Digits over widgets and don’t overlook the backlog. In the latest Aviation Week Check 6 Podcast with Accenture, we talk about the trends and forecasts ahead of the Paris airshow this month.
Turn your Manufacturing 4.0 ideas into action. Want insight into ways a digital factory floor and robotics can transform your manufacturing? Hear from a supplier, a robotics expert and additive manufacturing strategist in this new video.
The FDM process offers several material options, from ASA to Nylon 12, each has attributes that make it suitable for a variety of lightweight structural applications.
GE is in the process of implementing a fourth generation of carbon fiber composite fan blades with the GE9X high bypass turbofan engine for the new 777X.
In January, 1927, Capt. Charles Lindbergh sent a telegram to this magazine asking about the terms of the Raymond Orteig prize. The prize, proffered in 1919, offered $25,000 for the first nonstop aircraft flight between New York and Paris.
Working with the website OneAero-MRO, ReserveParts will let tear-down firms post part lists as soon as an aircraft is purchased and destined for disassembly.
Given the numbers of aircraft in service today, the competitive profit margins, extensive regulatory frameworks, and how critical passenger safety is, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) has now evolved to become a major market within the aviation industry
Digital transformation is revolutionizing aerospace, changing its ecosystem to one that’s increasingly marked by growing speed and agility, greater integration and with transparency at every point of the supply/support chain.
UPSers from Louisville, Kentucky and Anchorage, Alaska spent two weeks at the GE Aviation Customer Technical Education Center (CTEC) in Springdale, Ohio.
Five and a half years after entry into service of its first GEnx-2B-powered Boeing 747-8F, Cargolux became the first operator worldwide to fly one million hours with this engine and remains GE’s GEnx fleet leader in total operating hours.
Additively manufactured composites offer advantages that include greater design flexibility, decreased costs and production efficiency. Download the e-book to learn how additive manufacturing enables a new era of lightweight structures with degrees of geometric complexity, part consolidation, and design optimization not previously possible.
When it comes to selecting Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for asset-intensive industries such as aerospace & defense (A&D), it is important to select the right solution for your organization.
Over 70% of the whole-life costs of complex equipment is incurred in in-service support. Reducing support costs, enabling Contracting for Availability (CfA) and Class Output Management (COM) while also increasing operational output, require intelligent and predictive support solutions.
A leading provider of shipbuilding, Vigor Industrial uses IFS Applications to manage all of its operational activity, including customer work, materials and subcontractors, payments, inventory management, equipment maintenance and general ledger entries.
Making jigs and fixtures using additive manufacturing provides dramatic cost savings compared to conventional machining. But the savings involve more than how the tools are made.
