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Textron Aviation's new SMS program includes a voluntary reporting tool that allows employees, customers or suppliers to anonymously report aircraft quality risks or hazards directly to the company's SMS Committee.
The state-of-the-art expansion will include cutting-edge, digitised fabrication processes and increased production capacity to meet the growing demand for advanced aero-engines.
A new certification authorises ATI to conduct spot welding on LMCO products in strict compliance with the American Welding Society's specification and LMCO’s proprietary specification.
Embraer sees India as a key partner in the region and expects, together with Mahindra, to implement an extensive local supply chain program. The initiative may include an assembly line for the C-390 in India.
Among the first projects initiated as part of the MRA, Collins and TU Delft are collaborating on a high speed intelligent inspection system to enhance manufacturing processes for lightweight and recyclable materials.
Most aircraft designs locate the nacelle under the wing, but Heart’s are centred on the wing and designed for a vortex generation at a high angle of attack, reducing deterioration in wing performance.
The HEAT facility will provide continuous high flow rate, high enthalpy and low-pressure conditions required for high-supersonic and low-hypersonic flight modelling.
The company says that it is validating takeoff to touchdown advanced automation, which for pilots, represents a system that is truly 'set it and forget it.'
The partners have developed a new approach to the Factory of the Future, including the DELMIA Factory of the Future Showcase at AMRC Cymru in North Wales and the Airbus DAWN and Smarter Test Programmes.
The systems comprise a modified high-capacity servo roller screw actuator with a precision BISS-C position encoder, high-capacity parking brake and D38999 connectors coupled with high strength stainless main rods.
The outcome will be a full-scale aircraft that will undergo extensive aerodynamic testing, derisking the remaining certification compliance tasks. Work is under way in Denver, Colorado.
Two one-minute tests demonstrated the ability of its triplex fly-by-wire flight control system to sustain a stable hover in multiple configurations and a dynamic ground environment.
