Tag: boeing
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ATI Boeing Accelerator opens call for sustainability startups that support the future of the aerospace industry
ATI Boeing Accelerator has opened applications for its second cohort, to invest into sustainability-enabling startups that will benefit the UK aerospace industry across three key areas of focus: Industry 4.0, Lifecycle and Resilience, and Energy. Launched last year, the accelerator was created in partnership by the Aerospace Technology Institute and Boeing, and is delivered by…
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Boeing to build four more satellites for SES’ space internet
US aerospace giant Boeing has received a contract to build four additional 702X satellites from SES as the “space internet” provider increases the number of O3b mPower satellites in its Medium Earth Orbit to 11. These four additional O3b mPower satellites will enhance SES’s next-generation MEO constellation throughput and efficiency as well as expand its…
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Boeing ‘abandons’ robots in favour of humans
Boeing has reportedly abandoned the use of some robotic systems that were being used for fuselage work such as drilling and fastening. According to the Seattle Times, the implementation of the robots “proved painful to set up and (was) error-prone”. The news website quoted Jason Clark, Boeing vice president of 777/777X operations, who said back…
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Special feature: Tour of Airbus’ advanced manufacturing facility in Germany
Airbus is in the midst of revolutionary changes that may lead the aerospace giant to spend more than $1 billion on robotics, automation and digitalisation technologies across its global operation in the next few years – that’s if the advances at the company’s Hamburg, Germany facility are duplicated in all its facilities worldwide. The multinational…
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Boeing 737 crash could lead to planes being fitted with thousands of additional sensors
On the 10th of March this year, a Boeing 737 plane crashed in Ethiopia, killing all 157 on board. Investigators have released their early findings into another accident involving a 737 operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, in October last year, and they suggest the cause was “an erroneous angle-of-attack sensor”. An angle-of-attack sensor is usually positioned…
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Boeing autonomous passenger air vehicle completes first flight
Boeing says it has successfully completed the first test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle prototype in Manassas, Virginia. Boeing NeXt, which leads the company’s urban air mobility efforts, utilized Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to design and develop the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and will continue testing to advance the safety…
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Boeing extends partnership with Siemens’ Mentor Graphics
Boeing has entered into an agreement to expand its use of Siemens‘ Mentor Graphics software. The long-term agreement provides Siemens technology in the areas of electrical systems design, electronic products design and mechanical analysis. Focusing on technologies from Siemens’ Mentor Graphics acquisition, Boeing will standardise on a common, company-wide platform for semiconductor design and verification, printed…
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Boeing and SparkCognition constructing air traffic system for autonomous planes
Boeing is collaborating with artificial intelligence technology company SparkCognition to develop unmanned aircraft system traffic management solutions. Boeing and SparkCognition say they will use AI and blockchain technologies to track unmanned air vehicles in flight and allocate traffic corridors and routes to “ensure safe, secure transportation”. Through the collaboration, they will also provide a standardized…
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Boeing completes autonomous synchronised flight tests in Australia
Boeing has successfully completed the first suite of synchronised unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight tests using new on-board autonomous command and control technology developed by Boeing in Australia. Conducted at a regional Queensland, Australia, airfield, five UAV test beds equipped with Boeing’s new on-board system safely complete in-air programmed missions as a team without input…
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Boeing invests in high-speed metal 3D printing company Digital Alloys
Boeing has invested an undisclosed sum in Digital Alloys, a Burlington, Massachusetts-based company developing high-speed, multi-metal additive manufacturing systems that produce 3D-printed parts for aerospace and other production applications. Digital Alloys’ Joule Printing technology is said to be able to “rapidly combine multiple metals into each part, which enhances thermal, electrical, magnetic and mechanical properties”.…