Singapore Air Show 2012 – Day 3

Business at the Singapore Air Show has continued to be brisk.

The second trade day of the Singapore Air Show saw new orders continue to flood in.

The dragon in space

Rendering of the Tiangong-1/Shenzhou 8 docking - completed successfully on 2 November.

In the week that Chinese spacecraft accomplished the milestone of an automated docking in orbit, an overview of China’ s ambitious and far-reaching civil spaceflight programmes.

Biofuel, carbon trading and fuel from the air

A future green airliner conceopt. (NACRE).

A report on the highlights of the RAeS Annual Greener by Design conference featuring the latest developments in sustainable aviation.

Think big, think small

Nanotechnology could have important applications in aerospace.

Electrically-powered passenger aircraft? Intelligent paint? Planet-exploring micro robots? A look into the science of nanotechnology and the remarkable changes that such research could offer to change the future of aerospace.