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Shop Moves to Aerospace Machining With Help From ERP

Modern Machine Shop

However, when oil and gas work dried up with due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Operations Manager Kody Guidry saw it was time to diversify. ” The shop eventually settled on moving into aerospace machining, but before it could make the move, it needed to achieve AS9100 certification. .” Help From the Pros.

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The state of Australia’s defence manufacturing

Manufacturer's Monthly

Australia manufactures a range of defence goods, focusing on naval vessels, armoured vehicles, aerospace systems, and munitions. The country also contributes to aerospace projects like the F-35 sustainment and develops unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). trillion in 2016-17 to nearly $2 trillion in 2020-21. per cent and 0.44

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View from India: Collaboration is the key to a cleaner aerospace sector

E&T

In the aerospace and defence industry too, the accent is on green or decarbonisation. Probably clean clear skies may drive aerospace manufacturers to vertically integrate their operations and support the environment. What could it mean in terms of aerospace and defence technologies? Knowledge-sharing opportunities could open up.

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Multi-Million-Pound Aerospace Programme Celebrates Helping Hundreds of SMEs Take Off

MEM

The University of Nottingham ’s Aerospace Unlocking Potential (UP) programme has come to an end, after supporting more than 270 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the Midlands over the past three years. Georgia Hanrahan, Chief Operating Officer at Skyfarer Ltd.,

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Airbus, easyJet, Rolls-Royce partner to promote hydrogen-powered flying

E&T

Members include easyJet, Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Ørsted, GKN Aerospace and Bristol Airport. In 2020, ZeroAvia carried out a test flight from its R&D facility at Cranfield Airport to demonstrate a commercially available aircraft powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

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AML3D to deliver prototype parts for BAE Systems

Manufacturer's Monthly

The purchase contract for prototype Hunter class components follows a commercial validation testing program, initiated in October 2020. Their patented WAM® process 3D prints commercial, large-scale parts for aerospace, defence, maritime, manufacturing, mining, and oil & gas.

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Private Japanese firm to land rover on the surface of the Moon

E&T

After reaching the landing site at the edge of Mare Frigoris, in the Moon’s northern hemisphere, the M1 is expected to deploy a two-wheeled, baseball-sized rover developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) alongside Japanese toymaker Tomy Co and Sony, as well as the United Arab Emirates’ four-wheeled 'Rashid' Rover.

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