Specialist Airport Consultancy and Engineering

whitePaper | February 15, 2022

The perspective of a “self-healing” aircraft is still a distant one even if some of the edge research in self-diagnostics and self-repair of complex structures is bringing such aircraft of the future out of the Science Fiction realm and closer to aviation attainable goals. In this context, the first step to ensure the desired technical availability of the aircraft is to set-up an appropriate maintenance activity, which is focused on and supports the airworthiness, technical capability and performance of each aircraft, as demanded by the airline’s operation schedule.

whitePaper | September 28, 2022

In 2007, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works® set out to satisfy the most challenging structural, environmental, and physical requirements of next-generation air and spacecraft platforms. A strategic technology was derived and the most balanced, capable, and processable reinforced high-performance thermoplastic nanocomposite around, HX5™, was created.

whitePaper | April 22, 2023

The aerospace and defence industry has undergone many technological developments over the past decades, but since the very early days of manned flight, there has never been such a rich variety of new technologies vying for dominance.

whitePaper | April 10, 2022

Air travel is essential to the United Kingdom’s economy and to our continued prosperity. In the last 30 years there has been a five-fold increase in air travel. And it has opened up opportunities that for many simply did not exist before; half the population flies at least once a year, and many fly far more often than that.

whitePaper | January 31, 2022

What makes business aviation support so challenging is the need to continually stay on top of incoming data. Good decisions, smart planning and safe flying all depend on the continuous flow of accurate, real-time information from many different sources.

whitePaper | November 5, 2019

Forankra offers products and customized solutions in cargo securing, lifting and cargo optimization through the whole logistic chain – from straps and lashings to technically advanced cargo securing systems for all kinds of road, air and sea transports. With our knowledge and expertise, we help our customers to secure everything in transit.