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During this time period, though, many manufacturers failed to obtain PMA approvals from the FAA. In the 1990s, the FAA engaged in an "Enhanced Enforcement" program that educated the industry about the importance of approval and as a consequence a huge number of parts were approved through formal FAA mechanisms. [ 16 ]
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has launched a new program to help its suppliers -- in return for a little favor from them. The aerospace giant's offering to work closely with the companies that supply parts ...
Boeing expects to shave $2 to $3 million off each 787 Dreamliner's manufacturing costs by 2018, thanks to 3D-printed titanium. The company has teamed up with Norwegian company Norsk Titanium to ...
The Nadcap program is administered by the Performance Review Institute (PRI). Nadcap was established in 1990 by SAE International.Nadcap's membership consists of "prime contractors" who coordinate with aerospace accredited suppliers to develop industry-wide audit criteria for special processes and products.
The report was the result of a two-year audit of U.S. Air Force purchases from the Boeing Company. ... matched what Boeing paid" its suppliers. ... qualified or approved for use on the C-17 ...
AD Aerospace achieved Boeing approved supplier status as early as 2001 with an order to fit a video smoke verification system to the entire Swiss Air fleet. This was carried out in response to the Peggy's Cove disaster and consisted of environmentally protected cameras being fitted throughout inaccessible areas of the aircraft such as the cargo ...
Boeing said Monday that it plans to purchase Spirit AeroSystems in a $4.7 billion all-stock deal decades after it spun off the supplier. The planemaker has for years outsourced parts of its ...
In aviation, when an aircraft is built and delivered, it will come with supplier-furnished equipment (SFE): materials and parts provided by the manufacturer.. The opposite of SFE is buyer-furnished equipment (BFE), which is purchased by the buyer and given to the aircraft manufacturer to be installed before delivery by the manufacturer.