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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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NASA refers to this time period as N+3, representing technology three generations more advanced than what is in service today. Cessna Aircraft Company-Cessna Citation, Wichita, Kan., NASA is awarding $16.5 The teams first studied the ideas from October 2008 to April 2010. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass.,

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

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5 incident, Boeing announced changes to improve quality, including adding inspections at its factory in Renton and at the plant in Wichita, Kan., They need to go slow to go fast,” Scott Kirby, the chief executive of United Airlines, told investors this month, referring to Boeing. “I After the Jan. I think they’re doing that.”

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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. investigation, Boeing referred questions to the agency, which declined to comment. After Boeing employees complied, Spirit employees who are based at Boeing’s Renton factory repaired the rivets.

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