Aerospace
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MIT researchers’ process makes aerospace-grade composites sans oven, autoclave
Carbon nanotube film plays key role in bonding and removing voids between composite layers.Read more → -
Moody’s downgrades debt rating for largest Boeing supplier
Downgrade follows Spirit AeroSystems’ lay off of 2,800 workers from Wichita plant.Read more → -
Checklist of 737 Max fixes grows with wiring issue
Closely spaced wiring bundles may force further design changes to beleaguered jet.Read more → -
Boeing to halt production of 737 Max in January
Aircraft maker delays laying off workers but has no specific date when production will restart.Read more → -
World’s first commercial e-plane lifts off in B.C.
Seattle-based magniX says its pure electric de Havilland Beaver sea-plane can fly 160 kilometres between charges.Read more → -
Canada’s allies developing divergent views on weaponizing space
Federal government walking the line between defense-minded NATO and more aggressive U.S. Space Command.Read more → -
Boeing to overhaul aging NATO surveillance aircraft
Final upgrade of 40-year-old AWACS to see fleet through to 2035.Read more → -
Military facing likely delay of search and rescue plane delivery
RCAF, Airbus conflict over flight manual contents may push delivery into 2020.Read more → -
Boeing orders, deliveries continue to sag with Max grounding
Aerospace giant says no orders have been canceled but orders have been switched to other models.Read more → -
Nova Scotia spaceport teams with U.S. firm to examine reuse of rockets in space
Houston-based Nanoracks looks to recycle orbiting rocket stages for use as satellite storage or fuel depots.Read more →
