HORSHAM, PA—Aegis Software, a global provider of manufacturing execution software, has signed an enterprise agreement with L3Harris Technologies to support 20 manufacturing sites and more than 5,500 end users with Aegis’ FactoryLogix platform.
With the pandemic subsiding and consumer spending on the rise, manufacturers are investing in their assembly operations.
December 7, 2021
In February 2020, U.S. manufacturers employed nearly 12.8 million people. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic. In an instant, the country lost 1 million manufacturing jobs as governments and businesses scrambled to figure out how best to stop the spread of the disease.
BETHESDA, MD—Lockheed Martin is extending its use of MakerBot 3D printers to produce parts and designs for upcoming space projects, including NASA's Artemis program.
Some birds, such as albatrosses and pelicans, skim over ocean waves and fly long distances, up to thousands of miles in a few days, without hardly flapping their wings. Using this dynamic soaring method, seabirds continually harness the power of air and wave currents to conserve energy as they glide along.
Most of the recent buzz surrounding electric vehicles has focused on cars, trucks and other land-based products. But, there's also a revolution occurring in the air with a new class of all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) programs have been around for decades. But, not all programs are created equal. The difference between good and great programs involves a host of variables.
HUNTSVILLE, AL—Northrop Grumman Corp. has renovated and opened an assembly facility here to support the U.S. Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program.
PALMDALE, CA—NASA has released a time-lapse video showing the progress Lockheed Martin (LM) has made in building NASA's X-59 QueSST test aircraft at LM's Skunk Works factory here.
ZURICH—Researchers from the Complex Materials Group at ETH Zurich university have developed a lightweight composite material that changes color as soon as it is deformed. The result of this color change, in effect, is the material inspects itself.
FLORHAM PARK, NJ—Emerson is donating regulators to students in the Texas Rocket Engineering Laboratory at The University of Texas for use in its Halycon bipropellant liquid propulsion rocket, hoping to set a new height record.