Damaging volcanic ash stays well beyond welcome
Volcanic ash can become a multimillion-dollar nightmare, lingering in the skies, getting into engines and damaging aircraft.
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2013
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United Tech sees possible impact from court order (Update)
United Technologies Corp. says a federal court ordering it to pay $473 million plus interest to compensate for alleged fraud in its sale of fighter jet engines could cut revenue and profit.
Business
Jun 19, 2013
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Patent awarded for novel use of water jets to create high tensile strength alloy parts
A patent was awarded today to the late Ernest Geskin, PhD, of Florham Park, an expert in water jet technology and a mechanical engineering professor at NJIT for more than 25 years. Sharing the patent with him is Krzysztof ...
Engineering
Jun 11, 2013
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Image: Contrails carry clues to more eco-friendly flights
Puffy white exhaust contrails stream from the engines of NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory in this image taken from an HU-25 Falcon flying about 300 feet behind.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 12, 2013
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United Technologies CEO sees sequester impact
(AP)—The chief executive of United Technologies expects automatic federal budget cuts will take effect in eight days, cutting slightly into earnings of the aerospace giant.
Business
Feb 21, 2013
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United Tech sees sales rising with Goodrich buy
United Technologies Corp. says its purchase of aircrafts parts maker Goodrich Corp. will drive revenue growth next year, helping overcome Europe's weak economy and less U.S. defense spending.
Business
Dec 13, 2012
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DARPA seeks non-thermal approaches to thin-film deposition
When the Department of Defense (DoD) wants to build a jet engine, it doesn’t put a team of engineers in a hangar with a block of metal and some chisels. Jet engines are made up of individual components that are ...
Other
Apr 27, 2012
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High temperature, high speed metal fatigue test device with 1000C heat resistance
A research group led by Dr. Yoshiyuki Furuya, a Senior Researcher of the Materials Reliability Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, succeeded in the development of a high temperature ultrasonic fatigue test technology ...
Materials Science
Sep 21, 2011
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Eurocontrol: No major ash impact on air traffic
(AP) -- No significant disruptions of air traffic are expected in Europe in coming days as a result of volcanic activity, Eurocontrol said Thursday.
Environment
May 26, 2011
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Novel ash analysis validates volcano no-fly zones
Planes were grounded all over Europe when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted in Iceland last year. But no one knew if the no fly zone was really necessary. And the only way to find out would have been to fly a plane through ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 26, 2011
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