Trailblazer in ATC, BJ Smith, HONORED
SAIC’s Barbara Smith, an FAA ‘Trailblazer,’ Recognized with Women in Aerospace Leadership Award Talented African American worked her way up the ATC ranks At SAIC she led the effort to train new ATCers…
Read MoreAviation Manufacturing
AIRBUS innovation and implementation scorecard
Six weird and wonderful ideas Airbus have patented – and what happened to them Innovation is the life of Aerospace Airbus has filed a lot of Patents Scorecard of these new ideas The Aerospace Industry…
A Combination of Aerospace Manufacturers will create an Exciting Future
Boeing Revs Up Airbus Challenge on $4.75 Billion Embraer Venture Airplane Manufacturers Boeing and Embraer Announce New Partnership Boeing and Brazil’s Embraer form $4.75 billion commercial jet venture There is more to this transaction’s success than…
Additive Manufacturing (3D) a challenge for new FAA certification approach
Additive Manufacturing (3D) has an FAA Roadmap Dr. Gorelick highly qualified to drive the program Industry will help with PERFORMANCE standards? FAA Drafts Plan to Regulate Additive Manufacturing of Aerospace Components The first step…
Everyone is pointing at Kobe Steel about its false certifications, why nothing yet from the FAA?
Reactions to the Kobe Steel Problem FAA’s/Boeing’s Quality Controls Boeing Passenger Jets Have Falsely-Certified Kobe Steel Products: Source EU advises firms to suspend purchases from Japan’s Kobe Steel, major supplier to aircraft manufacturers around world Kobe Steel…
What’s the REAL rub between Pratt & Whitney and this FAA AD?
Story seems to think it’s $ Airworthiness Directive shows differences in degree of action needed FAA wants $13.6M fix to Pratt’s turbofan engines The FAA published in the October 12,2017 Federal Register (82 FR…
GAMA highlights a significant tripartite agreement on Certification
GAMA announces a “Landmark Bilateral Aviation Safety Procedures Agreement”. At the recent Certification Management Team meeting in Ottawa, Transport Canada…
Airbus & Embraer are US aerospace manufacturers
Airbus Americas and Embraer Executive Jets both recently announced their aircraft will now be manufactured in the US.