Renegotiation of scope clause restrictions is worrisome to makers of new RJs and associated sectors such as appraisers; few are predicting much change.
Gordon Gekko may have been a fictional movie character, but increasingly he seems alive and well in the boardrooms of U.S. A&D companies—and he could be aiming for a corner office near you, too.
Graduate students perform a test-run of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's E-Spirit of St. Louis all-electric two-seater. The modified Diamond HK36, planned for first flight in May coincident with the 90th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, has a 150 hp Yasa liquid cooled automotive electric engine and is designed for an endurance of 1 hr and 45 min using Lithium ion battery packs and custom-designed cooling systems.
If Washington manages to cut taxes and regulations and that leads to a better economy, better prices for taxpayers and more U.S. jobs, then Trump and A&D CEOs should be lauded. If not. . . well.
Shark and seal skins, even speed skater’s suits, are inspiring drag-reduction technologies eyed for coating U.S. Air Force transports and tankers to curb jet fuel consumption.
Dassault Systemes is working with Wichita State University to find the best ways to train and attract qualified personnel for future aerospace manufacturing.
After years of declining research efforts, defense primes and aerospace OEMs are repositioning to become the perfect partners for startups via corporate venture capital projects.
GE’s Advanced Turboprop will feature more additively manufactured parts than any previous engine, reducing 855 conventionally made components to just 12 3-D-printed parts.
After the U.S. presidential election, almost everyone will want to repatriate overseas money for use in rebuilding America’s infrastructure, including aviation.
While boosters and skeptics disagree on where the commercial and defense budget cycles are, most say the current business environment is no place for amateurs.
Boeing’s use of additive manufacturing is one for the record books, Guinness World Records, but more recently it's also helping with flight-testing capabilities.
On one side Amazon, Google, Uber; and the other FedEx, UPS, DHL—are all looking hard at the potential for autonomous and electric aircraft to bring new ways of transporting goods and people.
When aerospace executives look at digital opportunities, too many use the traditional technology lens without sufficiently evaluating business model impacts.
