From concept to the manufacture and testing of a novel heat exchanger technology, Reaction Engines’ hybrid Sabre engine is set for great things. RICHARD WARRILOW gives an in-depth update to the on-going development story that has the potential of making the UK a key player in the commercialisation of space.

This is a full article published in Aerospace International: June 2011

In 2010 an ash cloud from an eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland caused the closure of much of Europe’s airspace for six days from 16-21 April. A conference at the Royal Aeronautical Society on 9 November focused on the events and their consequences and looked at what lessons could be learned for the future. BILL READ reports.