Boeing is introducing an automated 737 wing assembly process that is designed to reduce flow time by more than one-third as part of the company’s plan to increase monthly production rates to 47 and beyond, and to prepare for the introduction of the MAX at gradually increasing rates.
India has long sought to increase its ability to manufacture defense equipment to end its reliance on imported weapons, and newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to build on that goal as well as capitalize on India’s defense export potential.
With budgets nose-diving, the U.S. Defense Department is searching for strategies to preserve mission readiness. There is no need to look far and wide for a big part of the answer.
U kraine’s air force recently suffered its biggest blow since the beginning of anti-separatist operations in the breakaway eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk this spring.
NanoRacks and Astrium North America are preparing to deploy a $5 million privately funded accommodation for commercial payloads outside the International Space Station, as the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (Casis) continues its effort to promote commercial activities on the orbiting laboratory.
International Space Station partners are beginning to discuss expanding use of the orbital outpost to test “extensible” technology for the long trek to the surface of Mars, with a new pressurized module and year-long tours for as many as a dozen crew members among the topics under consideration.
