April 20, 2020

April 20, 2020

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Inside MRO

The Executive Perspective

SUPERSONICS

SUPERSONIC EVOLUTION

By Guy Norris12 min

AVIONICS

SCALING DOWN

By Bill Carey10 min

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Inside MRO

The Executive Perspective

Over your career, what do you think had the biggest impact on MRO and why? Looking back, I can’t say there is a single “biggest impact” area but rather intertwined challenges, opportunities and observations that have shaped where MRO is today.
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SUPERSONICS

SUPERSONIC EVOLUTION

> DELTA WING REPLACES LAMINAR FLOW DESIGN FOR BETTER ALL-AROUND PERFORMANCE > EMPENNAGE AND WING CHANGES ENABLE SHORTER, LIGHTER DESIGN

By Guy Norris12 min

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AVIONICS

SCALING DOWN

> RADAR SYSTEMS READIED FOR LARGE AND SMALL DRONES > LEGACY MANUFACTURERS EYE UAM MARKET

By Bill Carey10 min

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The MRO Generation

The maintenance sector has transformed itself in the past 25 years

By Alex Derber10 min

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DEFENSE

DIGITAL DRAGON LADY

> AVIONICS TECH REFRESH INCLUDES NEW MISSION COMPUTER AND COCKPIT DISPLAYS > UPDATE PROVIDES BRIDGE TO FOLLOW-ON UPGRADES PLANNED UNDER DRAGON STAR > THE ATR-CONFIGURED U-2S MAY BE USED AS A TESTBED FOR ABMS, LOCKHEED SAYS

By Guy Norris9 min

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Inside MRO

Structural Health Monitoring

Using sensors to monitor aircraft structural health could be an efficient way to accomplish this, so why isn’t it being readily implemented?

By Paul Seidenman,David J. Spanovich8 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

SURVIVAL OF THE SMALLEST

> AMID EXPECTED PRODUCTION SLUMP, THE AIRBUS A220 MAY BENEFIT > BOEING/EMBRAER JOINT VENTURE APPROVAL IS KEY FOR E2 OUTLOOK > OPPORTUNITIES LIE IN RIGHTSIZING TO MARKETS ONCE AIRLINES RESTART ORDERS

By Guy Norris,Jens Flottau8 min

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COMMERCIAL AVIATION

IN DISTRESS

> COVID-19 CRISIS TO LEAD TO LOWER PRODUCTION RATES LONG-TERM > AIRBUS CUTS OUTPUT BY ONE-THIRD

By Guy Norris,Jens Flottau,Michael Bruno8 min

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AUTONOMY

DARPA Automates Dogfighting To Develop Pilot Trust in AI in Combat

> ACE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON HUMAN-MACHINE TEAMING IN AIR COM> ALPHADOGFIGHT TRIALS WILL PIT AI ALGORITHM AGAINST EXPERT FIGHTER PILOTS

By Graham Warwick8 min

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Redesigning an MRO

STS takes faster, leaner approach in resurrected Monarch hangar

By James Pozzi8 min

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