Virgin Galactic Success Foreshadows a New Space Race
Virgin Galactic’s recent test flight took its SpaceShipTwo vehicle into outer space – well at least to an altitude more than 50 miles above the Earth. The spaceliner flew above the Mojave Desert and...
View ArticleDefense Spending Upswing Ahead
In tandem with a major surge in commercial airline production, the global defense sector is in for a long period of expansion. Captain Global Advisory expects steady growth in military spending over...
View ArticlePreparing for the Commercial Aerospace Boom
The recent iBASEt Excelerate Conference featured an illuminating presentation by Tom Captain from the Captain Global Advisory. He covered trends and challenges to be faced by the commercial aerospace...
View ArticleHow Genealogy and Serialization is Eased in Digital Manufacturing
Digital Manufacturing is a prevailing trend in aerospace and defense manufacturing. It has risen in importance due to growing requirements for genealogy, traceability, and serialization. By...
View ArticleCreate a Digital Ecosystem by Taking a Cue from the Tech Giants
Manufacturers are now well down the path of digital transformation. As has been the case in other industries, there are many changes associated with such a journey. Greater efficiency in production,...
View Article5 Steps to Building A High Value Digital Ecosystem for Manufacturing
As has been written previously, McKinsey has been giving heavy emphasis to the need to forming a digital B2B ecosystem in MRO and manufacturing (see prior article). One of the points McKinsey stressed...
View ArticleA New Era for Space Exploration
The closure of the U.S. Space Shuttle program in 2011 seemed like the end of an era. Yet since then, the sector has experienced a renaissance. SpaceX and Virgin Galactic brought much needed public...
View ArticleHow to Use Digitization to Align Technology Adoption with Strategic Objectives
LNS Research analyst Matthew Littlefield recently wrote a blog on the digital transformation at Lockheed Martin. Its F-35 fighter jet program is a good example of how to use digitization to align...
View Article5 Top Trends in Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing
As is the case at the start of a new year, research and analyst firms publish findings to help guide investment and strategy direction. The year 2020 is no different. Here is a list of key results...
View ArticleAerospace Manufacturing Cybersecurity is More than Classified Design Information
In the aerospace and defense sector, the protection of critical and classified systems design and deployment information is a given. For companies dealing with the U.S. and allied countries,...
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