Cabin air system designers have to deal with difficult working conditions for their products but have harnessed big data analytics to make them more reliable and maintainable.
Airliner retirements were reduced greatly in 2018; new analyst reports suggest the upsides/downsides from fewer aircraft parked in desert holding stations.
New material developments and predictive data technologies are reducing field repair events, which can keep an aircraft out of service for days at a time.
The Air Force acquisition chief seeks more flexibility and speed from the bureaucracy and industry that must invent the next generation of military weapons.