In a year which saw various high profile releases from some of the world's biggest manufacturers, we take a look at some of the hottest products made in 2011
Due to sustained economic growth, aviation giant Boeing believes China will require 5,000 new commercial airplanes valued at $600 over the next 20 years
NASA has revealed images of commercial aircraft designs that could take to the skies in 2025.
In late 2010 US space agency NASA, awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and the Boeing Company to come up with design concepts for a futuristic airliner.
The aerospace giants were issued with strict guidelines in the development process by NASA.
Boeing is delaying delivery of its first new-generation 787 Dreamliner aircraft until early 2011.
Boeing said on Friday the setback was due to the availability of a Rolls-Royce engine needed for the final phases of flight testing.
The planned expansion of the company’s Chinese workforce is intended to keep up the renewed demand for planes. The new employees will be stationed at Boeing Tianjin Composites parts factory in northern China.
The news comes from a quote by Boeing China President David Wang.
The recovery of the global economy has been mixed, but the CEO of Boeing’s commercial airplanes division has said that he believes the market for commercial airplanes is beginning to rebound and that Boeing is working hard to stay ahead of the competition.
The Farnborough International Airshow has officially opened.
The biennial event is used by companies in the aerospace industry to make major announcements, share best practice, debate the future of the industry and sell product.
Boeing has reported a fall in profits for the first three months of 2010 after it delivered fewer aircraft.
Boeing reported first-quarter net income of $0.5 billion, or $0.70 per share, and revenue of $15.2 billion.
Once English entrepreneur Matthew Boulton took over his father’s toy factory in the 18th century and started rolling his own steel to produce products from candlesticks to steam engines, vertical integration became the business model for the industrialised world.
Boeing's delayed 787 Dreamliner is scheduled to take flight for the first time today.
Originally meant to fly in August 2007 and reach customers in May 2008, the plane has been delayed five times because of problems with a new composite plastic and an outsourced supply chain.
"Qantas announced its original B787 order in December 2005, and the operating environment for the world's airlines has clearly changed dramatically since then," Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said in a