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...“I think the Cybertruck looks like it does for a combination of many reasons, partly aero[dynamics] . . . but actually most of it is to reduce investment,” he told the Financial Times....
...Joby has built a prototype that has flown more than 600 flights, according to the company, which says it is targeting Federal Aviation Administration certification in 2023 and hopes to start commercial operations...
...The EU Aviation Safety Agency has been in talks with several companies and said previously it expected the first commercial piloted air taxi operations to be in place in 2024-25....
...Volocopter, a German rival backed by Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler, has raised €81m and hopes to launch commercial services in Singapore by 2022....
...It fined Deloitte and its audit partner £4m and £150,000 for their 2006-08 audits of Aero Inventory....
...Earlier this year, French aero-engine maker Safran agreed to purchase French aerospace equipment maker Zodiac for €8.7bn including debt....
...Corporate visionaries usually require two things to help realise their commercial dreams: time and capital....
...UTC’s Aerospace Systems is one of the world’s biggest aerospace suppliers, ranking in the top 20 for both Boeing and Airbus with parts on every big commercial aircraft system....
...The 17-hour flight will shave two hours off the trip and become the longest commercial route running in Hong Kong....
...The London-listed company identifies intellectual property with commercial potential and injects the finance and expertise needed to bring it to market....
...A combination of deliberate decisions by Rolls-Royce and its involvement in troubled projects means the company is grappling with more problems than other manufacturers in the commercial jet market....
...Both the commercial aircraft market — dominated by Airbus and Boeing — and the aero engine market — dominated by GE, United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce — are far more consolidated than...
...It has shifted its focus towards higher-value components, where it has been boosted by strong demand in commercial aerospace and the growing use of aluminium in the automotive industry....
...Another high-profile company with Arpa-E support is Massachusetts-based Ogin, which is developing innovative wind turbines using ideas from the aero-engine industry....
...Both companies started as Russian-US joint ventures in the commercial satellite market with Lockheed Martin and Boeing respectively....
...Aerospace engineers were buoyed by a report from Citigroup, which said it was “constructive on civil aero, but cautious on defence”....
...Some markets were weak in China, he added, including components for commercial vehicles and controls such as thermostats....
...Bombardier has cut almost 1,000 contractors at the Midlands plant and 200 permanent workers since the Thameslink decision last summer, reducing the workforce to about 1,600....
...Margaret Thatcher’s first job as a graduate scientist was a celebrated project investigating how to whip more air into commercial ice cream. Aero and Crunchie bars are equally ingenious....
...The history of the company has been less smooth....
...Ten specialist UK manufacturers have formed an unusual consortium in which they abandon the normal codes of commercial confidentiality, passing to each other contact details about customers and suppliers...
...Space cadets Virgin Galactic has opened applications for “the very first commercial pilot-astronauts” to fly its space-tourism aircraft....
...Although Rolls is joint leader with Pratt & Whitney of the International Aero Engines consortium, whose engines are on 42 per cent of existing A320 family, Mr Leahy said it had declined to be involved in...
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