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Episode 38: Alan Hiken, Kane Robotics
Alan Hiken, COO of Kane Robotics, talks about historic, current and future composites use in aircraft fuselage structures and the role of automation in next-gen manufacturing environments.
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Spirit Aerosystems reports Q4 and full-year 2020 financial results
Revenue was down 55%, primarily due to the effects of the 737 MAX grounding and COVID-19. Total 2020 shipset deliveries was 920, down from 1,791 in 2019.
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The evolution of the commercial aerospace landscape
Following the grounding of the 737 and the downturn caused by the pandemic, Boeing finds itself a distant second to Airbus. What should it do?
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Tow steering, Part 2: The next generation
Wings on next-generation commercial aircraft will be longer, thinner, more aerodynamic and more efficient. They also are ideal candidates for the application of steered tows. One project aimed to design, fabricate and quantify a tow-steered wing skin.
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Boeing shutters commercial composites R&D facility
In an effort to trim costs, commercial composites R&D at Boeing’s Advanced Developmental Composites (ADC) center in Seattle is being distributed among other Boeing composites facilities in the Puget Sound region.
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Boeing conducts inspections of 787 composite inner fuselage skin
Boeing reports that it is checking the flatness of inner fuselage skins on all undelivered 787s to verify structural integrity.
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Boeing adjusts 2021 787 production downward
Persistent headwinds in international air travel have compelled Boeing to reduced 787 production from six to five per month by mid-2021.
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Boeing, Etihad sustainability alliance test ecoDemonstrator 787
The ecoDemonstrator program uses commercial aircraft to test technologies that can make aviation safer and more sustainable now and into the future. Use of a 787-10 Dreamliner will evaluate ways to reduce emissions and noise while flying on sustainable fuel.
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Spirit AeroSystems reports third quarter earnings
Although Spirit’s revenues declined 58% in the quarter compared to third quarter 2019, CEO Tom Gentile says the company anticipates steady growth going forward as the 737 MAX returns to service.
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Composite aerostructures in the emerging urban air mobility market
In the not too distant future, point-to-point, limited-distance, piloted and autonomous air travel for people and cargo will be the norm. Composites will make it possible.
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