Boeing gets 787 interior ‘right first time’22-Oct-2012 20:16 GMT
To achieve "right first time” successes, the Boeing Interiors group departed from the norm and used an automotive tool to reduce installation times from 3500 to 232 h on the 787.
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Significant upgrades slated for AEDC’s propulsion wind tunnel complex
15-Oct-2012 16:10 GMT
The 4-ft Transonic Wind Tunnel (4T) was recently shut down to undergo a major upgrade, to include a new data system, captive trajectory system (CTS), flex nozzle actuators and controls, roll system, and new diffuser seal flaps.
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More-electric aircraft are not without challenges
08-Oct-2012 19:03 GMT
Engineers study replacing hydraulic actuators in the primary flight-control systems with electromechanical systems.
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GM tools up for high-volume aluminum structures with new welding technology
24-Sep-2012 14:46 GMT
The process centers on a new electrode-tip design. It will enable GM’s global body shops to spot-weld virtually any combination of aluminum sheet, extrusions, and castings at higher production rates than are currently used in automotive aluminum-structures manufacturing.
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Countering the counterfeiters
14-Sep-2012 17:51 GMT
Counterfeit electronic parts affect safety and national security, pose long-term reliability risks, and drive up sustainment costs.Those and related issues will be discussed at the SAE 2012 Counterfeit Parts Avoidance Symposium, co-located with the SAE 2012 Aerospace Electronics and Avionics Systems and Power Systems Conferences slated for Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 in Phoenix.
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Europe's aerospace sector at a crossroads
06-Sep-2012 20:31 GMT
Europe is facing a massive black hole in its future defense procurement portfolio.
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Avoiding traffic congestion in the air
05-Sep-2012 18:45 GMT
Once aircraft are linked to satellites or ground-based stations, the design challenge shifts to disseminating signals to passengers.
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Advantages of additive manufacturing begin to add up
04-Sep-2012 18:18 GMT
Metal-based, powder-bed additive manufacturing builds up parts layer by layer, forming cross sections of the part in 20- to 80-micron thicknesses.
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SEE within avionics systems
29-Aug-2012 20:33 GMT
Atmospheric radiation causes single event effects in electronics, resulting in various system failure conditions, including hazardous misleading information.
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Composite structures pose EMI challenges
29-Aug-2012 13:17 GMT
The all-composite commercial aircraft has become a reality, and the need for the aircraft designer to consider electromagnetic threats has also grown. Bombardier Core Electromagnetic Engineering has conducted a lightning indirect effect measurements campaign on different cylindrical barrels simulating all-metal and all-composite fuselages.
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