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business environment. HiFly, the first operator of the European Union, which will have protected from the extreme heat
This unpredictability is, Schulz second-hand A380s, was profound and wide-reaching effects on generated within an engine and the
noted, what is driving the increase the talk of a rather toasted the aviation sector. Here the UK has visual data they create would be
in “unidentified customer” orders Farnborough. The A380’s livery come in for strong criticism for a lack used alongside the millions of data
at Airbus, as airlines and their marks a partnership with the of planning or preparedness. points already generated by today’s
governments cautiously avoid making CEO’s own Mirpuri Foundation. The UK government advertised for engines as part of their engine health
announcements that might trigger airbus a “Head of Airspace Strategy/Head monitoring systems.”
an early-morning response. His of Aviation EU Exit Negotations” less Engine-makers were early creators
Boeing counterpart, Ihssane Mounir, than a month before Farnborough, of aviation applications of the Internet
perhaps unsurprisingly does not see a for which it said, rather astoundingly, of Things before the IoT was even
significant change. “prior knowledge of airspace and the a thing, with Rolls’ engine health
On the military side, geopolitics is aviation sector is an advantage but not monitoring a key example.
driving the rather limited news from necessary”. The next future robotic addition
Farnborough as well. UK defence will see Rolls-Royce putting snakes
secretary Gavin Williamson unveiled New technologies and the digital on a plane, with a concept it is calling
Tempest, the UK’s concept for a next- revolution showed some fascinating Flare, a series of wiggling robots
generation fighter, at the BAE Systems promise that the engine-maker says “are
stand and also including Rolls-Royce, According to Rolls-Royce, the future flexible enough to travel through an
Leonardo and MBDA. of aviation will involve robotic engine, like an endoscope, before
Tempest is a twin-engined, engine maintenance, with four new collaborating to carrying out patch
relatively large fighter that largely remote-controlled and partially repairs to damaged thermal barrier
resembles sixth-generation fighter autonomous robots that link into the coatings.”
concepts, and is designed to replace Internet of Things, the connected While making their way through
the Eurofighter Typhoon. Details are network of sensors promising better the engine, the snake-like Flare will
few, including whether it will contain decision-making, more efficient drop off Swarm, “a set of collaborative,
in-the-sky, with swarming munitions ‘The future maintenance and lower costs via miniature robots, each around 10mm
a pilot, while weaponry is equally pie-
networked data.
in diameter which would be deposited
and laser-directed energy weapons of aviation Embedded within new engines are in the centre of an engine via a ‘snake’
mooted. “Inspect”, which Rolls sums up as “a robot.”
collaboration between Tempest and will involve network of ‘periscopes’ permanently larger-than-production prototype
Farnborough saw calls for
Swarm, which in their much
embedded within the engine, enabling
a separate Franco-German project robotic engine it to inspect itself using the periscope version resemble beetles, are intended
seemingly ignore the growing cameras to spot and report any to scuttle through the assembly and
the 2019 planned exit of the UK from maintenance.’ maintenance requirements. These visually inspect parts of the engine
stormclouds of uncertainty around
that prove difficult for humans to
pencil-sized robots are thermally
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