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Book review: ‘When the Heavens Went on Sale’ by Ashlee Vance

E&T

Although this is not a book about SpaceX (Vance deliberately chooses to focus on companies that are not already household names), Elon Musk is a presence throughout; these founders all implicitly or explicitly want a seat at his table. It is an entertaining and informative book built on extensive original reporting.

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Velo3D Announces Bookings Totaling $27 Million Since Mid-December – Backlog Now Totals $23 Million

Manufacturing Tomorrow

-Leading Global Contract Manufacturer Mears Machine Acquires 2 Sapphire XC Systems – Systems to be Dedicated to Defense and Aerospace Industries -Additional Orders from Leaders in the Defense and Space Industries -Company Provides Preliminary First Quarter 2024 Revenue, Gross Margin, and Operating Expense Estimates

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Book review: ‘A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars’ by Les Johnson

E&T

The idea of a guide book to the Universe is not new. As for the real-life challenges faced by the still largely hypothetical interstellar travel, they, as I have grasped from this trailblazing book, boil down to first distance, second propulsion, and third motivation.

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Book review: ‘The Future of Geography’ by Tim Marshall

E&T

Marshall reminds us how shipbuilding and aerospace gave us warships and fighter jets. And we need to understand it fast if we’re to avoid history repeating itself, because “each time humanity has ventured into a new domain it has brought war with it”.

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An Impossible Engineering Feat Made Possible: Sandvik Coromant Develops Statue for the History Books

Fabricating & Metal Work

In partnership with Sandvik Group, Sandvik Coromant has developed a statue for the history books. We treated producing the statue as we’d treat machining highly specialized, complex parts like those found in the aerospace industry,” continued Loikkanen. “An www.sandvik.coromant.com Subscribe to learn the latest in manufacturing.

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Quickstep to manufacture F-35 components for Northrop Grumman

AU Manufacturing

Northrop Grumman has signed a six-year contract with Quickstep Holdings for the delivery of Australian-made components for the F-35 aerospace program. . 35 order book through 2025 and are a great example of the value Australian industry delivers to the world’s largest defence aerospace program,” he added. .

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Northrop Grumman signs Quickstep Holdings to support F-35 program

Manufacturer's Monthly

Quickstep Holdings is the largest independent aerospace composite business in Australia, with facilities in Sydney, Geelong, Melbourne and Dallas. 35 order book through 2025 and are a great example of the value Australian industry delivers to the world’s largest defence aerospace program.”.