viernes, 8 de diciembre de 2017
The AI Company That Helps Boeing Cook New Metals for Jets
At HRL Laboratories in Malibu, California, materials scientist Hunter Martin and his team load a grey powder as fine as confectioner's sugar into a machine. They've curated the powder recipe—mostly aluminum, blended with some other elements—down to the atom. The machine, a 3-D metal printer, lays …
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Scientists are trying to figure out which bacteria have colonized our space station
It's a bit like a terrestrial house, but also a bit like a human body. Bacteria are hard to annihilate. We have a talent for killing lots of them, but eliminating every last one is nearly impossible. This doesn't matter so much when you're sanitizing your hands after a bus ride or wiping down you...
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Spirit AeroSystems Buoys Wichita With $1 Billion, 1,000-Jobs Pledge
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Spirit AeroSystems Buoys Wichita With $1 Billion, 1,000-Jobs Pledge // AviationWeek.com Commercial Aviation Channel
http://aviationweek.com/business-aviation/spirit-aerosystems-buoys-wichita-1-billion-1000-jobs-pledge
Expansion is not tied to any one particular program but rather to the growth in demand for Boeing and Airbus airliners and in defense work.
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Military defense market faces new challenges to acquiring SatCom platforms
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Military defense market faces new challenges to acquiring SatCom platforms // Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Military_defense_market_faces_new_challenges_to_acquiring_SatCom_platforms_999.html
McLean VA (SPX) Dec 06, 2017
With high-throughput satellites covering 99% of the populated regions of the world, commercial satellite providers like Intelsat General are ready and willing to serve the growing bandwidth needs of the military defense market. But there's a catch. At the Global MilsatCom conference held earlier this month in London, new acquisition challenges came to light: Countries are still trying to figure
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Boeing KC-46A Tanker for U.S. Air Force Completes First Flight
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Boeing KC-46A Tanker for U.S. Air Force Completes First Flight // MediaRoom
http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2017-12-05-Boeing-KC-46A-Tanker-for-U-S-Air-Force-Completes-First-Flight
Newest aircraft moves closer to delivery after airborne operational checks
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Boeing Forecasts Stable Growth and Funding Diversification for Aircraft Financing in 2018
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Boeing Forecasts Stable Growth and Funding Diversification for Aircraft Financing in 2018 // MediaRoom
http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2017-12-07-Boeing-Forecasts-Stable-Growth-and-Funding-Diversification-for-Aircraft-Financing-in-2018
Approximately $139 billion in new aircraft funding needed in 2018, up $17 billion from 2017
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SkyX tests long-range drone along pipeline in Mexico
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SkyX tests long-range drone along pipeline in Mexico // The UAS Magazine
http://theuasmagazine.com/articles/1783/skyx-tests-long-range-drone-along-pipeline-in-mexico
SkyX Systems Corp., a Canadian company working in long-range unmanned aerial monitoring and data collection, has announced that it has successfully completed an unmanned data collection flight of 100 km along a pipeline in Mexico.
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Airbus’ strategy for the A330-800
The A330-800 entered the final assembly line last week at the Airbus production plant in Toulouse, France, amid doubts in the industry that the airplane will be produced beyond the prototype. https://leehamnews.com/2017/12/06/airbus-strategy-a330-800/