Aerospace industry is ready for take-off
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UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Three faculty members in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
UMaine awards state’s first certificate in aerospace engineering
Posted Feb. 02, 2012, at 5:19 p.m. ORONO, Maine — Last September, Richard McGrath lost his job at Bath Iron Works when the company laid off 44 engineers because design work on the next-generation Zumwalt destroyer had mostly wrapped up and BIW couldn’t find the funding to keep everyone on payroll.
Aerospace & Defense M&A Activity Breaks Record in 2011, According to PwC
NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Global aerospace and defense (A&D) merger and acquisition (M&A) value reached a record level in 2011, according to Mission Control , a quarterly analysis of M&A activity ...
F3 Engineering Celebrates Opening of New Location
F3 Engineering, an aerospace engineering and manufacturer of mission-critical applications, officially cut the ribbon on its new manufacturing headquarters located at 25 McLean Boulevard in Paterson, NJ. The new facility has doubled the company's manufacturing capacity. ...
Government Gridlock Killing Jobs? Not So, Yoh Workforce Planning Survey Shows
The political debate has raged for months: What is stifling employment in America? Now, a Workforce Planning Survey of executives at 100 Global 1000 companies shows that political gridlock and indecision have relatively little effect on employment decisions compared to economic uncertainty.
Suppliers say they feel pressure from Boeing - Thu, 09 Feb 2012 PST
SEATTLE – As a Boeing Co. executive laid out the compelling growth prospects presented by the plane maker’s unprecedented production boom, managers of local aerospace suppliers listened intently. But on the sidelines of the Lynnwood, Wash., conference where the suppliers gathered this week, some later voiced concern that Boeing is constantly pressuring them to lower prices even as they improve ...
OHB confirms won Galileo satellite contract from EU
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's OHB AG confirmed it won a 250 million euro ($330 million) contract to build eight satellites for the European Union's Galileo navigation system. OHB's aerospace engineering unit "OHB System is the prime contractor for the construction of what is now a total of 22 satellites for the system," OHB said in a statement on Thursday. EU officials with knowledge of the ...
Sending manufacturing overseas is not the easy road
One firm forced by economic pressures to move much of its work abroad finds it cheaper overall but at the expense of manufacturing efficiency and management time. Manufacturing products overseas is an easy way to save money, right?
Aviation M.B.A.'s Take Off
Shailesh Kumar's fixation with flight started at an early age. As a boy in New Delhi, he devoured books about planes, spacecraft, and flying, he says.