Articles by Jennifer Pierce

LONG BEACH, CA—Ford Motor Company has launched a new 250,000-square-foot Electric Vehicle Development Campus in Long Beach, California, transforming a historic automotive and military site into the company’s primary EV innovation hub on the West Coast.

HUNTSVILLE, AL— The massive facility will support U.S. solid rocket motor (SRM) production to meet growing missile defense needs, including President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome initiative.

ST. PAUL, MN—Scotch™ Brand marks its 100th anniversary this year, celebrating a legacy of breakthrough innovation that began in 1925 with the creation of Scotch Masking Tape.

ST. LOUIS, MO—Roughly 3,200 Boeing defense workers in the St. Louis area walked off the job early today, Monday, August 4, launching their first strike since 1996 after rejecting a proposed labor contract.

SINGAPORE—Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have unveiled an AI-powered “factory line” that automates the creation of cyborg insects—dramatically accelerating the once painstaking process of outfitting live cockroaches with electronic control systems.

In May, a worker at the Airbus assembly plant near Montreal, Canada was surprised to discover a raccoon climbing the landing gear of a jet on the assembly line.

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an algorithm that enables robots to think ahead and consider thousands of potential motion plans simultaneously.

American isn’t alone in facing setbacks. Delta Air Lines is also dealing with stranded Airbus jets in Europe, reportedly due to pending regulatory certification for their seats.

Techman claims its new flying-trigger technology can reduce inspection time by 40 to 50 percent.

Techman claims its new flying-trigger technology can reduce inspection time by 40 to 50 percent.