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3D metal printing by direct metal laser sintering, DMLS.
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Multi-strand continuous casting of steel billets.
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Steel Output Drops for Third Straight Year

Jan. 27, 2025
Against flat demand and other problems, the world’s primary steelmakers finished 2024 with a total production volume of 1.8 billion metric tons, about 10 million metric tons less...
GE Vernova
GE Vernova SMR illustration.
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GE, TVA Seek DOE Backing for SMR

Jan. 21, 2025
GE Vernova, Tennessee Valley Authority, and other utilities and suppliers are asking the U.S. Dept. of Energy to help fund a small modular reactor development.
Boeing
Boeing 777X aircraft shown on the tarmac in Everett, Wash.
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Boeing 777X Test Flights Restart

Jan. 20, 2025
Certification tests are underway again for the much-delayed updated widebody aircraft, having been suspended in August to address structural defects.
Boeing
KC-46 Pegasus
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DoD Contracts Boeing for Tanker Support

Jan. 17, 2025
A three-year, $43.6-million assignment for Boeing Defense covers operational support and sustainment for the KC-46 tanker and heavy transport aircraft at three U.S. Air Force ...
Vianode
Vianode synthetic anode graphite plant.
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GM Lands Supply Deal for EV Battery Materials

Jan. 16, 2025
The automaker struck a multi-billion dollar agreement to source low-carbon synthetic graphite for use by Ultium Cells in lithium-ion battery production.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is delivering about 20 F-35 aircraft per month.
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Lockheed Meets Higher F-35 Delivery Rate

Jan. 8, 2025
Once the Pentagon lifted its hold on receiving new Joint Strike Fighter jets last summer, the defense giant managed to meet its revised rate of about 20 aircraft per month.
US Air Force
Boeing F-15 Eagle.
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Boeing Gets Funds for Electronic Warfare System

Jan. 7, 2025
A new $615-million award will cover full-rate production of the F-15 PAWSS technology, to detect, identify, and counter incoming threats to U.S. Air Force fighter jets.
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AM Takeover Dispute Expands

Jan. 6, 2025
A court date is set for the charge that Nano Dimension has not fulfilled its commitment to complete the agreed $183M takeover, and Desktop Metal is claiming a second buyout should...
Eurofighter
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, supersonic multirole fighter jet.
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Eurojet Turbo Lands Jet Engine Order

Jan. 3, 2025
Rolls-Royce and its consortium partners will supply the Spanish Air Force dozens of turbofan engines for its Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, an order estimated at more than $200...