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Demand for low air fares increasing appeal of unmanned flight
// Flight Global HEADLINES
The rising cost of providing navigation equipment for airline pilots, and the parallel demand for cheaper air fares, will inevitably lead to piloted flight being obsolete in 40 years time, a defence consultant has argued.
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A350-1000 to enter final assembly next month
// Flight Global HEADLINES
Airbus is expecting the first A350-1000 to enter the final assembly line in February, with first flight set to take place by the end of this year.
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Bombardier Business Aircraft Implementing Business Model Enhancements
// Aero-News Network
Moves Intended To Solidify Long-Term Profitability Bombardier Business Aircraft continues to restructure and enhance its business model to improve long-term profitability. To that end, the business segment has completed initiatives to increase the number of direct-to-market channels, including termination of third-party sales representative and distribution agreements, as well as the restructuring of customer commercial agreements.
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New tech boosts 3D printing of metal objects
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
The prospects for 3D printing may have just become a little bit stronger, literally, thanks to a new way of using metallic powders to create structures. A Northwestern University team has shown a new technique using liquid inks and common furnaces rather than more expensive lasers or electron beams.
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Category: 3D Printing
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Self-adaptive composite heals itself and returns to its original shape
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Self-healing materials that can repair cracks and other damage automatically have been the dream of scientists and engineers for decades, but a team of scientists at Rice University have come up with a new twist. It's a Self-Adaptive Composite (SAC) that is not only self healing, but also has reversible self-stiffening properties that allow it to spring back into shape like a sponge.
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Category: Science
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