JSF could reach service life limit after 2,100 flight hours
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Oldest F-35B Could Hit Service Life Limit In 2026

Structural defects mean the earliest F-35Bs delivered by Lockheed Martin could reach a service life limit by 2026 after 2,100 flight hours, according to the Pentagon’s director for weapons testing. 

 

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Boeing Embedding Workers At Supplier Sites To Ramp Up Production

Boeing is embedding more employees at factory sites of engine-maker CFM and its suppliers as the aircraft OEM tries to help its supply chain overcome narrowbody production rate ramp issues.

 
 

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Parts Providers Step Up 777 Teardowns

The Boeing 777 maintenance market will be worth $110 billion over the next 10 years, with about a quarter of spending on components, according to Aviation Week Intelligence Network data.

 

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2018 Photo Contest Entries: Launch And Landing Around The World

With the possible exception of bombs exploding, nothing in aerospace unleashes such power so quickly as hurling a launch vehicle from the pad into orbit.

 

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