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View from India: Collaboration is the key to a cleaner aerospace sector

E&T

In the aerospace and defence industry too, the accent is on green or decarbonisation. Perhaps every segment of the logistics chain and all that it takes to create an aircraft may have to be redefined. Probably clean clear skies may drive aerospace manufacturers to vertically integrate their operations and support the environment.

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UK to build world's largest automated drone superhighway

E&T

Whether it be a business doing logistics, all the way to the police and medical deliveries of vaccines and blood samples, there's a real demand to have access to this airspace," said Chris Forster, chief operating officer of Altitude Angel.

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8 noteworthy robotics acquisitions of 2023

Robotics Business Review

In January 2020, Softbank participated in Berkshire Grey’s $263 million Series B financing round. million for 6 River Systems , which makes autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for logistics applications. Softbank’s logistics robotics portfolio includes AutoStore, Balyo, and Berkshire Grey. Ocado paid roughly 2.8%

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Blasting Australian made components into space

Manufacturer's Monthly

The team of three are mechanical and aerospace engineers who met at the University of Queensland and started the company in 2020 while they were still students. “We As part of that grant, we worked with a Canberra-based project partner, Skykraft, an Australian aerospace and satellite services company.

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DELO Appoints Two New Managing Directors

i4.0 today

Since 2015, he has been responsible for production, logistics and quality management. In 2020, Walther additionally took over the Purchasing and Facility Management departments. Image: The two managing partners Dr. Wolf Herold and Sabine Herold and the two new managing directors Dr.

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Celebrating Industry Samurai Awards & Conference 2022

Dinesh Mishra

Track 1: OP-ED: Green Tech in Aviation: Conversation Speaker: Mr. Kishore Jayaraman, President, Rolls-Royce, India & South Asia When: Friday, 9 th December 2022 Aerospace Industry Leader on Green Technologies. Global EV sales grew by 38 percent in 2020, and then more than doubled during the following year. All About the EV Trend.

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Aviation Companies, Automakers, and Start-Ups are Aiming for the Skies with Electric Air Taxi Services

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Autonomous eVTOL cargo drones are already in use for middle mile delivery logistics operations. Market leader Joby Aviation, which acquired Uber Elevate in December 2020, is collaborating with Toyota on a five-seater eVTOL. A host of exciting products are in the pipeline.

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