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  'Burying' CSeries

  Posted by Leithen Francis 2:02 AM on Apr 11, 2012

  The CSeries may end up meeting the same fate as the short-lived Boeing 717. So says Bryan Bedford, the CEO and chairman of Republic Airways Holdings, CSeries’ largest custome... Read More >>

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  The Art of Attracting Top A&D Jobs

  Posted by Michael Mecham 11:41 PM on Jan 19, 2012

  Boeing’s decision to close its Wichita defense plant is a story of too much factory capacity and not enough work. The 2013 closure raises concerns about the future of the... Read More >>

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  Laser Treatment Helps Form 747 Wing

  Posted by Michael Mecham 2:14 PM on Sep 25, 2011

  When Boeing’s first 747-8 Freighter is delivered it will be lifted into flight on wings shaped and made stronger by laser shot peening. The process grew out of ... Read More >>

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  A critical look at managing

  Posted by Michael Mecham 11:10 PM on Sep 12, 2011

  Israeli physicist Eliyahu M. Goldratt, who died this past June at age 64, is best remembered for the Theory of Constraints, which focuses on the weakest links in an organization&... Read More >>

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  A roundabout way to go green

  Posted by Michael Mecham 11:04 PM on Sep 12, 2011

      Electric cars using lithium ion batteries tend toward the cute or exotic and—so far—seem best suited for short trips. Hammonds Industri... Read More >>

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  Deregulation's Day In Court

  Posted by Andrew Compart 9:39 PM on Aug 05, 2011

  It has been 33 years since the U.S. Congress passed the Airline Deregulation Act, which unleashed free market forces for the U.S. airline industry and eventually inspired other... Read More >>

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  CFM on American’s winner’s list

  Posted by Michael Mecham 9:50 PM on Jul 20, 2011

  A question mark hanging over American Airlines big single-aisle airplane order is which supplier will get the nod for both its current A320 family and A320NEO engine orders. But C... Read More >>

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  Boeing blinks on a reprise of 787 production woes

  Posted by Michael Mecham 9:43 PM on Jul 20, 2011

  There may no longer be a split between Airbus and Boeing about the need to re-engine the world’s single-aisle fleets after American Airlines signed a combined commitment for ... Read More >>

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  NSA's bloodlines will come from 787

  Posted by Michael Mecham 6:41 PM on Jun 27, 2011

  With the risks in technology and market timing inherent in bringing out a new airplane, it is no wonder that Boeing’s senior management wants all the flexibility it can must... Read More >>

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  Executives look for better sustainment

  Posted by Michael Mecham 8:30 PM on May 31, 2011

  For the past three years, Aviation Week has hosted an Executive Summit in which participants hear from senior engineering executives, Wall Street analysts and CEOs in an off-the-... Read More >>

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