WestJet is strengthening its commitment to the 737 MAX family with an order for 42 Boeing 737-10s and options for an additional 22 jets. The 737-10 will enable the Canadian carrier to undertake an ambitious network expansion and meet its long-term sustainability goals. “The 737-10 will be a game changer, with one of the lowest […]
Embraer has an investment agreement to acquire a minority shareholding in XMobots, the largest drone company in Latin America with operations in São Carlos, in the countryside of São Paulo, Brazil. The transaction will be made via an investment fund in which Embraer is the sole partner, with an additional investment option in the future, […]
HELLER Machine Tools formed a partnership with TITANS of CNC, Inc. The key points of the agreement include a cooperation in machining technology, process, and practical application. TITANS of CNC will install two 5-axis machining centers into their Texas facility. The HF 5500 with the fifth axis in the workpiece and the CP 6000 with […]
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is changing global manufacturing, especially in the aerospace industry where large-format 3D printers are used to produce tooling, fixtures, patterns, and molds. Pellet extrusion and hybrid additive and subtractive systems offer a unique solution for these aerospace applications by leveraging the use of high-performance, low-cost pellet feedstocks and machining techniques to produce […]
Join us on Oct. 6, 2022 at 12PM ET for our annual look into the medtech market with Dave Sheppard, managing director & co-founder at MedWorld Advisors, and Florence Joffroy-Black, CEO, president & founder at MedWorld Advisors. While 2020 and 2021 showed robust medtech merger and acquisition trends, Sheppard and Joffroy-Black discuss what’s going on […]
Boom Supersonic, the company planning to build the world’s fastest airliner has selected Advanced Integration Technology (AIT) as the tooling and automation provider and integrator for the Overture final assembly line. This strategic partnership is an important prerequisite for aircraft production at the Overture superfactory in Greensboro, North Carolina. Site preparation at the superfactory is […]
magniX, an Everett, Washington manufacturer of electric propulsion solutions for aviation, has powered Eviation Aircraft’s first flight of its zero-emission Alice technical demonstrator aircraft. The aircraft is powered by two magniX magni650 electric propulsion units (EPUs). Alice lifted off from Grant County International Airport (MWH), Moses Lake, Washington, east of Seattle, in a maiden flight […]
Matsuura Machinery USA and Purdue University are collaborating to advance a new approach to integrated additive and subtractive manufacturing for multi-materials referred to as convergent manufacturing. “Our critical partnership acknowledges a tremendous collaborative opportunity to assist North American customers with their evaluation, investigation, and analysis of Metal AM – and in particular the Matsuura LUMEX Series of Avance-25 machines,” says […]
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, in partnership with Northrop Grumman, has been selected to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile for the U.S. Air Force (USAF). HACM is a first-of-its-kind weapon developed in conjunction with the Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment (SCIFiRE), a U.S. and Australia project arrangement. Under this contract, […]
The U.S. Air Force and GE have successfully concluded testing on GE’s second XA100 adaptive cycle engine at the Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC). With testing at AEDC completed, GE has accomplished the final major contract milestone of the Air Force’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP), which began in 2016. “This is the […]
