big developments coming our way.
If you are looking for a comprehensive guide to the UK Space Industry in 2022, then this it it.
