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UK Project to Create Next-Generation Electric Aircraft Propulsion

January 29, 2021

BEDFORD, England—A new seven-member consortium has been formed to create a next-generation, all-electric propulsion module to enhance aircraft performance.

Stellantis to Collaborate With Archer on eVTOL Aircraft

January 14, 2021

AUBURN HILLS, MI—Stellantis is collaborating with Archer, a startup air taxi company that is developing an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

IIoT Tech on Assembly Lines

Manufacturers increasingly rely on mobile and stationary technologies to obtain worker- and machine- performance data that optimizes plant productivity

Jim Camillo

May 8, 2019

With wearable devices increasingly being used on the assembly line, it's definitely time to update the old expression that 'What you wear says a lot about you.' A more appropriate thing for manufacturers to now say about their assembly line workers is, 'What you wear tells us a lot about your productivity.'

New Designs Could Alter the Look of Future Commercial Aircraft.

Austin Weber

April 2, 2019

During the first five decades of commercial aviation, aircraft design changed dramatically. However, that hasn’t been the case over the last 50 years. Despite major developments in materials, the basic shape of commercial aircraft has remained relatively the same since the 1960s.

Electric Power Will Transform Aviation

Hybrid-electric aircraft create sky-high challenges and new opportunities

Austin Weber

January 5, 2017

Whenever anyone mentions hybrid-electric vehicles today, most people automatically think of cars, buses and trucks. But, up in the sky, the technology is also getting a lot of attention from aerospace engineers. That’s because electric systems are greener, lighter, quieter and more energy-efficient than traditional alternatives.