Aerospace & Defense

Your Next Perfect Employee or Job Is Waiting

December 10, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

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InfinityQS Opens Office in U.K.; Launches ProFicient 5.2

November 25, 2014

InfinityQS International Inc.

InfinityQS International Inc., a provider of software for manufacturing intelligence, has opened an office in the U.K., near London.

The World of Extreme Supply Chains

November 21, 2014

Steve Geary, President, Supply Chain Visions

With Ability to Use Metals, 3D Printing Will Be 'Game Changer' in Industrial Machinery Production

November 6, 2014

Automation World

Industrial machinery production - which represents $1.6tr of the $3.8tr global industrial capital expenditure spending in 2013 - is the area to be most dramatically affected by advancing 3D printing technology, says Alex Chausovksy, senior principal analyst, industrial automation, at IHS.

As Many as 3,000 Air Freighters Expected to Be Needed Over Next 20 Years

October 30, 2014

Air Cargo World

Even in the worst-case scenario, there will be a rising demand for freighter aircraft over the next 20 years, according to the most recent forecast by Seattle's Air Cargo Management Group (ACMG).

Boeing, Chinese Company Explore Converting Used Cooking Oil Into Aviation Fuel

October 28, 2014

eTurboNews

Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) have opened a demonstration facility that will turn waste cooking oil, commonly referred to as "gutter oil" in China, into sustainable aviation biofuel. The two companies estimate that 500 million gallons (1.8 billion liters) of biofuel could be made annually in China from used cooking oil.

Boeing Continues to Live Dreamliner Money-losing Nightmare

October 27, 2014

Business Week

Amid all the fine financial news Boeing can tout - a record order backlog, robust profit margins, a higher profit outlook - one of the airplane maker’s dreariest performers continues to be its highest-tech, most fuel-efficient product: the 787 Dreamliner.

Defense Industry Marches Closer to Using 3D Printing to Attack Parts Sourcing

October 8, 2014

Defense One

The Pentagon and the defense industry are rapidly expanding the use of 3D printing to make parts and tools for more sophisticated military equipment.

Air, Missile Strikes in Iraq, Syria Revive Flagging Fortunes of U.S. Defense Contractors

October 7, 2014

Los Angeles Times

Three days after U.S. warships fired 47 cruise missiles at Sunni militant targets in northern Syria, the Pentagon signed a $251m deal to buy more Tomahawks from Raytheon Co., a windfall for the military giant and its many subcontractors.

US Defence Trade Controls under Commerce and State

September 30, 2014

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Aerospace & Defense

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the aerospace and defense industry. Learn how aerospace and defense companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.