Aerospace

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Useful websites for Aerospace

A range of high-quality resources for Aerospace. Start exploring them here.

Governmental/regulative websites

UK

• Civil Aviation Authority (UK): The Civil Aviation Authority is the UK's specialist aviation regulator. View publications and alerts online.
• DSTL: The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (UK) provides technical advice to customers in the global aerospace, defence and security markets.

International

• European Space Agency (ESA): Provides cooperation among the European States in space research and technology and their space applications for scientific purposes and for operational space applications systems.
• Federal Aviation Administration: Federal body governing over aviation in the US. Regulations and guidelines are made available in full-text through the website.
• International Civil Aviation Organization: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) sets standards and recommended practices for the safe and orderly development of international civil aviation.
• NASA: The official website of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States of America. 

Aerospace reports

• AERADE at Cranfield University
  The Aerade service provides access to key aerospace and defence information sources created worldwide and is an excellent source for finding report literature, often in full text format.
• Advisory Group for Applied Research and Development (AGARD)
  AGARD was NATO's research and development advisory group. The Queen Mary Mile End Library holds AGARD report literature in printed and microfiche formats.
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) meeting papers
  Use the Aerospace Research Center to find references to AIAA publications. The first pages of individual papers are often freely available. These are usually papers given at AIAA conferences. A comprehensive collection of AIAA literature is held at the British Library and at Cranfield University Library.
• Aeronautical Research Council (ARC): Reports and Memoranda
  Certain ARC Reports & Memoranda and Current Papers are available in the electronic AERADE Reports Archive . The Queen Mary Mile End Library holds a complete printed set.
• NACA reports full text: The UK archive of digitised NACA Reports maintained by the AERADE team AT Cranfield University.
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reports
  Use the NASA Technical Reports Server to find information about NASA reports. Many full text NASA reports are available on the Web.
• Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE)
  RAE reports are held by the British Library and by Cranfield University Library.

Commercial enterprises

• Airbus
• Boeing
• QinetiQ

Other useful portals

• Cranfield University Library catalogue
• ESDU: Provides validated engineering design data, methods and software that form an important resource for scientists and engineers in research establishments and academic institutions. Queen Mary is not subscribing to ESDU, but the website makes it possible to search in abstract to the material they produce.
• Aerospaceweb: Provides educational support in the areas of aerodynamics, propulsion systems, vehicle design, engineering career information, and aerospace history.

Professional organisations

UK

• Royal Aeronautical Society

International

• American Institution of AeronIAA
• SAE International
• Vertical Flight Society