RESTON, Va.—
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is urging policymakers and industry leaders to address manufacturing constraints that are slowing technology adoption and production readiness across the U.S. aerospace sector.
BOSTON — Flexxbotics announced that Orizon Aerostructures has deployed its autonomous manufacturing platform to expand automation across production operations. The system is designed to improve process monitoring, maintain manufacturing compliance and enable autonomous process control in the company’s aerostructure manufacturing facilities.
More than a decade ago, Northrop Grumman adopted production technology from the auto industry and unveiled an automated assembly line to mass-produce fuselages for the F-35 jet fighter.
RENTON, WA — Boeing discovered debris that mechanics left inside the wing fuel tanks of several undelivered 737 MAXs during the aircraft assembly process and has ordered inspections of all the undelivered MAXs, about 400 of which are stored at various locations
EVERETT, WA—Boeing’s 777X Composite Wing Center here marks a significant step toward a future in which much of an aircraft assembly plant’s work is done by automated machines and robots.
Airbus is investing in automation to tackle huge backlogs for its commercial jetliners. Bernard Duprieu, head of manufacturing technologies research at the Airbus Centre of Competence, Industrial Strategy and System, tells ASSEMBLY about the company’s FuturAssy automation strategy.
