The appointment Tuesday of Dennis A. Muilenburg as the 10th chief executive in Boeing’s 99-year history will not come as a big surprise to insiders, but he will set a different tone for the world’s biggest aerospace company. For starters,…
Lockheed Martin is ready to take orders for its hybrid airship, which recalls the era of dirigibles. However, the new ships depend on lighter-than-air gas for 80% of the required lift, with the remainder provided by the airfoil shape of…
3D printing’s move to the medical industry is accelerating rapidly, due largely to its ability to offer solutions to patients who seek a more customized form of healthcare, an expert told engineers at this week’s Medical Design & Manufacturing East…
As the Army explores buying an Ultra-Light Combat Vehicle, the 82nd Airborne Division is trying some out. That includes parachuting Polaris M-RZR vehicles out of airplanes, using them in wargames at Fort Bragg, and even lending some to visiting British…
A very small company competing to build the Army’s lightest vehicles just got a big lift from a heavy hitter. “This levels the playing field,” Vyper Adamas president Shane Sterling told me of his firm’s new alliance with Spartan Chassis. “We as…