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Air Canada announces acquisition of two Boeing 777 freighter planes

Canadian Manufacturing

Air Canada plans to increase its full year 2022 ASM capacity by about 150 per cent from 2021 ASM levels (or about 74 per cent of 2019 ASM levels). Passenger revenues of $3.441 billion increased about eight times from the second quarter of 2021. MONTREAL — Air Canada reported its second quarter 2022 financial results on Aug.

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World-first drone to save lives in dangerous water rescues

AU Manufacturing

Designed and created by Brisbane aerospace company Aeromech , the “drone” – known as SARGO (Search and Rescue Go) – is an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) that is set to revolutionise the way search and rescue operations are performed in life-threatening conditions. . “The Media Release by Aeromech.

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Canada orders four new Airbus A330 MRTTs

Canadian Manufacturing

The existing A310 fleet is being used to perform air-to-air refuelling operations, military and personnel and cargo airlift, medical evacuations, as well as strategic transport of Government of Canada officials. ” The newly-built A330-200s will be assembled at the A330 aircraft Final Assembly Line in Toulouse, France.

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The next generation of aerostructures

Manufacturer's Monthly

The Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub, aka AIR Hub , is moving the needle in aerospace research for Australia using advanced composite materials to design and produce innovative aerostructures.

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Rotor Technologies propels advances in autonomous helicopters

Robotics Business Review

In late 2019, after years of studying aviation and aerospace engineering, Hector (Haofeng) Xu decided to learn to fly helicopters. In 2021, he founded the autonomous helicopter company Rotor Technologies, Inc. But something about being in the cockpit gave Xu a greater appreciation of those risks.

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Forging the future of advanced composites

Manufacturer's Monthly

Fresh from university, Joe Bryant began his career as an aerospace engineer with Airbus, working on the company’s first composite helicopter, the ARH Tiger. In order to be competitive in the aerospace industry, you need to know how to manufacture cost effectively, with quality consistency,” Bryant explained.

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Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (GSCRI)

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Saudi Arabia intends on supporting this logistics advancement through its Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, which was initiated in 2021. In addition, KSA’s 3 key ports rank amongst top 20 in the Container Port Performance Index 2021. Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative.