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- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 31. Detailed design -3 September 22, 2023
- The Airliner Production Problem, Part 2 September 21, 2023
- Pontifications: IAM 751 gearing up for Boeing contract talks in 2024 September 19, 2023
- Analysis: Labor issues continue to challenge aerospace industry September 18, 2023
- GE Aero sees growth through 2026, despite supply chain snags September 15, 2023
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 31. Detailed design -3
September 22, 2023, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we discussed program management methods for the Detailed design phase of an airliner development program. While the modern Agile work methods suit smaller projects, the sheer size and complexity of… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 29. Detailed design
September 8, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We described the Preliminary design phase of an airliner development program over the last weeks. Now our project is transitioning into Detailed design. It’s the most challenging part of the project as… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 28. Alternative Preliminary design
September 1, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We described the Preliminary design phase of an airliner development program last week. One could say this was the classical way that aircraft projects conduct Preliminary design. There is a different way… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 26. Airliner development program
August 18, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We started last week to look at how to make the development of a new airliner family more efficient. First, we describe how development projects are phased and how many people with… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 25. Efficient development
August 11, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We have described a number of technological advances that can be used to make the next-generation airliners more efficient and, thus, more environmentally friendly. Part of developing more efficient next-generation aircraft is… Read More
The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 5.
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 10, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at the promises that the VTOL industry has made in their Investor prospects and what the reality is as they come closer to Certification and… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 23. Efficient flight speeds
July 28, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We touched on efficient flight speeds in Part 21, but it was focused on fuel efficiency and how new technologies require the airliner to fly at new altitude-speed combinations to maximise the… Read More
The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 3.
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm July 27, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at the promises that the VTOL industry has made in their Investor prospects and what the reality is as they come closer to Certification and… Read More