Comparing this against the 787 is *related=http://videosift.com/video/Airbus-A350-vs-Boeing-787

Isn't the A350 more like Airbus's response to the 787 Dreamliner... well, they likely both started design near the same time, just Boeing managed to beat them to out. I'm not sure where either company will try next. The A350/787, A340/777 and A380/747 markets cover all but more regional flights. So it'll be interesting to see where they go next...

A somewhat interesting video comparing the two (the more interesting part starts around 30 seconds in and ends by the time it gets to 2:15 after that the side by side comparison ends)

Last week, The Intercept published the Quadrennial Intelligence Community Review of 2009 which outlined industrial espionage.

Let's look at the list of German companies in question today: DTAG, NetCologne, Stellar, CETel and IABG. Two internet providers, two operators of satellite communications and a service provider with close ties to Airbus, ESA and EPCIP. All prime targets for industrial espionage, IABG and DTAG in particular.

A penetration of DTAG alone should be quite enough to convince our Attorney General to start an investigation, and the records about the penetration into Stellar's server centre are even more detailed.

So it's not just another violation of Article 10 of our Basic Law, it's industrial espionage. But I know very well that fuck all is going to come out of it, given how subservient our government is.

By the way, Firstlook Media and DER SPIEGEL does not equal Germany.

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Sorry for being cranky, anyway. I suppose for people outside Germany the interesting parts are that a) NSA/GCHQ own global communications and b) security for satellite net access is appaling.

The second, in particular, is rather frustrating, given that a great number of users of these are bound to be persons of interest otherwise unreachable through HUMINT. Quite the low hanging fruit, isn't it...

*related=http://videosift.com/video/Best-scenes-compilation-of-the-new-Airbus-A400M-testing

Best scenes compilation of the new Airbus A400M testing has been added as a related post - related requested by kulpims.

Airbus A340 600 Rejected Take Off Test Flight.. has been added as a related post - related requested by oritteropo.

I liked the A340-600 RTO certification

*related=http://videosift.com/video/Airbus-A340-600-Rejected-Take-Off-Test-Flight

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It's no FUN to computerize it all with one START button.
And more seriously; it's not like software-only planes can't have problems either. The Airbus 320 crash at the Paris Airshow (low and slow, outside parameters ever anticipated by the programmers; crash); the Phenom 100 Business Jet (currently having to do inflight resets); but your point is well taken.

The highly computerized planes aren't less safe or less reliable; they just fail in different ways.

It would be hugely embarrassing if the plane was certified. This is what certification tests are made for, to push planes to the limit and see how they react. As far as I know, this never happened to an Airbus 340 in service.

>> ^mrsid:
What a retard!
It's one thing to have the computer assist with landing, another entirely to have it grade your performance in the harshest possible terms.