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BAe Airbus has studied the application of the maintenance free operating period (MFOP) concept to Airbus aircraft in order to meet a growing demand for autonomous operation. This concept can apply to both civil and military aircraft and, most recently, has resulted in Airbus Military Company including the MFOP as part of its formal proposal for a new military transport aircraft. The paper concludes that it is difficult to predict the progress in further improving the levels of MFOP achievement, but that the final solution is likely to be a “pick and mix” of techniques, technologies and disciplines integrated under a “supportability” banner.

Under the terms of an order worth almost £230,000, British Aerospace (BAe) has purchased four bespoke overhead electric travelling cranes (OETCs) from Street's of Chapel‐en‐le‐Frith. The Champion cranes, all featuring a 10‐tonne safe working load, are being used in the construction of BAe 146 and Airbus fuselage in a new £9 million hangar at Filton, Bristol.

ACCURATE measurement of critical features on wing roots for Airbus Industrie A300‐series aircraft is now being carried out in 25 per cent of the time previously required and at much lower capital cost at British Aerospace, Chester, following the installation of a Kern ECDS co‐ordinate measuring machine from E Leitz (Instruments) Ltd.