Key Findings on Airplane Economic Life

The terms airplane economic life, airplane useful life, and airplane service life, have appeared frequency up gently in the media and industry reports recently. Speculation or concern that the economic life of modern commercial aircraft may be shortening lies at the heart of these discussions. A significant shift in the life expectancy of commercial aircraft would have profound and long lasting impact on all players in the industry.

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Who’s saying what? Internet of Things in Aerospace, Defence & Security

whitePaper | December 28, 2022

The Internet of Things, or IoT, is an umbrella term referring to the ability of everyday physical objects (such as fridges, watches, or cars) to connect with other devices over the internet, enabling them to send and receive data.

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Shipping Aircraft Tire Assemblies by Air

whitePaper | December 15, 2019

Serviceable tire assemblies are considered dangerous since they are typically inflated to high pressure. Essentially, when tire assemblies are shipped by air, the pressure inside the tire increases once the plane reaches altitude. This rise in pressure could cause an over-inflated tire to explode in the cargo hold and compromise the structural integrity of the aircraft. Aircraft tires that are not mounted on the rim are not considered dangerous as they are not under pressure and do not pose a safety hazard.

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Real-Time Defense Systems Response Will Require PCIe 5.0

whitePaper | July 17, 2023

Commercial semiconductor innovators are continuously developing new capabilities in silicon that defense system designers leverage to build open architecture-based processing solutions. When intelligently packaged for reliable deployment at the edge, the latest data center technologies can advance mission capabilities for the defense and aerospace sector

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The milestones to decarbonize aviation

whitePaper | February 22, 2023

impact’s goal is to accelerate aviation’s transition to net zero. To do this, impact plans to leverage the responsibility and capabilities of aircraft financiers to ensure that well-defined sustainability targets are firmly anchored in loan or lease agreements. The metrics required for this should also improve the accuracy and clarity of reporting on the sustainability of the financiers’ investment and loan portfolios.

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Congressional Leadership Changes and Implications for the Space Industry

whitePaper | November 30, 2022

Midterms elections have historically been a time of change and readjustment to political cycles. This election cycle could sweep in many fresh faces, with Democrats facing their highest turnover rate since 2012. While this is in line with other changes in power during a midterm election; often these happen after a shift in White House leadership.

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PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF EVOLUTIONARY HYDROGEN-POWERED AIRCRAFT

whitePaper | January 2, 2022

Aviation is a hard-to-decarbonize sector of the transport industry due to the stringent mass and volume requirements for aviation fuel. The high energy content of liquid jet fuel, both per unit mass and per unit volume,

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