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Mar 25, 2016
The carrier's technical operations base completed 549 aircraft visits and 38 heavy maintenance overhauls in 2015.
Mar 25, 2016
Pilot warns of dangers from drones | Need for artificial gravity on long space missions noted | Proponent of U.S. opposition to expansion of Gulf carriers’ U.S. routes
Mar 25, 2016
Technical operations groups at American and United are making positive major changes behind the scenes. They might not grab as many headlines, but they should.
Mar 25, 2016
A leader in adopting paperless flight operations processes, EasyJet is now finding that those benefits extend to MRO.
Mar 25, 2016
Integrating fleets and MRO processes proves challenging for American Airlines Tech Ops after merger with US Airways, but progess is being made.
Mar 25, 2016
Report on 2015 Germanwings crash from French safety investigator BEA makes important points and avoids overreaction.
Mar 25, 2016
The extremely thin wing of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing 4.5%-scale model meant the test team had to use pressure-sensitive paint, which can acquire data in areas inaccessible to conventional pressure measurements.
Mar 25, 2016
Aerospace and Defense is confronting human-replacing advances such as digitization, 3-D printing, automation, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and connectivity, all of which are likely to reduce jobs in the industry.