Imagine 1 out of 3 passengers being unable to travel by air due to a shortage of aircraft. Air travel pricing will skyrocket and business cases will take huge hits. Unfortunately, this scenario is on the verge of reality. The amount of air passengers is estimated to nearly double to 7.8 billion by 2036. This […]
This is how you triple your current production rate in the next 5 years Read More »
Last week the international space sector gathered at the 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Bremen. For perspective, IAC is the world’s premier space event. And this year’s theme ‘Involving Everyone’ was spot on. Why? Because in practice the opposite is true: despite all the attention for New “Astropreneurial” Space it is still Old “Governmental” Space
Back to the Future: why the Space Sector needs a ‘New Space-race’! Read More »
Here at Airborne we try not to get too carried away. But being market leader in Europe in manufacturing solar-array substrate panels, and still growing, we were selected by SpaceTech GmbH in Immenstaad (STI) to manufacture the Jason-CS-A panels. Airborne was thrilled to be selected and working together with STI for the first time. And now
This week we, Airborne, will join the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2018 again. Our theme this year is “Shaping the aerospace value chain of tomorrow”. For those of you who are familiar with our story, at Airborne we firmly believe in automating the composite production as key to reduce costs and time to market. But because of
Why conversion costs of composites in Aerospace are still way too high Read More »
It might be a no-brainer calling out what our new products Automated Laminating Cell, Automated Honeycomb Potting and Automated Kitting have in common (indeed: to automate), but the added benefits of these 3 newly launched products might come as a surprise and are in many cases the real value driver. Keep it simple First that comes to mind when automating
Hidden Treasures: the value propositions of our automation concepts Read More »
When on December 12, 2017 the Ariane 5 was launched with four additional Galileo satellites aboard, I couldn’t be more proud. Not only is it one of the largest navigation satellite constellations ever, Ariane was also carrying four more Galileo navigation satellites. With sixteen of its substrate panels built by Airborne. What is so special about these panels?
7 Years in Orbit: What makes our panel production so special Read More »
Think that manually manufacturing composites is hard? Think again. I recently tried it with my daughter in our very own kitchen. All you need are two hands, a baking mold and an average oven. This simple manufacturing process has always been one of the main attractions of composite. But it has now become its biggest
Humans are too good at manufacturing composites (and why that is a problem) Read More »
In May of last year I started in my new role of CTO at Airborne International, heading up the team developing automation and digital manufacturing solutions. If you start in a new role, it’s always good to first be humble and listen. Digital manufacturing is a hot topic, set to revolutionise the industry. But I quickly
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