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NASA awards $16.5M to four teams for additional research into reducing aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise

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Cessna Aircraft Company-Cessna Citation, Wichita, Kan., Under the new contract, the team will develop the technologies identified during the first study and build a model for testing. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass., Aircraft and Technology Concepts for N+3 Subsonic Transport, $4.6 million, three years.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

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team will build a reversible electrochemical cell to produce ammonia from nitrogen and water or consume ammonia to generate electricity. The team will build an anion exchange membrane (AEM) using a thin porous ceramic/metal sheet, allowing the cell to operate between 50 and 180 °C. FuelCell Energy, Inc. RTI International. SAFCell, Inc.

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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But it has been building momentum quickly thanks to being a subsidiary of the multinational concomorate Vingroup. James, New York), Principle VinFast Grapevine (Grapevine, Texas), Hiley VinFast of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Texas), and VinFast Wichita (Wichita, Kansas). The Vietnamese car company has only been around since 2017.

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VinFast in a major reshuffle to target US market

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VinFast vehicles are sold at Leith VinFast in North Carolina; Smith Haven VinFast in New York; Principle VinFast Grapevine in Texas; Hiley VinFast of Fort Worth, Texas; and VinFast Wichita, in Kansas. VinFast is also building its $4 billion EV factory in Chatham County, North Carolina.

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Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet

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The request to open the plug came from employees of Spirit AeroSystems, a supplier that makes the body for the 737 Max in Wichita, Kan. We’re going to at least build a plan that doesn’t have the Max 10 in it,” Mr. Kirby said. After Boeing employees complied, Spirit employees who are based at Boeing’s Renton factory repaired the rivets.

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

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Several current and former employees in South Carolina and in Washington State said mechanics building planes were allowed in some instances to sign off on their own work. 5 incident, Boeing announced changes to improve quality, including adding inspections at its factory in Renton and at the plant in Wichita, Kan., After the Jan.