How Is Airbus Planning to Halve Testing Time Without Cutting the Evidence? Hybrid aircraft testing is moving from research programmes into mainstream development. Airbus wants to halve testing lead times on its A320 successor. It plans to do this by combining physical and virtual assessment far more closely. Thierry Raffy, Airbus’s vice president of test
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Can AI Rebuild a CAD Model, and Does It Understand Why It Was Built That Way? AI CAD modelling has taken a visible step forward in recent weeks. SOLIDWORKS previewed AI this summer that turns imported STEP and IGES files into editable, feature-based parts. Then, in September, Autodesk showed a very similar idea for Fusion.
How Do Engineers Build a Telescope Inside a Kilometre of Antarctic Ice? On 6 October 2026, the Nobel Prize in Physics went to Francis Halzen. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences recognised his work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. This observatory is a cubic kilometre of Antarctic ice fitted with light sensors. Furthermore, the Nobel
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What Does It Actually Take to Build a Robot Capable of Battlefield Operation? At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing last month, robots sprinted, boxed and danced. Some covered 100 metres faster than Usain Bolt. Crowds cheered the stumbles as much as the successes. Two days after the Games ended, the People’s Liberation Army’s
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How Is a Fleet of Robots Engineering New Understanding of the World’s Melting Ice? On 15th July 2026, the Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough departed Harwich bound for Greenland. On board sits one of the most sophisticated fleets of autonomous engineering systems ever assembled for a scientific expedition. The mission is the GIANT project
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How Is the Lower Thames Crossing Rewriting the Rules of Major Infrastructure Engineering? The Lower Thames Crossing is one of the most significant infrastructure projects in the UK’s recent history. A 23-kilometre road and tunnel links Kent and Essex. It will almost double road capacity across the Thames east of London. Moreover, it creates a
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How Is AI Transforming the Way Engineers Design, Build and Operate Physical Systems? The relationship between digital engineering and physical manufacturing is changing fundamentally. Siemens and NVIDIA announced a major expansion of their strategic partnership at CES 2026 — committing to build what they describe as the Industrial AI Operating System. The centrepiece is Siemens’
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Why Is Farnborough 2026 the Most Significant Aerospace Event in a Generation? From 20th to 24th July 2026, the global aerospace and defence industry convenes at Farnborough International Airshow — the second largest aerospace exhibition in the world. This year’s edition is shaping up to be the biggest in the show’s 78-year history. Exhibition halls
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