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Aerospace & Defense

Space, commercialized

Private industry pushes into space, aiming to reinvent everyday life and interplanetary travel

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Although process variables and a lack of skilled operators continue to hamper the use of 3D printing for mass-production of aerospace parts, proponents are confident that the challenges will be resolved. (Image © GettyImages)

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Eyes on the prize

In aerospace, 3D printing moves closer to its full-production promise

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The Voice of Experience: Sharon DeVivo

President, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

Boeing, which designed its 787 as the first commercial jetliner with an all-composite fuselage, wings and tail, is a sponsor of the new 3DEXPERIENCE Education Center of Excellence in Advanced Composites at Purdue University. (Image © Boeing)

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Material ambitions

New research center at Purdue aims to solve composites’ sticky challenges

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Clearing the air

Plans for dramatically cleaner aircraft aim to meet aggressive carbon-reduction targets

Among the long-range, solar-powered surveillance tasks that XSun drones might do: oil and gas pipeline surveillance; scans of railway lines; detection of oil slicks or illegal dumping at sea; and monitoring of wildlife, forests and livestock. (Image © Jeremy Levin)

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Eye in the sky

XSun CEO Benjamin David's vision for solar-powered drones is making long-range environmental surveys more affordable

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Act like a startup

These five cloud-technology tips help established firms compete like digital natives

Singapore’s Changi Airport Terminal 4 offers travelers a start-to-end automated process, from check-in to boarding. (Image © Changi Airport Group)

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Smart airports

Airports pursue data integration with partners to improve passenger experience

Omer Bar-Yohay, CEO and Co-Founder, Eviation Aircraft (Image © Dassault Systèmes / Jeremy Levin)

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Omer Bar-Yohay

Eviation Aircraft’s zero-emission electric planes aim to eliminate travel frustrations

XYT’s vehicles are designed to survive longer and be easy to repair or reconfigure, giving them a much smaller environmental footprint than mass-produced vehicles. (Image © XYT)

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Radical reinvention

Innovative new business models transform established industries in surprising ways

Hundreds of companies provide thousands of subsystems and parts for Boeing jetliners, including the 787-10 Dreamliner. These suppliers are under pressure from Boeing
and other airframe manufacturers to accelerate their production rates. (Image © The Boeing Company)

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Supply chain scrutiny

Aerospace OEMs press suppliers for more visibility into potential disruptions

An engineer inspects a new Airbus A350 composite wing cover at the company’s Broughton, England, factory. Accelerating production and certification of advanced composites is critical
to keeping pace with orders for new aircraft. (Image © Airbus / Keith Freeburn)

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Composites in demand

As applications increase, researchers seek faster methods for producing composite parts

An Airbus A350 XWB moves down the assembly line. By switching from 2D drawings to enriched 3D models, Airbus reduced the time required to update an electrical harness installation by 50%.
(Image © Airbus / P. Pigeyre)

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Augustine’s laws

Technology makes progress against former Lockheed CEO’s irreverent rules

A visitor to the National Institute for Aviation Research virtual reality cave photographs a virtual test flight of the Unmanned Aerial System through immersive 3D glasses.
(Image © Dassault Systèmes)

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Aerospace’s future promise

With proliferation of innovation centers, is the aerospace industry poised for a renewal?

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