Drilling holes for fasteners for airframes accounts for 85% of the quality issues. SME Technical Fellow Dr. George 'Nick' Bullen explains in this exclusive interview with AeroDef.
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The Indian Air Force structures a cargo plane buy—possibly worth $2.6 billion—to strengthen Indian aero manufacturing. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Embraer, Saab, others may be providing bids.
New composites and super-alloy facilities mirrors trends in aircraft production. The new plant is the second composites plant in Mississippi.
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A sign of things to come: a carrier-borne drone is closer to proving itself-even while a high-endurance maritime surveillance craft, the MQ-4C, takes to the skies for its first flight.
