News tagged with aerospace manufacturers

Study: One-quarter of high-tech jobs lost from US in decade

More than a quarter of the nation's high-tech manufacturing jobs were lost in the past decade, according to a new government study.

Technology / Business

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New file format will help 3-D printing progress

(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly approved standard for 3-D printing file interchange will greatly enhance 3-D printing capabilities, says Cornell's Hod Lipson, who led the development of the standard.

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Pilotless drones show new face of war at Farnborough

Pilotless drones, remote-controlled military aircraft destined to play a vital role in combat, took a high-profile place at the Farnborough air show this week.

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO researchers have set themselves the goal of producing a new generation of super-strong, lightweight polymer composite materials for use in aircraft, road vehicles, trains and ferries.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Friction stir welding unites reliability, affordability

(Phys.org) -- NASA's next heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Space Launch System, is moving further in development faster thanks to proven advanced technologies like friction stir welding.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Direct digital: Novel casting process could transform how complex metal parts are made

A Georgia Tech research team has developed a novel technology that could change how industry designs and casts complex, costly metal parts. This new casting method makes possible faster prototype development ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 7

SpaceX poised for high-stakes space station launch

SpaceX on Saturday aims to become the first private company to send its own cargo ship to the International Space Station, a feat that only a handful of world governments have pulled off.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Unique research laboratory focuses on making aircraft engines more efficient

Travel on airlines has become so routine for most of us, we often fail to appreciate what a true technological marvel it is. And it’s a costly and noisy marvel. Moving millions of passengers millions of miles each year ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

James Webb Telescope spinoff technologies already seen in some industries

A critical component of the James Webb Space Telescope is its new technology. Much of the technology for the Webb had to be conceived, designed and built specifically to enable it to see farther back in time. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 5

Controlling the cut: Engineers top the leader board

A high-tech, precision, water jet milling control system which could transform the manufacture of complex aerospace, optical and biomedical structures and devices is being developed by an international team of engineers led ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swiss researchers present breakthrough in semiconductor structuring

(PhysOrg.com) -- ETH Zurich physicists, in collaboration with colleagues at universities in Switzerland and abroad, have made a breakthrough in the manufacture of monolithic semiconductor structures on silicon. ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Singapore gains toehold in world arms industry

Singapore, better known for its clean-cut image and electronics exports, is seeking a place in the global arms industry by exploiting technological expertise honed on its own amply funded military.

Technology / Other

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Delicate rescue saves stranded $1.7B US satellite

Air Force ground controllers delicately rescued a $1.7 billion military communications satellite last year that had been stranded in the wrong orbit and at risk of blowing up - all possibly because a piece ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 17, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 8

Using graphene foam to detect subtle traces of hazardous gases, explosives

Fazel Yavari has developed a new sensor to detect extremely small quantities of hazardous gases. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute doctoral student harnessed the power of the world’s thinnest material, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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