The Los Angeles Times (4/16, Masunaga) reports that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti “confirmed Monday that SpaceX will build the company’s BFR rocket and spaceship system at a facility at the Port of LA.”
The St. George (UT) News (4/15) reports Iron County School District, Southwest Technical College, Southern Utah University, and MSC Aerospace will collaborate on “a stackable credential pathway for students to quickly move into the high paying aerospace and manufacturing industry.”
It is possible to implement MES (manufacturing execution system) software that does away with paper documentation in less than six months, Andrzej Goryca, senior enterprise systems manager at Virgin Orbit, said today at the AeroDef Manufacturing conference here.
SME, a nonprofit organization that supports the manufacturing industry, along with its Composites Manufacturing Tech Group, recognized an industry leader and prominent composites manufacturing company with its 2018 Composites Manufacturing Awards.
PI (Physik Instrumente), a leader in precision motion control solutions, will showcase an application of its 6-axis hexapod for motion simulation such as used to optimize stabilization systems on vessels, drones and even for cell phone cameras.
Alabama Live (3/20, Thornton) reports that Auburn University has announced that it “is partnering with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and ASTM International to create two new research centers focused on 3-D printing.”
The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII; Chicago) has begun a new cybersecurity initiative focused on manufacturing.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. seeks Staff Composite Manufacturing
The Los Angeles Times (3/19, Masunaga) reports that SpaceX has begun “preliminary negotiations” with the Port of Los Angeles on a “lease that would expand” the company’s facilities there to accommodate the manufacture of “large commercial transportation vehicles.”
Additive Manufacturing: A Natural Progression for Kanfit. “From the start we understood that to stand out from pack we needed to anticipate market trends and customer demands,” explains Shachar Fine, Kanfit’s EVP of Business Development, Marketing & Sales.