Sustainable Jet Fuel Gets a Boost
with recent news of jets taking trans - Atlantic flights powered by sustainable fuels and other airlines getting serious about fuel efficiency, perhaps the industry is heading in the right direction.
View ArticleBoeing, Rolls-Royce and Other Majors Explore Remanufacturing
Six major multinational OEMs, including Boeing and Rolls-Royce, are collaborating in Asia to investigate remanufacturing, the process of transforming recovered industrial components into like-new ones...
View ArticleNew Research Seeks A Way to Recycle & Reuse Carbon Fiber
Carbon fiber makes a great lightweight alternative to steel in many manufacturing applications. Unfortunately, the high cost of the material and new regulations about disposal of carbon fiber and...
View ArticleAircraft Sustainability Constrained by Long Life, High Cost, and Massive Fuel...
The amount of carbon dioxide emitted by an aircraft over its lifetime is more than 25 times greater than the amount emitted during its manufacture. This fact, coupled with increasing prices for crude...
View ArticleWill the Dreamliner Take Off Again?
The Boeing 787, commonly known as the Dreamliner, was heralded as one of the most technologically sophisticated new aircraft in the world. But severe technical problems have led to the Dreamliner fleet...
View ArticleWeekly Industry Crib Sheet: Boeing Forecasts Double Demand in 20 Years
Plus: Industrial Output Rises in Europe, Survey: CEOs Slightly More Optimistic About Hiring and Sales, More Small Businesses are Exporting, and Jobless Claims Reach Lowest Levels in Five Years.
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