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Oct 04, 2016
Solvay’s recent acquisition of Cytec may spur innovation in thermoplastics, other materials.
Oct 04, 2016
Two issues per year linked to manual data-error entries, but Airbus-recommended upgrades were available to counter that.
Oct 03, 2016
Airbus Group is merging with the commercial airplane unit in a move that streamlines management and strengthens CEO Tom Enders. Cost efficiencies are a key target as the group battles with struggling programs such as the A380 and A400M.
Sep 30, 2016
This week’s Washington Outlook: Virginia statesman praises Clinton; debate on reorganizing military space; and FAA probes Santa Monica’s airport closure plan.
Sep 30, 2016
The design space remains wide open for a potential second stretch of the 737 MAX family to counter the Airbus A321neo, Boeing says, but as assembly of the first 737-9 nears, the manufacturer appears to be leaning toward a simpler, lower-risk derivative.
Sep 30, 2016
Air Berlin says it is on track for profitability in 2018, but serious doubts remain as to whether its complex set of measures will work.
Sep 30, 2016
On one side Amazon, Google, Uber; and the other FedEx, UPS, DHL—are all looking hard at the potential for autonomous and electric aircraft to bring new ways of transporting goods and people.
Sep 30, 2016
Environmental NGOs are less than sanguine about a proposed global market-based measure to offset aviation emissions, in part due to the initial voluntary phase.