All In Depth – Page 22
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Boeing tells some suppliers to ‘halt shipments’ amid temporary shutdown
Boeing has instructed suppliers to stop shipments to its Seattle-area production sites during the company’s temporary production shutdown, which takes effect on 25 March.
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Spirit AeroSystems halts Boeing work, Triumph lays off staff
Airframe manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems will halt much of its Boeing-related work and Triumph Group will lay off several hundred staffers in response to the rapid coronavirus-led downturn in the aviation industry.
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Post-Brexit UK ‘needs global space strategy’
As Britain loosens its ties with Europe, it will find itself having to protect the space-reliant aspects of its national security and economic interests in a world characterised by an accelerating US-China space race
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Business jet industry faces uncertain future after several days of booming demand
The business aviation industry might be more insulated from coronavirus fallout than the commercial sector but likewise faces an unknown future as corporations globally restrict or outright prohibit business travel
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Tarnished Max brand presents major challenge for Boeing
Facing its 737 Max crisis, Boeing is sailing in uncharted brand management seas
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Why restarting Max production is just the start of Boeing's delivery challenges
Between its huge order backlog and the fact that its customers’ only alternative, Airbus, is booked solid for years, restarting Max production is just the first hurdle for Boeing
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Timeline of the twists and turns in the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max
On 13 March 2019 the US essentially completed the global grounding of the Boeing 737 Max, following two fatal crashes involving the type in the space of five months.
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How Boeing is addressing the challenges of the Max grounding
A year on from the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, FlightGlobal’s America’s managing editor Jon Hemmerdinger explains the challenges the US manufacturer has - and continues - to face in its effort to get the aircraft back in service.
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After years of industry pushback, US Marine Corps concedes MUX too complex
The US Marine Corps’ ambitious plan to create a vertical-take-off-and-landing unmanned air vehicle that could carry out a long list of missions has been halted after years of warnings from US aerospace manufacturers that the envisioned aircraft would be expensive and require a lengthy development period.
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Does Boeing design fix need to go beyond 737 Max?
After two fatal crashes and a grounding, extensive remedial work should fix the 737 Max; now Boeing must also rethink the basic design philosophy underpinning its future aircraft
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Beijing plugs away at naval airpower ambitions
While Beijing’s anti-access/area-denial strategy will shape the USA’s aircraft carrier operations in the decades to come, the People’s Liberation Army Navy remains committed to building a viable capability of its own. The commissioning of CNS Shandong in December 2019 saw China join the elite group of countries to have built ...
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US travel ban from Europe leaves airlines and passengers scrambling
After President Donald Trump announced a travel ban from Europe to the United States from the end of this week, there was some confusion as to what exactly the measure would mean for US carriers and their guests.
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GE Aviation plans hiring freeze and preps for up to $300m Q1 virus hit
GE Aviation will implement a hiring freeze and reduce 2020 spending in response to a new 737 Max agreement with Boeing, while contending with an expected $200-$300 million first-quarter hit from the coronavirus outbreak.
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Boeing pitches the US Army on retro compound helicopter FARA design
With three rotors, spinning in three different axes, Boeing’s compound helicopter bid for the US Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competition might strike the novice as complex. But it’s not so, says the aerospace manufacturer.
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5 technologies needed to make attritable UAVs work
Aircraft developers believe these five pieces of technology need to be improved to make attritable aircraft work.
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Why attritable UAVs have aerospace manufacturers rethinking lucrative MRO and upgrades
Because attritable aircraft are designed to be limited-use, and cheap enough to be lost in combat or thrown-away when obsolete, the traditional model of capturing long-term business government via vendor lock – selling proprietary aircraft to the US Department of Defense and then making profits on MRO and upgrades – could be disrupted.
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F-35 v Valkyrie: range, payload, cost and survivability
Relatively inexpensive unmanned systems have advantages which may put them on the front line when the USA squares up against China in the western Pacific
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Why the US Air Force might use ‘deception’ and UAVs hidden in shipping containers to fight China
The US Air Force is rethinking the way it plans for war in the Pacific Ocean. It is eyeing a new class of unmanned air vehicle that could be hidden inside shipping containers and spread across small islands in the western Pacific. Should war ever come, the UAVs could be rocket launched within a matter of hours in massive volleys from dozens or even thousands of secret sites.
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Taking its place with the cosmic elite
From its early satellite ventures to its latest attempt to land on the Moon, the country has long seen space as a crucial component of its security, industrial strategy and national prestige
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Israel focus
Israel had one of the largest national presences at the Singapore air show - the island nation and much of Asia are major export markets for the state’s highly innovative aerospace and defence companies, whose products are often honed by the exacting requirements of their domestic customer. Here, we look ...