United Tech, which makes Pratt & Whitney jet engines, had said last month it was exploring a breakup of its business portfolio, including jet engines, elevators and air conditioners.
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By the 1950s, jet engines were ready for the mainstream.
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United Technologies makes things like jet engines and elevators. 5.
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"It sounded like 10 or 20 jet engines," said Nail.
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When passenger jet engines are rebuilt, they have to be tested.
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They eye of a camel apparently has two jet engines. Watch.
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We've seen remote control airplanes powered by tiny jet engines before.
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General Electric builds jet engines and wind turbines and medical gear.
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They're not technically jet engines (so the aircraft isn't a "jet").
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First off, some jet engines risk catching on fire in extreme heat.
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While the winds sounded like jet engines, the storm itself traveled slowly.
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China makes airliner electronics equipment and is developing its own jet engines.
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UTC is an industrial conglomerate, and makes everything from jet engines to elevators.
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He sees uses from refineries, to jet engines, to utility plants, he said.
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Milwaukee makes small engines, water heaters, fan blades for jet engines and generators.
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The plane is powered by six jet engines salvaged from Boeing 747 aircraft.
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GREG HAYES: Well, that's why we're in the business of selling jet engines.
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GE Aviation is supplying its Affinity supersonic series of jet engines for AS723.
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We have a lot of jet engines being shipped out of our states.
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It has six screaming Pratt & Whitney turbofan jet engines, salvaged from three 747s.
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As a teenager he built jet engines and attached them to his bicycle.
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One showcase use was in jet engines to do predictive maintenance, saving downtime.
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Traditional jet engines are not capable of handling air flows at such speeds.
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Component producers like G.E., which makes jet engines, have lowered their financial forecasts.
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The experiment involved a factory that makes metal bladed disks for jet engines.
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And GE had made most of its money from big manufacturing, jet engines.
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The jet shudders and creaks through the air: Downton Abbey with jet engines attached.
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Heavy machinery maker IHI Corp said affected products were used in its jet engines.
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It would focus on three others: jet engines, electric power generators and wind turbines.
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The current generation of jet engines is already closing in on its maximum efficiency.
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Back then, cobalt was a niche metal mainly used in jet engines and smartphones.
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It is used in cars, buildings, jet engines and a host of other applications.
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Small ducted fan jet engines greatly improve this robot's balance, but it can't fly yet.
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"Electric jet engines give a better compromise between safety, efficiency, noise and performance," he explains.
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This is currently used to make high-strength components for jet engines and gas turbines.
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The maker of jet engines, MRI machines and light bulbs also stopped burning through cash.
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Put together, the two would sell products like home thermostats and Pratt & Whitney jet engines.
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Demand for cobalt used to be mostly for superalloys used in jet engines and hardware.
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Emojis and bitcoins are no substitute for breakthroughs such as jet engines or the internet.
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In the video, Browning clearly has trouble controlling the power of the small jet engines.
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It uses multiple small jet engines to provide enough thrust for a human to fly.
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As Lazar got older, his jet engines grew larger and were attached to his cars.
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Orders for GE's jet engines fell 11.39 percent, while engine service orders rose 15 percent.
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GE is the world's biggest manufacturer of jet engines for the globe's most common airplanes.
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Narita, home to Tokyo's largest international airport, dreamed up a plush eel with jet engines.
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Although the event is not unheard of, it is unusual in most modern jet engines.
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GE has spent $1.5bn on the technology to make parts for jet engines, among other things.
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Consider the Long Range Acoustic Devices—portable sound cannons that blast noise louder than jet engines.
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Take industrial machines from jet engines to medical equipment and turn them into intelligent interconnected devices.
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General Electric, the nation's largest industrial company, makes products like jet engines, locomotives and gas turbines.
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These are jet engines used in power plants to generate electricity, rather than as propulsion devices.
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Electric motors are also lighter than jet engines, which helps offset some of the weight disadvantage.
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GE has been shedding several businesses to focus on jet engines, power plants and renewable energy.
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Click here to view original GIFWe've seen remote control airplanes powered by tiny jet engines before.
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It consists of small jet engines strapped to his lower arms, ankles and, sometimes, his back.
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That would serve as a setback for GE, which makes jet engines for the 737 Max.
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Jet engines could record the installation of new parts and pay for maintenance on the spot.
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The aviation industry has supported the idea of mitigating the climate impact of its jet engines.
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There are 65,000 G.E. jet engines in use worldwide, 7,000 power generators and 35,000 wind turbines.
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G.E. would shrink to just three major operations: jet engines, electric power generators and wind turbines.
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He said that G.E. would focus on jet engines, power-generation equipment and health-care machines.
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This will let the company collect more data on how its jet engines work, says Hedicker.
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It has two jet engines attached to each arm and one engine mounted on the back.
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A pair of jet engines located at the rear of the flying disc provide horizontal thrust.
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Lilium is developing a lightweight aircraft powered by 23 electric jet engines mounted on its wings.
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Those minerals are critical to making electronics, including satellites, fighter jet engines, smartphones and electric cars.
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Here's one example: The sensors in jet engines create dozens of gigabytes of data per flight.
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Its roomier cabins, with less noise from jet engines, made long-haul travel much more comfortable too.
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Hypersonic cruise missiles are essentially faster versions of existing ones but powered by very different jet engines.
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GE Aviation is hosting the event among a collection of jet engines that have powered fighter planes.
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The researchers used some clever approaches to measuring glacier melt, including autonomous kayaks equipped with jet engines.
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Nearby a subsidiary of Safran, a French technology group, is making carbon-fibre casings for jet engines.
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Margins slipped as the company invested to expand production of its jet engines to meet brisk demand.
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First, we chatted with aviation company UAV Turbines, which is building mini, watermelon-sized jet engines. Pourquoi?
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United Technologies, which makes elevators, jet engines among other products, added $1.17, or 1.1 percent, to $108.11.
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GE, better known for making jet engines and turbines, sees an opportunity in the fast-growing field.
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Washington locals first noticed the drawing which was made of white contrails that jet engines leave behind.
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Dr Alamaro has already found some of the decommissioned jet engines he needs to build his first updrafter.
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Becausee jet engines are complex, heavy devices, distributed propulsion designs almost always involve simpler and smaller electric motors.
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WE HAVE, LET'S SAY, 20,000 FIELD ENGINEERS THAT ARE REPAIRING MR SCANNERS, OR GAS TURBINES, OR JET ENGINES.
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Examples include synthetic fuels in existing jet engines, hydrogen in natural-gas pipelines, or zero-carbon aluminium smelters.
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Schindler uses General Electric's Predix platform, the system the U.S. industrial giant also deploys to monitor jet engines.
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Collins, which makes aircraft electrical systems, and Pratt & Whitney, which produces jet engines, have chosen a "parallel" hybrid.
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For a long taxi, they can also take power from the generators driven by the aircraft's jet engines.
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Honeywell, which makes everything from jet engines to personal safety gear, will own 75 percent of the venture.
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Vanadium is used in jet engines, steel and increasingly in high-capacity batteries used for renewable energy storage.
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"Sure, we want to fly like birds, but we don't build jet engines out of feathers," he thought.
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The company said it would retain just three major operations: jet engines, electric power generators and wind turbines.
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The target was Safran, which operates a joint venture, CFM International, that builds jet engines with General Electric.
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The business is keen to ensure that its jet engines continue to develop and improve as times change.
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And we're taking you to a newly unveiled testing facility where jet engines are put through their paces.
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A Florida startup once just made model planes—but now it's building little baby jet engines for drones.
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Instead of the proposed jet engines, the current ADIFO prototype achieves thrust by using two small electrical fans.
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New noise protection measures would also be needed to assuage local residents weary of the roar of jet engines.
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United Tech, which sells the Pratt & Whitney jet engines, has a "significant long-term advantage" over GE, Grasfeder said.
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That whole saga started with a flock of Canada Geese getting shredded through the plane's jet engines, destroying them.
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The aircraft could then use this clean energy while taxiing, negating the need to use its conventional jet engines.
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Rare earth minerals are also essential in other military equipment such as jet engines, lasers and night vision devices.
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Jet engines, digital photography, and the internet all have their roots in military projects, to name only a few.
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British exports like Rolls-Royce jet engines, high-end Jaguar automobiles and certain food products could get a lift.
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The aviation business doesn't just sell jet engines — it generates revenue by selling spare parts and repairing the engines.
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Jet engines, electric power generators and wind turbines, Mr. Flannery said, share similar technologies for power generation and propulsion.
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G.E. has long made industrial software that animates its jet engines, power generators, medical-imaging equipment and other machinery.
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This, Roche said, included wind-tunnel tests of jet engines and the development of protective clothing for radioactive environments.
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The maker of light bulbs and jet engines is in jeopardy of suffering its worst day since last fall.
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GE creates digital twins of its wind turbines and jet engines to monitor their performance and carry out preventive maintenance.
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"Jet engines are efficient when they're big and up high," Matt Knapp, Zunum's chief technology officer, said in an interview.
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United Technologies, whose products include jet engines and elevators, manufactures actuation systems for the aerospace industry in west-central England.
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The maker of light bulbs, jet engines and MRI machines burned through $22008 billion in cash during the second quarter.
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The craft is powered by 36 separate jet engines mounted on its 53-meter long wings via 12 movable flaps.
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GE, which was already making microwaves, jet engines and locomotives, decided in 2004 to add subprime lending to its empire.
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Yet this overlooked that Britain also has plenty to sell, from cars and financial services to jet engines and bubbly.
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New York (CNN Business)United Technologies, the 84-year-old maker of elevators and jet engines, is breaking itself apart.
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Expect a mixed picture, with strong sales of jet engines and power generators strong and weak oil field equipment sales.
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Over the decades, GE spent much of its time developing new technologies, ranging from home appliances to commercial jet engines.
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It is made up entirely of airplane engine noise, specifically, a pair of CFM56 jet engines recorded at 39,000 ft.
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Though in a down cycle, the oil and gas business has characteristics in common with jet engines and power generators.
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Military aircraft are a common sight in the skies of rural Mississippi, their jet engines reverberating over miles of farmland.
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That's a massive difference, but a wider gait isn't the only benefit to having jet engines strapped to the robot's feet.
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The jet will be a lightweight aircraft powered by 36 electric jet engines mounted to its wings via 12 moveable flaps.
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It's a tough metaphor to shake off for an inventor who is strapping a bunch of jet engines to his limbs.
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In fact, he's even working on a miniature version for his kids that trades the jet engines for something less aggressive.
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It may still be a few decades before buzzing motors will replace the roar of jet engines in the skies completely.
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The Chinese also bore gifts: trade deals worth over $200bn, covering everything from jet engines and car parts to shale gas.
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A new study from NASA has shown that the jet engines using biofuels have fewer particle emissions in their exhaust trails.
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Shares of the company, which makes everything from jet engines to thermostats, were up 2.6 percent at $151.92 in premarket trading.
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An aviation red alert was in effect due to risks ash could be carried into aircraft routes and damage jet engines.
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The thrill in the raw power and technical perfection of rockets, jet engines, and atomic energy could be experienced at leisure.
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These carry 36 electric jet engines and tilt into different positions to allow the jet to take off or move forward.
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Another approach would be to eliminate jet engines altogether in favor of electric motors that could be powered by renewable energy.
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G.E.'s new chief inherits a fundamentally strong company, with industry-leading businesses led by jet engines and electrical power generators.
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"Aviation gas, or gas that is used in single piston jet engines in regional airports, still uses leaded gas," Lanphear said.
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No one is buying jet engines manufactured in Uzbekistan, and the graduates of Turkmenistan's universities aren't creating the world's next innovative companies.
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At last week's Paris Air Show, the Israeli company unveiled a prototype electric light aircraft, a private jet without the jet engines.
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Number three is the supplier partnerships, so folks that build jet engines, folks that do carbon fiber composites, folks that do avionics.
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Like father, like son There are faster cars on the salt at Bonneville, but they are powered by rocket or jet engines.
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In addition to two fuselages and tons of fuel, it would be carrying a set of jet engines and that massive vehicle.
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I hit "Begin" on a prompt about jet engines, "Add" in another about wearable computers, write another email, and slide a slider.
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The company said last month that it would shrink to just three major operations: jet engines, electric power generators and wind turbines.
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Our truck was full of produce, we had a big display and I heard jet engines, like we were on a runway.
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"Let me correct that misconception, the turboprop engine first of all, is driven by turbo machinery just like jet engines," Scherer explained.
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The takeover would give UTC, maker of Pratt & Whitney jet engines, more leverage to resist pressure from plane makers seeking price cuts.
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It can help predict failures before they happen and bring down this expensive equipment such as jet engines, wind turbines and train locomotives.
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Asked to elaborate a little, Wiegand says there are many differences in the details, such as using electric jet engines not open propellers.
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The maker of light bulbs, MRI machines and jet engines said the steps will not impact GE retirees who are already collecting pensions.
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FOR US TO MAKE MORE JET ENGINES, WE HAVE TO WIN EVEN HIGHER MARKET SHARES IN AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA, CHINA, PLACES LIKE THAT.
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New jet engines are designed to run hot because that results in a more efficient combustion, which lowers fuel consumption and cuts emissions.
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He has a British accent and uses his expertise to flamboyantly juices up trikes, toilets, and toy horses with home-made jet engines.
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General Electric, an American conglomerate, is betting big on Predix, which helps customers improve how they run locomotives, jet engines and other gear.
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GE scientists and engineers invented or perfected light bulbs, X-rays, refrigerators, television, commercial jet engines, nuclear power plants, and so much more.
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The company has been hiring more people to write complex software codes to efficiently run its jet engines, power turbines and medical equipment.
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Analysts said geared turbofan jet engines are reaching a "positive financial second derivative" in their life cycles, which will change the stock's narrative.
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Last month, John Flannery, the chief executive, declared that the new, smaller G.E. would make jet engines, electric power generators and wind turbines.
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Inside, the jet engines were no more bothersome than a garbage truck you might hear outside the window of a Midtown Manhattan apartment.
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Jet engines and power turbines reflect the most lucrative business model for G.E.: an equipment sale that ensures years of revenue from services.
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The chief executive also brushed off those who claimed that turboprop engines were past their expiration date in the era of jet engines.
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GE Aviation, which makes jet engines, should continue to see "continued strength" thanks to the robust commercial and military aviation markets, GE said.
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New GE CEO Larry Culp deserves credit for taking difficult steps to fix the maker of light bulbs, jet engines and MRI machines.
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An aviation red alert was in effect due to risks ash could be carried into aircraft routes and damage jet engines, USGS said.
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Problems at Pratt & Whitney have delayed European aircraft deliveries, and Airbus has publicly warned UTC to focus on delivering jet engines on time.
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It's made up of a black 3D-printed aluminum shoulder harness with lots of straps, tubes and electronics all rigged to five jet engines.
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Explosions in Kilauea's crater sparked an aviation red alert due to risks the ash plume could blow into aircraft routes and damage jet engines.
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For one, the idea sounds awfully noisy, and all of these rotary blades and jet engines risk drowning out the audio from the speakers.
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One idea is for hybrid planes seating about 100 passengers that would take off and land using jet engines, when most power is required.
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During the cruise jet engines are throttled back, so for that stage of the flight the plane would use electrically powered ducted fans instead.
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The company is expected to lead the development and production of powerful and reliable jet engines that have both military and commercial aircraft applications.
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In case it's not abundantly clear, as fun as this looks, strapping jet engines to yourself for any reason probably isn't a great idea.
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Rolls is one step ahead, putting in place plans to move the design approval process for its large jet engines from Britain to Germany.
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MAKING things with 3D printers is an idea that is being adopted by manufacturers to produce goods ranging from false teeth to jet engines.
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The engine family has accumulated more than 350 million flight hours as one of the most reliable and popular jet engines in airline history.
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Honeywell is expected to announce spinoffs of certain assets to focus on aerospace technology from jet engines to advanced aircraft connectivity equipment and services.
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Maybe G.E. — a maker of power turbines, jet engines, locomotives and medical-imaging equipment — needed to think of its competitors as Amazon and IBM.
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At the time, jet engines were thought to be too inefficient and fuel hungry and too unreliable to be seriously considered for commercial aviation.
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Rare earth elements and minor metals have broad applications in U.S. industry, ranging from jet engines to mobile phones to oil and gas drilling.
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The roar of the jet engines is also overwhelming, and even after all this time photographing the planes, Mr. Rothenberg is sometimes taken aback.
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Last week, the company's CEO, Greg Hayes, said it was exploring a breakup of its business portfolio, including jet engines, elevators and air conditioners.
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Keith cites precedents for his thinking: a company that scatters cremation ashes from a high-altitude balloon, and jet engines, whose exhaust contains sulfates.
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But it is an exercise with a purpose: Rolls-Royce will be able to test its business jet engines on the airplane as well.
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The history of the 7873 crashes The 2787 had three jet engines on its tail, the first commercial plane with fewer than four engines.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) replaced GE (GE), the struggling maker of jet engines and light bulbs and original member of the Dow in 1896.
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Kim: The powerful new jet engines, which could fly nonstop over long distances, allowed Pan Am to introduce daily flights to London and Paris.
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It's an endearing dream, but at some point, you have to concede that you are wingless, earthbound, and a couple of jet engines short.
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Mr Immelt tried to take GE back to its core as an industrial firm that makes sophisticated products such as power equipment and jet engines.
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You're a bored former finance guy who decides one day to strap on some micro-jet engines and see if you can become Iron Man.
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Even the company's super high-end Mac Pro line of computers — the ones that looks like tiny jet engines — aren't capable of powering VR headsets.
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The wings are fitted with a total of 1953 electric jet engines that tilt up for vertical takeoff and then shift forward for horizontal flight.
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On October 10th a Chinese intelligence officer who had been extradited from Belgium was charged with attempting to steal intellectual property related to jet engines.
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The wings are fitted with a total of 36 electric jet engines that tilt up for vertical takeoff and then shift forward for horizontal flight.
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READ: Hawaiian volcano is now spewing lava straight into a neighborhood The ash creates a hazard to aviation — reducing visibility and potentially affecting jet engines.
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The Cook Islands is reckoned to have up to a sixth of the world's reserves of cobalt, an element used in batteries and jet engines.
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Like all jet engines, Affinity relies for its propulsion on Newton's third law of motion (to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction).
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The Airbus team plans to modify a BAE 83, which is a 28-seat regional airliner powered by four conventional jet engines (see illustration above).
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When manufacturing industrial jet engines, locomotives and turbines, GE needs to create parts that are both light and super strong, withstanding temperatures above 3,000 degrees.
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United Technologies — The maker of Pratt & Whitney jet engines came in nine cents a share above estimates, with adjusted quarterly profit of $1.48 per share.
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Despite investing heavily on developing digital products, from sensors in jet engines to augmented reality software, shareholders have been wary of the company's new direction.
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The deal comes at a time when industrial conglomerate GE is slimming down its business to focus on jet engines, power plants and renewable energy.
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But this past spring the company released a video of its CEO riding an untethered version of the Flyboard that appeared to use jet engines.
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Today, the range of things being computerized and connected to networks is stunning, from watches, appliances and clothing to cars, jet engines and factory equipment.
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He also emphasized his belief in the vitality of a smaller G.E., and nodded to products like electric generators, jet engines and medical-imaging equipment.
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Some rare earth minerals are essential in military equipment such as jet engines, missile guidance systems, antimissile defense systems, satellites, as well as in lasers.
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Some rare earth minerals are essential in military equipment such as jet engines, missile guidance systems, missile defense systems, satellites, as well as in lasers.
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In recent years Immelt has remade GE as a high-tech, large systems company, building GE's expertise in energy systems, jet engines, and health systems.
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The CFM56-7B is one of the most popular jet engines in the world and can be found on more than 6,700 aircraft around the world.
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Jet engines emit not only carbon dioxide but also sulphates, nitrous gases, and icy vapor streams called contrails, all of which trap heat in the atmosphere.
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The cobalt contract currently traded on the exchange is for physically settled refined metal, often used in superalloys that go into jet engines, launched in 2010.
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United Technologies and Honeywell would not likely generate antitrust worries about overlaps in jet engines and building heating systems, according to analysts at RBC Capital Markets.
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The combination would bring together United Technologies booming aerospace business that makes everything from jet engines, cockpit controls and airplane seats with Tomahawk missile maker Raytheon.
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It must also replace the blades across hundreds of engines used in Dreamliners after some cracked, while designing two new jet engines, the Advance and UltraFan.
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Opposition from locals to noisy jet engines and by environmentalists to the emissions they produce has meant that only a few new runways have been built.
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UTC, maker of Pratt & Whitney jet engines and various plane components, is hoping the deal will give it more leverage against plane makers negotiating price cuts.
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It involves six tiny jet engines, some body armor, some serious physical fitness, and while it looks fund in some clips, there is a learning curve.
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Jet engines are designed to keep parts within the outer cover as escaped shrapnel can tear through the cabin or rupture fuel tanks in the wings.
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It creates what is basically a jet stream—not sure if that's the exact right word for it—but it's similar to how jet engines work.
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Shares of Honeywell, which makes everything from jet engines to thermostats, rose as much as 123 percent in morning trading to hit a record of $212.
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An aviation red alert was in effect due to risks ash could be carried into aircraft routes and damage jet engines, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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It would combine Raytheon's missile and radar systems with United Technologies' jet engines, which are used in commercial and military aircraft, including the F-35 fighter.
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And while pocket-sized jet engines have been boosting radio-controlled model airplanes for decades, the company calls the Monarch 5 the first commercial-grade microturbine.
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Welch had been famous for transferring upper managers from, say, GE's locomotives division one year over to plastics the next, and to jet engines after that.
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That would mark a sharp deterioration from 2018, when the maker of MRI machines, jet engines and power plants generated $4.3 billion of free cash flow.
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These minerals, which are also important in satellites and fighter jet engines, partly motivate China's interest in the island, which also has tons of fresh water.
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Each seems more terrifying than the last, with multiple jet engines attached to his limbs in various configurations, as he hovers a few feet from the ground.
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This aircraft will be powered by two rear-mounted 500kW electric turbofans (which turn a fan inside a shroud and so look a bit like jet engines).
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Renishaw, which supplies products and services used in jet engines, wind turbines, dentistry and brain surgery, said Lee would step into the CEO role on Feb. 1.
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One does not go to China to buy jet engines or targeted cancer therapies; China spends more on importing semiconductors than it does on importing crude oil.
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It has more than 500 factories around the globe that produce jet engines, power plants, medical CT scanners and other large, sophisticated equipment adaptable to the technology.
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In Safran's factory in Casablanca, workers assemble nacelles—structures encasing engines under aircraft wings—and fit honeycomb composites that help to muffle the screams of jet engines.
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As federal investigators begin to piece together what happened, the flying public undoubtedly is asking: What about the thousands of other jet engines in service right now?
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But with engines that are officially louder than pneumatic diggers and on the cusp of jet engines at take-off, why are they still flattering to deceive?
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Still, the company's aviation unit, a leading manufacturer of jet engines, and its health care business, which includes life sciences and medical-imaging equipment, delivered strong profits.
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President Trump has publicly commended President Xi Jinping's handling of the crisis and even called for greater commercial ties, including the sale of jet engines to China.
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Rolls-Royce, the maker of jet engines and other power systems, agreed to pay $817 million in January to resolve several long-running bribery and corruption inquiries.
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In other words, two small jet engines operate in unison to supply power to the gearbox that turns the helicopter's blades, making it a very reliable system.
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The cobalt contract CBD0 currently traded on the exchange is for physically settled refined metal, often used in superalloys that go into jet engines, launched in 2010.
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The iconic maker of light bulbs, MRI machines and jet engines is bleeding badly from poorly timed deals, needless complexity in its corporate structure and mounting debt.
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The decision has for now halted the creation of what would be a nearly $150 billion industrial giant, producing thermostats, Pratt & Whitney jet engines and Otis elevator equipment.
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On one side of the platform sits two massive decommissioned jet engines, on the other, three of Browning's suits, which have a total retail value about $1.32 million.
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The new model will have approximately the same range as the older aircraft but will be significantly more fuel-efficient with its improved General Electric GEnx jet engines.
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Indicated 2.5 percent higher The aircraft engine maker reported a better than expected 19.6 percent rise in first quarter profit, driven by its business maintaining commercial jet engines.
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That includes lasers, radar, sonar, night vision systems, missile guidance, jet engines and alloys for armored vehicles, according to a report the Pentagon prepared for Trump last year.
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Engineers see a bigger future for hybrids, which can combine lighter, downsized jet engines with an electric boost during take-off and climb, for a 30% fuel saving.
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Click here to view original GIFSo just how heat-resistant are the highly-engineered materials developed for use in things like jet engines, nuclear reactors, and gas turbines?
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The agency states that streamlined aircraft bodies, quieter jet engines, and drag-reducing winglets are a few of the advances NASA has brought to the commercial airline industry.
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That energy would then charge lightweight batteries while the plane is on the ground, and those batteries would be tapped during taxiing to avoid using the jet engines.
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General Electric is going all in on futuristic manufacturing, having ditched businesses like finance and network television to focus on building stuff like jet engines and gas turbines.
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Designing a propulsion system that can do it has been one of the biggest obstacles – pure rockets or jet engines are one thing, but combining them is another.
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The company, which makes jet engines, said in its market forecast that its 2018 findings show purchase-plan rates for civil helicopters is consistent with its 2017 survey.
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Pratt said it was working with the Pentagon's F-35 program office to finalize a contract for the 10th batch of jet engines by the end of April.
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General Electric, the nation's largest manufacturer, is betting big that data-generating sensors and software can increase the efficiency and profitability of its jet engines and other machinery.
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The U.S. Geological Survey and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have issued a "red" alert to ensure pilots avoid the ash cloud, which can damage modern jet engines.
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Other industrial stocks including United Technologies, which makes products including jet engines and elevators, and the manufacturer Honeywell also traded higher, adding 1 percent to close at $109.83.
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Auto makers, mobile device makers and manufacturers of super-alloys used to make jet engines are all getting jittery about possible scarcities of responsibly sourced cobalt, sources said.
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A hot air balloon carried Cordia and his improvised Iron Man suit to an altitude of 5,000 feet before he stepped off the edge and ignited the jet engines.
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He's constantly enhancing his invention, and today the suit is propelled by two mini jet engines strapped to each forearm and a slightly larger jet attached on your back.
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Cobalt is a key ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles, a fast-growing sector of the auto industry, and in metal alloys used to make jet engines.
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GE is trying to restore profits at its money-losing power business as the conglomerate slims down to three main product lines: power plants, jet engines and wind turbines.
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In addition to selling air conditioners to U.S. homeowners, United Technologies also sells billions in jet engines, helicopter components and many other goods and services to the federal government.
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Pratt & Whitney (P&W), a division of United Technologies Corporation that makes jet engines, plans to hire some 8,000 workers in Connecticut (and 25,000 worldwide) over the next decade.
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So if you're going endanger yourself for some cheap thrills, why not go big aboard a merry-go-round powered by real jet engines rocketing you around in circles.
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The U.S. conglomerate, better known for making jet engines and turbines, said on Monday it would invest 150 million euros ($167 mln) in a biopharmaceutical campus in county Cork.
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Cobalt is a key ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles, a fast-growing sector in the auto industry, and in metal alloys used to make jet engines.
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Microsoft flew a bunch of creative and engineers in to sing the device's praises, and we had the opportunity to speak with a group that helps design jet engines.
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It has annual revenue of about $125 billion and offers broad exposure to the global capital-goods sector, from jet engines to locomotives to power generators to healthcare equipment.
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GE is making a broad push to use digital technology to reduce running costs of large industrial equipment, from generators and power grids to jet engines and medical devices.
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S&P Dow Jones Indices announced yesterday that the iconic maker of light bulbs and jet engines will not be appearing and will be replaced by Walgreens Boots Alliance.
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He was speaking with G.E. scientists about new jet engines they were building, laden with sensors to generate a trove of data from every flight — but to what end?
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They are vital in critical defense applications like fighter jet engines, missile guidance systems, as well as satellite communications systems, not to mention mobile phone and electric car motors.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rare earth elements are used in a wide range of consumer products, from iPhones to electric car motors, as well as military jet engines, satellites and lasers.
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The last question came from Viktor M. Bogomolov, a nearly 40-year veteran of the company, which is best known for building the jet engines for Sukhoi fighter planes.
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The companies contend that because they are not currently in the same businesses, the merger will not increase the combined firm's market position in, say, jet engines or missiles.
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Together, the two would have an estimated $74 billion in sales, and would produce F-35 fighter jets and Pratt & Whitney jet engines, which are used in Airbus airliners.
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The success of GE's new turbines are of increasing importance as it slims down to focus on power plants, jet engines and wind turbines in a flurry of restructuring.
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The new companies will be: United Technologies, a maker of jet engines and airplane parts; Otis, the elevator company; and Carrier, which will specialize in heating and cooling equipment.
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Or that its stable of products would include nearly every piece of a plane, from Pratt & Whitney jet engines to cockpit parts, seats and even in-flight entertainment units.
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In the coming decades, if the U.S. finally transitions to electric vehicles, that could free up a major part of the corn harvest for jet engines, not car engines.
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G.E.'s executives said the shortfall was largely explained by the increase in inventory for orders on new products coming to market, including jet engines, power generators and locomotives.
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Calhoun became chairman of the Caterpillar Inc board shortly after federal agents raided its headquarters in 2017, headed a General Electric unit that included jet engines after the Sept.
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That includes lasers, radar, sonar, night vision systems, missile guidance, jet engines and alloys for armored vehicles, according to a report the Pentagon prepared for President Donald Trump last year.
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The delay in building new, more energy-efficient jet engines stems from the need to test all the metal parts involved, which is taking longer than planned and delaying production.
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Cobalt metal is used in superalloys to make jet engines, while cobalt chemicals are a key component in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used to power mobile devices and electric vehicles.
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He also notes that the company does have a "less elegant-looking" plan-B design if they determine the centrally clustered jet engines are too much of a stabilization liability.
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Obviously, there's a big huge crane holding Apple's saucer in the air and no evidence that includes jet engines or anything that would allow it to levitate on its own.
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RARE EARTHS IN MILITARY EQUIPMENT Some rare earth minerals are essential in military equipment such as jet engines, missile guidance systems, antimissile defense systems, satellites, as well as in lasers.
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Commercial planes, especially regional jets with smaller, less powerful engines, have a harder time in the heat because warm air is less dense, making jet engines less efficient during takeoff.
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Rare earths are a group of 0003 chemical elements used in both consumer products, from iPhones to electric car motors, and critical military applications including jet engines, satellites and lasers.
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The high metallic ceiling of the hangar and the roar of jet engines outside made for a very different setting than a conference room in the glass aeries of Manhattan.
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By the numbers: $7 billion of GE's annual revenue comes from China, and imports nearly $2.9 billion in parts from the country including MRI machines, jet engines and wind turbines.
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Shrinking the GE empire Culp, the first outsider CEO in GE's history, was hired last year to turn around the iconic maker of light bulbs, MRI machines and jet engines.
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The company will install 30,000 new parts that will allow simulations of a wide range of electrical and hydraulic conditions to collect more data on how its jet engines work.
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GE emphasizes the results from its "industrial" business, the profits and cash flow from the core part of the company that makes jet engines, wind turbines and power plant equipment.
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Research into the effects of ultrasonic pest devices began in the 1940s, however this research was focused largely on the effects of ultrasound from jet engines, dental drills and cleaning baths.
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The Lilium Jet seeks to revolutionize short-distance air travel - its batteries power 36 all-electric jet engines that face downward at take-off but then swing to power horizontal flight.
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In order for a passenger to have a phone conversation over the roar of jet engines they would be required to practically shout, which would be severely disruptive to fellow passengers.
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Volcanic ash can severely damage jet engines, so air traffic controllers will often ground or redirect planes during a volcanic eruption, as they did in 2010 when an Icelandic volcano erupted.
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The Boston-based maker of jet engines, power plants and medical devices also said Chief Financial Officer Jamie Miller was stepping down but would stay on until a successor is hired.
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For years it had been axiomatic that UTC needed the cash from the lucrative servicing contracts of Otis and Carrier to support the long-cycle, capital-intensive development of jet engines.
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To test a couple of compact jet engines the suit will rely on, he strapped them to his waist, hopped on a longboard, and lived every 10-year-old's wildest fantasy.
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It didn't have a rocket, so in 2003 it started building a stand-in, an awkward 20-foot-tall platform powered by surplus Rolls Royce Viper jet engines from the '60s.
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FABER: So you know, your customers in aviation sign up for long-term agreements, they need to know you're going to be there to service all those jet engines and everything.
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That was the well-publicized case of US Airways Flight 1549, which made an emergency water landing in the Hudson River after multiple bird strikes caused both jet engines to fail.
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Zapata had received a 1.3 million euro grant from the French army in late 2018 to help finance the development of the hoverboard, which is powered by five small jet engines.
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The company has more than $14 billion in cash on its balance sheet and $327 billion in orders for power plants, jet engines, locomotives, oil and gas equipment and healthcare devices.
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The Industrial Internet of Things is not like its consumer cousin in that it involves getting data from big industrial devices like manufacturing machinery, oil and gas turbines and jet engines.
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Since they appeared in commercial form in the 1990s, 3D printers have generally been employed in factories to make small things like prototype models, components of jet-engines and dental crowns.
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Thunberg refuses to fly, to reduce her own carbon footprint, and it's unquestionable that there are greener ways to travel than cruising in the stratosphere on two exhaust-spewing jet engines.
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Skirting a little too close to LAX, a drone was taken out by one of the trained falcons otherwise tasked with dispatching birds before they get sucked into passing jet engines.
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The company, which has a market capitalisation of 3.06 billion pounds ($4.03 billion), supplies precision measurement equipment used in products ranging from jet engines and smartphones to medical equipment and satellites.
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The unit has now largely been pared back to its original purpose: financing for G.E. customers to buy the company's jet engines, power turbines, medical-imaging machines and other industrial equipment.
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He later invented the Flyboard Air, a board powered by four turbo jet engines that allows a rider to fly through the air untethered, using a computer to keep it stabilized.
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Rolls-Royce, a big British maker of jet engines, launched its "Power by the Hour" service in 1962, offering to maintain and repair its engines for a fixed cost per hour.
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The Trump administration is poised to give a GE (GE) joint venture the green light to continue exporting jet engines to China -- despite national security concerns raised by some US officials.
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Larry Culp, the highly respected outsider who was hired that fall to fix GE, acted with urgency to end the crisis facing the iconic maker of light bulbs and jet engines.
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GE, which makes everything from light bulbs to jet engines, has been blasted by analysts in the past for buying businesses at high prices and then selling them for much less.
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The rise of a Chinese aircraft manufacturer is "a real plus" for Honeywell, which makes everything from jet engines to software systems used in planes, a company executive told CNBC Thursday.
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In October, United Technologies, a jet engines-to-air conditioners group, soothed investor nerves over the deal by saying that that it was confident of getting Chinese approval for the purchase.
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Unlike the Wright Flyer, and all powered aircraft since, the use of an ion drive means the MIT craft contains no moving propulsion parts in the form of propellers or jet engines.
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Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Revolutionary Guard aerospace division, said Iran had overcome initial problems in producing jet engines for cruise missiles and could now manufacture a full range of the weapons.
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As a result, several investors have said it should sell off its non-aerospace divisions and focus on jet engines, which are largely responsible for the thickness of its £80bn order-book.
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This does not merely reflect the rise of technology giants built on algorithms; manufacturers have evolved too, selling services alongside jet engines and power drills, and crunching data collected by smart sensors.
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Connecticut-based UTC, which makes Pratt & Whitney jet engines, Otis elevators and various aircraft components, is hoping Rockwell will give it more leverage against aircraft makers, which are negotiating for price cuts.
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The deal would create a giant, one-stop shop with products that range from Tomahawk missiles and radar systems to jet engines that power passenger planes and the seats that fill them.
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United Technologies Corp, the maker of Pratt & Whitney jet engines, held back some GTF shipments to plane makers and offered spares to airlines, which had faced problems with engines already in service.
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They heated the oil to over 350 degrees Celsius to get rid of water molecules, which might damage jet engines, and added hydrogen to extend the fuel's shelf life and combustion efficiency.
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On October 30, the Department of Justice announced charges against Chinese government officials and a network of hired hands employed to steal turbofan technology used in jet engines from an American company.
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The crash took place near the gates of one of the world's largest manufacturers of jet engines, Pratt & Whitney, so federal agents were called to the scene as a matter of course.
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Airlines are also a major source of pollution, but without any realistic alternative yet, jet engines aren't likely go go anywhere anytime soon: David Slotnick reports on the incremental efforts thus far.
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Electric motors replace jet engines, and vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, designed to avoid the need for long runways, have rotating wings and, in some cases, rotors in place of propellers.
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Also on Wednesday, the Justice Department announced the arrest of a Chinese intelligence officer who was charged with stealing secret information from GE Aviation, one of the largest suppliers of jet engines.
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Blocking the sales would have been a major blow to GE because jet engines are central to the company's efforts to recover from one of the most disastrous periods in its history.
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LONDON — Rolls-Royce, the maker of jet engines and other power systems, said on Monday that it had agreed to pay $817 million to resolve several long-running bribery and corruption inquiries.
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Rare earths are a group of 17 chemical elements used in a wide range of consumer products from iPhones to electric car motors, and critical military applications including jet engines, satellites and lasers.
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The full-scale prototype, which can take-off and land vertically, is powered by 36 all-electric jet engines and can travel up to 300 kilometers in one hour, according to the company.
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Hence the discovery, once jet engines made rapid travel across time zones possible, that someone flying from, say, London to New York, will take several days to adjust to New York solar time.
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The company, which supplies products and services used in jet engines, wind turbines, dentistry and brain surgery, said revenue rose to 142.3 million pounds ($187.3 million) from 112.8 million pounds a year ago.
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The CFM56 is arguably one of the safest and most popular jet engines in the world, with more than 30,000 units produced since 7373, and it's used on both civilian and military aircraft.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce may transfer the design approval process for its large jet engines from Britain to Germany as a "technical measure" to avoid disruption from Brexit, the company said on Monday.
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The industrial giant says its software relationship with Pivotal helped it develop more efficient ways to analyze how its jet engines consume fuel, which in turn can help airlines save on fuel costs.
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What the banks are really saying is they want to pull the jet engines off of the blockchain 747 but they don't want to deal with all the smelly passengers and headstrong pilot.
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GE and Apple announced a deal on Wednesday that will see iPhones and iPads running the Predix software that GE customers use to control everything from elevators to jet engines to oil refineries.
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Some analysts continue to question whether healthcare truly fits with mainstay GE industries like power generation and jet engines, but Flannery's elevation suggests the group is not contemplating ditching healthcare any time soon.
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Investors are pushing for big change after more than a decade of frustration at poor returns from the 1.74.47-year-old maker of power plants, jet engines, medical devices and other industrial equipment.
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It also doesn't share the jet engines of airliners, instead traveling through the skies at a leisurely 30 mph, making even the short hops between European countries fairly grueling experiences for its pilots.
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Defence still makes up a sixth of its business, down from one-half during the cold war, and Rolls blames its woes partly on falling demand for military-jet engines and other equipment.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc and General Electric Co released app-making tools on Thursday tailored to GE's Predix platform for connecting power plants, jet engines and other industrial equipment to the internet.
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The company, which makes everything from jet engines to thermostats, is primed to benefit in the region as China's territorial stance on South China Sea has raised the stakes for its ASEAN neighbors.
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The sound of roaring jet engines may help you drift into the realm of the unconscious, or it might remind you of four hours of relentless air conditioning and make you feel cold.
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Then we spoke to the designers and executives behind Rolls-Royce's transformation of a Qantas jet that was still flying passengers last week into a very expensive flying testbed for experimental jet engines.
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If a helicopter can't do it and it's too big to fit into a heavy-lift airplane, can you rig up something that makes it fly by attaching jet engines to the house?
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The Trump administration put some kinds of aircraft equipment, like jet engines, in the initial 1107 percent tariffs that it imposed last summer on $28 billion a year of goods imported from China.
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It was the biggest milestone yet in GE's rolling plan to shrink itself and focus on three core areas: jet engines, power generation and wind turbines, businesses that account for 60% of its revenues.
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In the 1980s Rolls-Royce, an engineering giant that makes jet engines, started to push "power by the hour", providing an engine, servicing and maintenance at a fixed cost per hour of flying time.
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The jet engines maker said it would partner with Safran Aircraft Engines to jointly produce a new engine for the next-generation combat aircraft, as part of the Franco-German Future Combat Air System.
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The Boston-based maker of jet engines, power plants and medical devices also said Chief Financial Officer Jamie Miller, who was appointed in October 22, plans to step down after a successor is hired.
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China is the world's dominant producer of rare earths -- a group of 17 prized minerals used in everything from consumer electronics to military equipment such as jet engines, missile guidance systems satellites and lasers.
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The South Central, Los Angeles, native says she "became alive" as she viewed a mission control room and jet engines at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, where her late grandfather was a janitor.
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Stratolaunch is 500,000 pounds, much of which is due to its twin fuselage-design and six 7473 jet engines, and it boasts an unprecedented 385-foot wingspan (beating out even Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose).
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Renishaw, which has a market capitalisation of 2.6 billion pounds ($3.29 billion), makes precision measurement equipment used in products ranging from jet engines and smartphones to medical equipment and satellites through its metrology business.
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GE spent more than $1 billion to create it along with applications that can analyze terabytes of data from jet engines or factory machines along with other data, such as weather or energy costs.
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Illegal immigrants have compromised almost every existing American boundary, having been found working illegally on our military bases, nuclear power plants, and commercial jet engines despite elevated concerns after the attacks of 9/11.
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Under Sofia's agreement with Warsaw, Bulgaria gets two jet engines on loan for two years from Poland, which will also repair the engines of six MiG-29 jets for an estimated 6.14 million euros.
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The unit, which makes jet engines and provides spare parts, repair, overhaul and maintenance services, benefited from strength in its commercial aviation after-sales business and growth in U.S. defense volumes, the company said.
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APART from a gentle nudge in the back as the pilots opened the throttles of its four Rolls-Royce Olympus jet engines, passengers had little sensation that Concorde was accelerating through the sound barrier.
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The first time I surfed Cotton's, the waves were midsize by California standards: five to seven feet, not huge but big enough that the larger "outside" sets roared like jet engines when they broke.
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United Technologies Corp, the maker of Pratt & Whitney jet engines, held back some shipments of GTF engines to plane makers and offered spares to airlines, which had faced problems with engines already in service.
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Design changes, like the winglets seen on many planes and jet engines with fans that are so large that a person could stand inside the cowling, have helped cut fuel use and reduce emissions.
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China is the world's dominant producer of rare earths — a group of 17 prized minerals used in everything from consumer electronics to military equipment such as jet engines, missile guidance systems satellites and lasers.
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Even the sounds of the jet engine seem to influence us: A 2015 Cornell University study found that, when exposed to the low rumble of jet engines, people craved umami (savory) versus sweet things.
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Renishaw, which has a market capitalisation of 3.03 billion pounds ($3.98 billion), makes precision measurement equipment used in products ranging from jet engines and smartphones to medical equipment and satellites through its metrology business.
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Welch proceeded to build the most successful conglomerate of the 20th Century, with high-performing industrial businesses ranging from appliances to jet engines, balanced by high growth, high return financial businesses in GE Capital.
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The Trump administration may stop exporting jet engines manufactured partly by General Electric to China for the country's airliner, over fears that the Chinese could mimic the production techniques, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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Eight days later, it said the SEC had begun probing how it handled its insurance obligations, as well as how it accounted for service agreements related to power plants, jet engines and other equipment.
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Mining machines sound like miniature jet-engines and can rack up a significant electricity bill, meaning that you can't just stick them in your home computer room (unless you are very tolerant of sound).
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Trian invested $2.5 billion in GE in 2015 and pressed the company to cut costs and focus on sectors where it is a market leader, such as power plants, jet engines and medical devices.
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GE said the probe by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission began in late November and initially focused on long-term service agreements for maintenance of power plants, jet engines and other industrial equipment.
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It has been used in critical projects such as forecasting U.S. electricity demand, identifying global climate change patterns, creating new materials for jet engines, understanding how galaxies develop and optimizing corn yield and planting patterns.
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In one station, populated by a pair of guys who help design jet engines, it was used to subtly adjust the length of a simple 3D model – turn left it gets smaller, turn right, larger.
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But one of the more unsettling parts of flying, those airplane lavatory toilets that sound like jet engines when flushed, might soon be much quieter thanks to some long overdue research from Brigham Young University.
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GE had fallen on hard times even as former Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt sought to jettison ailing businesses and focus on the company's industrial roots in power plants, jet engines, locomotives and other large equipment.
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The 126-year-old conglomerate that was once the most valuable U.S. corporation and a global symbol of American business power has been shedding businesses to focus on jet engines, power plants and renewable energy.
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The announcement came days after the Justice Department charged two Chinese intelligence officers in a conspiracy to hack into U.S. firms and steal sensitive information on jet engines used in American and European commercial airliners.
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Hotter air is less dense, which means there is less air beneath the wings for lifting the aircraft and less air to flow through the jet engines, Boeing spokesman Bret Jensen said in an email.
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Other technologies, like DNA sequencing, cell engineering and bioprinting, have led to the creation of animal-free protein products, bio fuels for jet engines, lightweight materials stronger than steel and even memory for computer storage.
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And at the end of 303, the company said it had a robust $230 billion backlog of orders for products including jet engines, power turbines and railway locomotives, and for services to care for the machinery.
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General Electric (GE), one of the world's biggest makers of jet engines, has teamed up with one of the groups of engineers, at Aerion, a company based in Reno, Nevada, to design an engine called Affinity.
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A particular design challenge, observes Brad Mottier, one of the GE executives leading the project, was that unlike conventional civil jet engines, which hang from an aircraft's wings, Affinity has to blend into a plane's airframe.
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Instead, a custom fleet of several dozen aircraft would be needed, with four jet engines mounted on two huge, glider-like wings, which would allow them to stay aloft in the thin air of the stratosphere.
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Nowadays the three big aircraft-engine makers, General Electric (GE), Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney, usually include servicing as part of their sales, and many jet engines are leased on a "power-by-the-hour" contract.
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So GE's aviation division, for example, not only sells jet engines, it also sells maintenance on that engine, and based on tracking data that GE collects and analyzes, it knows when to contact customers regarding maintenance.
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General Electric on Tuesday it will spin off its health-care business and divest its stake in oil-services company Baker Hughes, leaving the once-sprawling conglomerate focused on jet engines, power plants, and renewable energy.
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Safran, which co-produces civil jet engines with General Electric, also confirmed a goal of producing around 13,800 new-generation LEAP engines in 2019 based on Boeing's current production rate for the grounded 737 MAX jetliner.
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The aircraft engine maker expects Boeing to offer two jet engines for the successor model to its 737 plane, its chief executive told a weekly paper, adding this could double MTU's market share in the segment.
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When the two industrial conglomerates began speaking about a potential merger in the spring of 2015, it looked like a new titan, whose products would have run from thermostats to jet engines, was in the offing.
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A slimmed down General Electric - a 126-year-old conglomerate that was once the most valuable U.S. corporation and a global symbol of American business power — will focus on jet engines, power plants and renewable energy.
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In another part of the country, General Electric, whose jet engines are among the world's most popular, is scrambling to staff a plant in Lafayette, Indiana, to keep up with demand for airliners around the world.
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GE, known for its wind turbines, jet engines and train locomotives, has in the last few years strongly embraced software and the ability to analyze data as the way to squeeze more efficiency out of them.
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Boeing is no stranger to using 3D-printed parts (it's previously deployed them in jet engines and its space taxis), but Norsk says its products are the first approved by the FAA as structural, load-bearing components.
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The closest I've ever come is piloting a two-seater Cessna, which was fun, but nowhere near as exhilarating as Jarno Cordia's latest stunt involving a wingsuit and a pair of jet engines strapped to his ankles.
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The civil aftermarket, also widely watched by analysts, grew 12.2 percent in dollar terms last year due to rising spare parts sales for existing jet engines, and it grew by 5.5 percent in the fourth quarter alone.
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The Gravity suit combines body mounted miniaturized jet-engines, with a specially designed exo-skeletal suit, allowing the pilot to vertically take off and fly using the pilot's shifting body-weight and arms as its thrust control.
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Where they have enforceable patents over valuable brands they are still at an advantage, as they are in products, such as jet engines, where economies of scale are best created by spreading costs over the entire world.
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The impasse between the two has halted, at least for now, the creation of what would be a nearly $150 billion industrial giant, one whose products would include thermostats, Pratt & Whitney jet engines and Otis elevator equipment.
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The Boston-based maker of jet engines, power plants and medical devices also said Chief Financial Officer Jamie Miller, who was appointed in October 2017, plans to step down after a successor is hired in coming weeks.
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Sometimes it's intentional and pleasant; like talking, or music, but quite often it's an annoying whine produced by machines like heating and cooling systems, jet engines, or propeller blades that are all specifically designed to move air.
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GE's then-huge finance division was also under duress thanks to the financial crisis and the parent was eager to rid itself of media assets that made little sense in its portfolio of jet engines and capacitors.
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Standing on a little platform powered by five small jet engines and carrying kerosene in a backpack, Franky Zapata took off from Sangatte, France at 0617 GMT and hopes to reach to Dover in about 20 minutes.
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PARIS (Reuters) - The European Aviation Safety Agency on Friday ordered emergency checks on some Boeing 737 jet engines, followed by regular inspections, in response to two Southwest Airlines engine blowouts including a deadly accident earlier this week.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese goods threaten a niche trade in minor metals and rare earths used in everything from stomach remedies and jet engines to consumer electronics.
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Mr. Immelt took over from Jack Welch as chairman and chief executive in 2001, but most of his legacy has been imprinted since the financial crisis nearly toppled the maker of jet engines, wind turbines and locomotives.
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The slimmed-down company will focus on jet engines, power plants and renewable energy, which GE hopes will reward battered shareholders who have seen the stock lose more than half its value over the past 20 years.
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Both Boeing and Airbus, for example, have developed new versions of their best-selling single-aisle planes with the latest generation of efficient jet engines, which they say are 20 to 25 percent more efficient than earlier generations.
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The jet engines-to-air conditioners group, under pressure from activist investors to split itself up, also said it was considering options for a break-up including entertaining interest from third parties to buy any of its businesses.
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N), which makes everything from jet engines to thermostats, said on Monday it will buy Germany-based Transnorm for about 425 million euros ($492.8 million) from IK Investment Partners to boost its presence in the warehouse automation market.
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Jet engines are already remarkably reliable, with the need for an in-flight shutdown now in the order of once in 20,000 hours of operation, which means a pilot may never experience a failure in his entire career.
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Mr Heppel says that, though most cobalt is currently mined for batteries in smartphones and for superalloys inside jet engines (see chart), its use for EVs could jump from 2550,2000 tonnes in 2017 to 107,000 tonnes in 2026.
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Aboard the USS John C Stennis (CNN)With a deafening roar of jet engines and an explosion of steam, an F-18 Super Hornet catapults off the deck of the aircraft carrier, and veers up into the sky.
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Beginning under General Electric's former chief executive John F. Welch Jr., GE Capital swelled into one of the country's biggest lenders, becoming as big a business as G.E.'s traditional divisions such as jet engines and medical equipment.
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The term describes putting sensors and computing in all manner of physical objects — jet engines, power generators, cars, farm equipment and thermostats, among others — to measure and monitor everything from machines in need of repair to traffic patterns.
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In the last three years, G.E. has hired 1,500 software developers and systems engineers, and trained a similar number of existing employees to work on cloud systems connected to everything from smartphones to wind turbines and jet engines.
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That comes as a major relief to GE after The Wall Street Journal reported the Trump administration could block the export of LEAP 1C jet engines to China because of fears that the products could be reverse-engineered.
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Culp, the first outsider to helm GE in its 127-year history, also cut GE's quarterly dividend to a penny and has sold off major assets to focus on a core of power plants, jet engines and windmills.
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The transition comes at a critical time for GE. The maker of light bulbs, jet engines and MRI machines is in the midst of a fragile comeback from one of the darkest periods in its 127-year history.
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The maker of power plants, jet engines, medical devices and other industrial goods had estimated the after-tax, non-cash impact would be about $22018 billion, plus reduced earnings for 2016 and 2017 of about 29 cents a share.
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Renishaw, which supplies products and services used in jet engines, wind turbines, dentistry and brain surgery, said it expected pretax profit of 85 million pounds to 13 million pounds ($107 million-$133 million) for the year ending June 2017.
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Though dual engines are usually favored for their redundancy, failures in jet engines are exceedingly rare, and the airplane has a 14:1 glide ratio—up to 75 miles—so it can usually reach an airport in an emergency.
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United Tech, which makes Pratt & Whitney jet engines and Otis elevators, said on Monday that a merger could either be blocked outright or conditioned on significant divestitures after a lengthy and disruptive review period that would destroy shareholder value.
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The suit, named the Daedalus Mark 1, uses six tiny jet engines — two mounted on the wearer's back, with an additional two mounted on each arm — which allows the user to fly through the air in a controlled flight.
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The deal could pressure others in the sector, like Honeywell International and General Electric, both of which make jet engines and other airplane parts and have shed other businesses, to look for partners to bulk up top-performing units.
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Image: Tsuna72/FlickrIn a landmark revelation that's about twenty years late, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally declared that greenhouse gas emissions from jet engines endanger the health of humans and the environment by contributing to climate change.
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The maker of power plants, jet engines, medical devices and other industrial goods had estimated the after-tax, non-cash impact would be about $4.2 billion, plus reduced earnings for 2016 and 2017 of about 29 cents a share.
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On June 9th UTC, which is big in jet engines, and Raytheon, a prominent missile-maker, said they would join together to create America's second-largest aerospace and defence company after Boeing, with a combined market value of $166bn.
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the folks at HRL Laboratories reckon that the technique could be used to quickly build new parts that need to resist heating and high temperatures—such as the components used to build hypersonic vehicles and jet engines.
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Honeywell International, which makes everything from jet engines to thermostats, said on Monday it will buy Germany-based Transnorm for about 425 million euros ($492.8 million) from IK Investment Partners to boost its presence in the warehouse automation market.
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Rolls, one of the biggest names in British manufacturing, laid out contingency plans in April to ensure there was no interruption in engine deliveries by moving the design approval process for its large jet engines from Britain to Germany.
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The new five-seater is a full-scale, full-weight prototype that is powered by 36 all-electric jet engines to allow it to take-off and land vertically, while achieving "remarkably efficient horizontal or cruise flight," says Lilium.
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The maker of products ranging from jet engines to high-tech medical devices said on Wednesday it would be moving 800 headquarters staffers out of Fairfield, over two years beginning this summer, in a blow to the wealthy town.
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Airline safety As investigators piece together what happened to the engine on a terrifying Southwest Airlines flight that turned fatal, the flying public has to be asking: What about the thousands of other jet engines in service right now?
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G.E.'s then-huge finance division was also under duress thanks to the financial crisis, and the parent company was eager to rid itself of media assets that made little sense in its portfolio of jet engines and capacitors.
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General Electric inched up 0.6% as the industrial conglomerate's joint venture CFM International received an order for jet engines worth $2 billion at list prices, a day after Indian airline IndiGo placed a $20 billion order for CFM's engines.
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The two countries agreed to work together on aircraft carrier technology as well as jet engines during U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to India last year in a strengthening of ties to balance China's expanding military power in the region.
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The Predix software connects sensor-laden industrial machines like wind turbines, jet engines and elevators to data centers, so that streams of information from the machines can be analyzed to help predict failures and make the machines run more cost effectively.
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At the same time it expressed an interest in adding to its aircraft equipment business, its second most profitable activity after jet engines, which already makes up 28 percent of revenue, led by sales of brakes, wiring and landing gear.
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Rare earth materials are also crucial to U.S. defense systems because of their usage in lasers, radar, sonar, night vision systems, missile guidance, jet engines and even alloys for armored vehicles, all of which the U.S. relies upon for national security.
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Later on Friday, United Technologies issued its latest rebuttal, again contending that a merger of the two — which would yield a nearly $160 billion conglomerate whose offerings run from building cooling systems to advanced jet engines — would never survive antitrust scrutiny.
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A merger of the two firms would create a behemoth with combined sales of more than $90 billion, a company responsible for a huge amount of equipment on commercial airliners, ranging from jet engines to airplane cockpits and landing gear.
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Hedge fund manager Nelson Peltz's Trian invested $2.5 billion in GE in 2015 and has pressed the company to cut costs and focus on sectors where it is a market leader, such as power plants, jet engines and medical devices.
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The printing companies themselves may not be the key to a profitable investment as much as, say, how a company such as General Electric is using them to design, test and print parts for its jet engines and power plants.
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Photo by Phighter ImagesStyled after the turbine fans used to suck massive amounts of air into jet engines made by companies like Pratt & Whitney, these ceiling fans don't spin as fast or move as much air as the real things do.
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This is a semi-autonomous tug with a hybrid diesel-electric motor that is controlled directly by a plane's pilot, who can use it to drive the aircraft from the gate to the runway with the jet engines switched off.
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The jet engines worked fine, there was no mid-air collisions, but apparently the stress of flying was enough to weaken its airframe to the point where the tail broke off, causing the craft to suddenly nose up and then boom.
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The maker of jet engines, power plants and other industrial equipment, General Electric last year bought a majority in Swedish 2003D printer maker Arcam and privately held German 3D printing firm Concept Laser at a total cost of about $1.3 billion.
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Beth Comstock, who runs the innovations unit at the maker of jet engines and power plants, noted that Flannery was part of the strategy team that drove the digital push and had seen positive results in his own healthcare unit.
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A surge in electric vehicle sales and higher efficiency in internal combustion and jet engines are expected to slow demand growth for fuels such as gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel in the coming decades, potentially putting pressure on refining profits.
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Zapata's board is propelled by five small jet engines, and after he stopped halfway to refuel his board on a boat, Reuters reports that he was able to cross the Channel and land in a little more than 20 minutes.
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It didn't occur to me that "How Things Work" held the promise of an elixir: From these pages, I'd understand nuclear power, refrigeration and jet engines and, in comprehending the machinery of life, I'd finally have some bearings in the world.
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The United States tried similar projects throughout the Cold War, beginning with nuclear- powered jet engines and ending with a Supersonic Low Altitude Missile (SLAM) that would drop nuclear bombs before stuttering to a halt when it ran out of fuel.
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General Electric Co inched up 0.7% as the industrial conglomerate's joint venture CFM International received an order for jet engines worth $2 billion at list prices, a day after Indian airline IndiGo placed a $20 billion order for CFM's engines.
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Powered by two jet engines of a new Canadian design, the Arrow was supposed to swoop up to Canada's Arctic at nearly twice the speed of sound and shoot down Soviet bombers making their way to North America with nuclear payloads.
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"Powered by 36 all-electric jet engines, the aircraft has zero operating emissions and requires less than 10% of its maximum 2000 horsepower during horizontal cruise flight thanks to the lift generated by having two sets of wings," explains Lilium.
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General Electric, the 125-year-old industrial giant whose jet engines propel air travelers around the globe and whose electrical generators light millions of households, declared on Monday that it would be installing its first new leader in 43 years.
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Culp then can focus on reshaping the rest of GE's combination of jet engines, power plants, energy and industrial —deciding whether to spin off some of those businesses as well as improve GE's battered balance sheet by paying down more of its debt.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday it would order inspection of some 220 jet engines after investigators said a broken fan blade touched off the explosion on a Southwest Airlines flight, shattering a window and killing a passenger.
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United Tech, which makes Pratt & Whitney jet engines and Otis elevators, said on Monday that a merger could either be blocked outright or be approved only on condition of significant divestitures after a lengthy and disruptive review period that would destroy shareholder value.
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From street signals to manufacturing plants to construction cranes to jet engines, the aggregate data companies collect will be overwhelming and exciting as they try to figure out what to do with it and how best to analyze and apply the knowledge gained.
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The room designs by the interior design firm Stonehill Taylor are crisp, compact and clean — pretend time capsules from 1962 — with brushed-brass fixtures, walnut paneling and floor-to-ceiling windows of 4.5-inch glass to keep out the sound of jet engines.
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The slimmed-down company under Chief Executive John Flannery will focus on jet engines, power plants and renewable energy, which GE hopes will reward battered shareholders who have seen the stock lose more than half its value over the past 20 years.
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Meanwhile, some environmental scientists pursued—and published—research on how chlorofluorocarbons, the exhaust from jet engines, and fossil-fuel consumption affected the ozone layer; this research demonstrated, crucially, that even tiny amounts of certain chemicals could catalyze dramatic changes, with planetary consequences.
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While blocking General Electric Co from supplying jet engines appeared to be off the table after Trump opposed efforts to stop their sale, sources told Reuters on Monday new restrictions aimed at cutting Huawei off further from its suppliers were still under discussion.
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The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigated the accident, recommended Tuesday that Boeing redesign part of the outer covering of the planes' jet engines to prevent it from flying into the plane should a fan blade break free on a future flight.
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Market watchers referred to the development of jet engines, which make up 20 percent of an airplane's purchase price, as GE's "crown jewel," because the margins were high once the company had eaten the ten-figure cost of developing and testing one.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it would order the inspection of some CFM jet engines after investigators said a broken fan blade touched off an engine explosion on a Southwest Airlines flight, shattering a window and killing a passenger.
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Beyond that deal, Boeing and other companies that export jet engines, high-tech products or heavy equipment — and supply some of the highest-paying manufacturing jobs — are also concerned that they could become easy targets if Mr. Trump started a trade war.
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For Tomahawk missile-maker Raytheon, the deal provides exposure to the booming commercial aerospace sector through the United Technologies' unit, which makes everything from high-value jet engines and competes with General Electric, to cockpit controls, aircraft seats and cabin interiors for passenger jets.
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GE's power division took on added importance to GE's future earnings after the company announced last year it would focus on jet engines, power plants and renewable energy and dispose of its healthcare unit and majority stake in Baker Hughes, along with other restructuring.
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Get ready for a dump of technical specs: The Stratolaunch has a wingspan of 385 feet (wider than the Spruce Goose), it uses six 747 jet engines, sits on 26 wheels, can carry 250,000 pounds of fuel—and weighs half a million pounds without fuel.
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IF YOU are reading this while sitting in an aircraft and are of a nervous disposition, do not be alarmed, but the temperature inside the jet engines keeping you aloft probably exceeds the melting point of the materials that those engines are made from.
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But if the incessant sound of jet engines, the distracting laugh of a coworker in the next cubicle, or the deafening bang of nearby construction seems to prevent you from reaching that euphoric place, the best solution is to invest in some noise-cancelling headphones.
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But if the incessant sound of jet engines, distracting chatter of a coworker, or deafening bass of partying neighbors prevent you from reaching that euphoric place — or from just getting your work done — noise-cancelling headphones will be one of your favorite adult investment.
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Chief Digital Officer Bill Ruh said the world's biggest maker of jet engines and diesel locomotives had already made $500 million in productivity savings for itself this year by using smarter machines, and he expected this to grow to $6001153 billion in total by 2020.
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The deal is another step in GE's push to prune its non-core assets as it transforms itself into what it calls a digital industrial company - hiring more people to write complex software codes to efficiently run its jet engines, power turbines and medical equipment.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp, has won an additional $235 billion contract for F-210 fighter jet engines, bringing the total value of its work on a ninth batch of the engines to $1.4 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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After a previous bid in July that ended with him falling into the sea, Zapata took off from Sangatte, just outside Calais in France at about 0617 GMT, on a little platform powered by five small jet engines and carrying kerosene in a backpack.
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The single-aisle Boeing aircraft, assembled in Washington State and delivered to Lion Air less than three months ago, appears to have plummeted nose-first into the water, its advanced jet engines racing the plane toward the waves at as much as 400 m.p.h.
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The company is looking into breaking up its portfolio of businesses which include elevators, jet engines and air conditioners, CEO Greg Hayes said Wednesday at the Barclays Industrial Select Conference in Miami, noting a decision on the matter will be made by year-end.
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While blocking General Electric Co from supplying jet engines appeared to be off the table after Trump opposed efforts to stop their sale, sources told Reuters on Monday new restrictions aimed at limiting Huawei's presence in the global telecommunications market were still on the table.
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The results marked a fourth consecutive quarter that GE beat its earnings and cash flow forecasts, reinforcing a view that Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp was making progress in rescuing the ailing maker of jet engines, power plants, medical imaging equipment and other industrial goods.
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The White House is considering a proposal to decline a license allowing CFM International, a joint venture of GE and France's Safran SA, to ramp up deliveries of its LEAP 1C jet engines to China, the Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the discussions.
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Less a wristwatch than two miniature jet engines joined by a titanium case and strapped to a wrist, the model — which displayed the time and power reserve on dials positioned perpendicular to the wearer's wrist — was unlike anything MB&F had made before, or has made since.
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Cisco's earnings come only a week after the company announced that it would buy Jasper Technologies for $1.4 billion in cash in a move to help its customers connect, automate and manage billions of Internet-connected devices ranging from cars to jet engines to implanted pacemakers.
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Long before your airplane's engines are installed, manufacturers, such as General Electric and United Technologies unit Pratt & Whitney, shoot dozens of bird carcasses into jet engines from giant air guns to test the machinery's ability to safely ingest such animals without disrupting the takeoff and climb.
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"The failure of subsequent CEOs underscores how important Welch's leadership was to GE." A DIMINISHED CONGLOMERATE Welch transformed a lumbering conglomerate known for refrigerators and light bulbs into a company that focused more on turbines and jet engines businesses that carried the potential for high profit margins.
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Further improvements can be expected beyond the 2020s, Dr. Rutherford said, depending on how aggressively the industry adopts other advanced technologies like open-rotor engines, which improve efficiency by eliminating the shroud that surrounds most jet engines, and aerodynamic modifications that smooth the airflow over surfaces to reduce drag.
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The suit, which has a record speed of 32 miles per hour (51 kph), is made up of five miniature jet engines mounted on the pilot's arms and back and is reminiscent of the one worn by Robert Downey Jr in the Marvel superhero "Iron Man" film trilogy.
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In our conversation, Mayman acknowledges upfront that: Jetpack Aviation's current design is more ambitious than most helicopter-shaped concept VTOL vehicles being pursued by companies like Uber, namely due to its relatively sleek design where the human rider is directly above a set of several gimbal-mounted jet engines.
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Why China wants US military jet engines Homegrown expertise What's on show at Zhuhai, China's biggest aerospace and defense show that takes place once every two years, is emblematic of China's immense efforts to enhance the PLAAF, a process that has been under way for over two decades.
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Standing on a platform powered by five small jet engines, Franky Zapata took off from Sangatte, France at 0706 GMT and hopes to reach to Dover in about 20 minutes, flying at up to 140 kilometres (87 miles) per hour at an altitude of between 15 to 20 metres.
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If GE can build jet engines, tidal energy farms, freight rail data systems, mining equipment, and medical devices, how is it that the world's most valuable company can't find the time to make a full line of personal computers and PC peripherals alongside its market-leading smartphones and tablets?
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Investment advisory firm Alan B. Lancz & Associates bought some GE shares last week as the stock dipped into the $17 range, seeing value in the company's assets, which also include remaining major businesses in jet engines and healthcare, said Alan Lancz, president of the Toledo, Ohio-based firm.
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And we've gone from aluminum as the material to carbon fiber composites; we've gone from defining aerodynamics in wind tunnels to being able to do it in simulation, through cloud computing; we've gone from engines that are loud and very inefficient to modern jet engines that are quiet and sip fuel.
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The convertible, which weighs less than 80 pounds more than the coupé, will be capable of "nearly the same performance" as the standard car, according to GM. When the roof is down, the area behind the seats is designed to resemble the humps over the jet engines of fighter planes.
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The maker of jet engines, power plants and other industrial equipment also reported a negative $1.6 billion in cash flow from industrial operating activities compared with a negative $600 million it expected for the quarter due to a $1.3 billion increase in working capital and the timing of bills to customers.
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GE jumped 7.6 percent in heavy trading, the biggest percentage gainer on the S&P 500, after the company said it will spin off its healthcare business and divest its stake in oil-services company Baker Hughes, leaving the once-sprawling conglomerate focused on jet engines, power plants and renewable energy.
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Buying an established brand is a fast way into a new market The decision comes as part of a wider effort by GE to move away from its legacy product lines, focusing instead on more high-value, industrial technology, like jet engines and power turbines, reports The Wall Street Journal.
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The array of military products cleared for sale by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo included offensive equipment like precision-guided munitions, mortars and fighter jet engines, some of which would take many months to be produced and shipped, which lawmakers said belied the administration's contention that it was addressing an emergency.
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Rare earth metals are so critical and in so many defense components for guided missiles, smart bombs, targeting lasers, sonar, radar, night vision and high temperature resistant metals for military jet engines, that if China cut us off, the U.S. could not replace or build most of our advanced weapon systems.
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"As you would expect, we have to consider what contingency measures we may need to take to ensure our operations in the UK and elsewhere can continue, and these may in the future include the transfer of the design approval for our large jet engines from the UK to Germany," a spokesperson said.
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"This would be a technical measure as we already seek approval for our business jet engines from Germany, and we do not anticipate such a move would lead to the transfer of any jobs from the UK." Rolls added that no decision had been taken on whether to press ahead with the plan.
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Alitalia has struggled to modernise in recent years, and while the chickens born of some poor past decisions came home to roost quite some time ago, their squawks have now grown so loud at the company's headquarters inside Rome's Fiumicino airport that they threaten to drown out the roar of jet engines.
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The maker of jet engines, power plants, medical scanners and railroad locomotives on Monday named veteran insider John Flannery as its next CEO, taking over from longtime leader Jeff Immelt, who reshaped one of corporate America's icons to focus more on technology but failed to deliver profit growth fast enough for some investors.
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But for IoT devices, which can be anything from those troublesome security cameras all the way up to dairy cow trackers and jet engines, the proceses are less defined and the ultimate solutions can involve a hodge-podge of wildly different devices, introducing complexity and a wide world of possible security holes.
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JetBlue isn't alone in offering such carbon offsets as an antidote to customer anxieties about air travel, and neither is it the only airline seeking to develop green aviation technology such as biofuels and electric jet engines; just last week the British aviation industry announced a similar plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
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After including transportation, utilities, food sources (agricultural), commodities, and other tourism needs met between 2009 and 2013, Malik and her team found that over 70 percent of emissions came from the combustion of fuels (to power hotels and fuel jet engines) and "land-use changes," like razing carbon dioxide-eating forests for pasture land.
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The ad—which ends with the whistle of a falling bomb, roaring jet engines and a doomy sounding narrator intoning: "Because all it takes is one wrong move"—is built around clips of Mr Trump himself, boasting that he knows more about Islamic State than "the generals" and inviting opponents to "go fuck themselves" (with the expletive bleeped out).
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The company, currently in the throes of an image revamp charged with bringing more millennials on-board, provided packing materials comprised of silicon carbide and nickel-based superalloys, not coincidentally some of the same materials it uses to construct jet engines (on its downtime from the more important work of making hot sauce), ensuring that the hots stay hot.
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But company officials are acutely aware that its Pratt & Whitney unit, among other things, supplies jet engines to the Air Force's most advanced fighter and many other planes, making it much more vulnerable to political pressure than other, lesser-known manufacturers that have been steadily closing shop in the Midwest and moving production south of the border.
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I try to split the ideas into practical but useless and not dangerous, and the ones that for obvious reasons you can't try, or it would be extremely obvious why it isn't helpful, like making your house hover with jet engines... But in the chapter "How to Throw Things," [the legend goes] that George Washington threw a coin over a river.
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While UTX was seeking the savings that would come from moving some production to Mexico, people familiar with the situation indicated that the savings were not worth incurring the wrath of the incoming administration, including the potential threat to the significant business that UTX currently conducts with the U.S. government, largely in the form of orders for jet engines and other defense-related equipment.
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