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Alcoa unveils first aluminum alloy fan blade forging for jet engines; $1.1B supply agreement w/ Pratt & Whitney

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billion agreement, Alcoa will supply key parts for Pratt & Whitney’s jet engines, including the forging for the first aluminum fan blade for jet engines. billion deal, Alcoa will supply components for Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1000G, V2500, GP7000 and several other regional jet and military engines. Click to enlarge. Under the $1.1

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DOE-Sponsored Seismic Project Helps Identify Untapped Oil in Developed Reservoirs

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Mull Drilling Company of Wichita, Kan., using seismic technology designed to detect hydrocarbons from specific kinds of reservoir systems within the onshore continental United States. discovered the oil zone near Cheyenne Wells, Colo.,

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INRIX analysis identifies top 10 US cities for highly autonomous vehicles; prioritizing corridors for deployment

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Trips: Electric and shared-use vehicles are best designed to fill shorter travel needs in more heavily trafficked areas. INRIX then looked at the percentage of a city’s intra-city trips, 10 miles or less, and combined these two metrics to score each city out of a possible 100 points. INRIX HAV City Score. New Orleans. Albuquerque.

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