Author: John Whitney

Boeing To Cut 17,000 Jobs
13. 11. 2024 No Responses

Boeing To Cut 17,000 Jobs

Boeing is set to issue layoff notices affecting 17,000 positions, accounting for 10 per cent of its global workforce, according to Reuters. Impacted employees will remain on the company’s payroll until January, in compliance with federal regulations requiring a 60-day...
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Boeing whistleblower claims that Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is flawed
9. 4. 2024 No Responses

Boeing whistleblower claims that Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is flawed

The engineer, Sam Salehpour, internally raised his concerns about the jets but was “threatened and silenced by Boeing,” his lawyers alleged. After the company attempted to intimidate him, Salehpour alerted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),...
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Houthis Used Improved Missile’ to Penetrate Israel’s Advanced Missile Defense
24. 3. 2024 No Responses

Houthis Used Improved Missile’ to Penetrate Israel’s Advanced Missile Defense

The IDF confirmed this week that an enemy cruise missile had slammed down in an open area near the southern Red Sea resort city of Eliat, marking the first time that Israel’s powerful air and missile defenses have been penetrated...
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NTSB: Boeing “unable to find the records documenting” repair work on 737 Max 9
17. 3. 2024 No Responses

NTSB: Boeing “unable to find the records documenting” repair work on 737 Max 9

A government investigation into a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane’s door-plug blowout has been hampered by a lack of repair records and security camera footage, the National Transportation Safety Board’s chair told US senators. Boeing was “unable to f...
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India approves full development of 5th gen fighter
14. 3. 2024 No Responses

India approves full development of 5th gen fighter

India’s Cabinet Committee on Security has given a green light to continue development of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, India’s indigenous fifth-generation fighter jet. The state-run Aeronautical Development Agency and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. are ...
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Scientists report first look at electrons moving in real-time
16. 2. 2024 No Responses

Scientists report first look at electrons moving in real-time

  In an experiment akin to stop-motion photography, scientists have isolated the energetic movement of an electron while “freezing” the motion of the much larger atom it orbits in a sample of liquid water. The findings, reported in the journa...
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China’s BYD poised to overtake Tesla as world’s largest maker of pure-electric vehicles
2. 1. 2024 No Responses

China’s BYD poised to overtake Tesla as world’s largest maker of pure-electric vehicles

The Chinese carmaker’s global fourth-quarter deliveries rose 22 per cent from the previous quarter, when they nearly matched Tesla’s total. BYD, already the world’s largest producer of electric vehicles (EVs) – a category that includes plug-in hybrid...
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Nippon Steel To Buy US Steel For $14 Billion
18. 12. 2023 No Responses

Nippon Steel To Buy US Steel For $14 Billion

This $14.9 billion acquisition represents a significant step in Nippon Steel’s plan to expand its U.S. assets, and pushed the Japanese company from the fourth to the third-largest global steel producer. In total, it will now account for roughly 86...
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A Record Number Of 40-Year-Olds Have Never Been Married
17. 12. 2023 No Responses

A Record Number Of 40-Year-Olds Have Never Been Married

A quarter of 40-year-olds in the United States have never been married, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center. As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, this marks the highest figure since the data first started being...
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UK, Italy, and Japan Jointly Developed The Future Stealth 6th-Gen GCAP Fighter
16. 12. 2023 No Responses

UK, Italy, and Japan Jointly Developed The Future Stealth 6th-Gen GCAP Fighter

Japan, Britain and Italy on December 14 announced plans to cooperate in developing next-generation fighters in an effort to reflect the need to jointly deal with growing geopolitical threats. The three countries will jointly develop and produce a common airfra...
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Pickup Trucks Lead US Auto Sales
2. 12. 2023 No Responses

Pickup Trucks Lead US Auto Sales

Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, the Ford F-Series is no less than an American icon. Ford’s immensely popular line of pickup trucks has been the best-selling truck for 46 consecutive years and the country’s best-selling vehicle for the last 4...
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Russia’s economy growing 3 times faster than Eurozone’s
24. 11. 2023 No Responses

Russia’s economy growing 3 times faster than Eurozone’s

French investment firm Amundi: Russia’s economy is growing three times faster than that of the Eurozone, indicating an apparent failure of Western sanctions against Moscow over the war in Ukraine. According to the French investment firm Amundi, cited by Brit...
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China Unveils Plan To Mass Produce Human-like Robots
13. 11. 2023 No Responses

China Unveils Plan To Mass Produce Human-like Robots

China is setting out to mass produce human-like robots in two years, an ambitious plan that, according to a blueprint issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), it hopes will make the regime in Beijing the leader...
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GAO: Half of US’ F-35 Fleet Not Capable of Flying at Any Time
23. 9. 2023 No Responses

GAO: Half of US’ F-35 Fleet Not Capable of Flying at Any Time

Almost half the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters that are supposed to be operational are not capable of flying and it will cost $1.3 trillion to keep them operational, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report. “The...
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North Korea Launched New Tactical Nuclear Attack Submarine
8. 9. 2023 No Responses

North Korea Launched New Tactical Nuclear Attack Submarine

Pyongyang says it has nuclear-tipped missiles which are capable of being fired underwater. State media descriptions have said it has ten total missile launch tubes, with four bigger than the others. The sub will next undergo sea trials. “We are full of...
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