Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, and Shenzhen Airlines commit to the single-aisle airliner.
Airbus confirms the signature of orders with Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, and Shenzhen Airlines for a total of 292 Airbus A320 family aircraft, demonstrating the positive recovery momentum and prosperous outlook for the Chinese aviation market. Once the relevant criteria are met, these orders will enter the backlog.
“These new orders demonstrate the strong confidence in Airbus from our customers. It is also a solid endorsement from our airline customers in China of the performance, quality, fuel efficiency, and sustainability of the world's leading family of single aisle aircraft,” said Christian Scherer, Airbus chief commercial officer and head of International. “We commend the excellent work by George Xu and the entire Airbus China team as well as our customers’ teams for having brought to conclusion these long and extensive discussions that have taken place throughout the difficult COVID pandemic.”
By the end of May 2022, the in-service Airbus fleet with Chinese operators totaled more than 2,070 aircraft.
The A320neo family incorporates new generation engines and Sharklets, which together deliver at least 20% fuel and CO2 savings, as well as a 50% noise reduction. The A320neo family offers comfort in all classes and Airbus’ 18" wide seats in economy as standard.
At the end of May 2022, the A320neo family had more than 8,000 orders from over 130 customers. Since its entry into service six years ago, Airbus has delivered more than 2,200 A320neo family aircraft contributing to 15 million tons of CO2 savings, according to the manufacturer.
Learn how to be an attractive company to potential employees.
About the presentation Professional development, upskilling, and reskilling are becoming more of a requirement to grow your business, retain employees, and ensure smooth transitions between generations of your workforce. Companies must progress from providing opportunities for continued learning to ingraining continuous and consistent improvement in their company operations from onboarding to retirement. Overall outlook on employment shifted with workers wanting more work-life balance, flexibility, and upward mobility. Employees are no longer satisfied with the standard benefits package of health coverage, 401k, and new hire training. They want to feel like their employers are actively invested in their futures and career pathways. The most successful companies and organizations in navigating this shift will have a company culture with a focus on developing the individual and fostering an expectation of growth and diversified skills. The process to create consistent development amongst your workforce does not only include navigating career pathways but starting at the beginning and creating those pathways. Whether through cross-training, leadership development, or ongoing training programs, employers must become strategic and intentional about workforce development. Though a broad subject, ongoing development is a major component that, if implemented effectively, can strengthen retention, recruitment, succession planning, and other areas that are essential to a company. Within the manufacturing industry, we face a retiring workforce and growing need to remain attractive to career seekers, both of which point to an urgent need to focus on how we can ensure that our company continues to use the most relevant avenues to both strengthen and satisfy our workforce.
Meet your presenter Akilah Thomas is the training and occupational development specialist for Kyocera SGS Precision Tools. She’s been implementing professional development programs since 2015. Before her current role in manufacturing, Thomas worked in human resources and recruitment for transportation and education industries throughout the Cleveland and Akron, Ohio area. Her experience in development includes programming for full-cycle talent acquisition, DEI, and skills training.
About the company Kyocera Corp., the parent and global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959 as a producer of fine ceramics. By combining these engineered materials with metals and integrating them with other technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier of electronic devices, industrial and automotive components, semiconductor packages, solar power generating systems, printers, copiers, and mobile phones.
Discover the limits and factors of robot accuracy.
About the presentation Many robotic applications require high positional and path accuracy. These include machining, non-destructive testing, and any application that relies on off-line programming. Robots have come a long way in static and dynamic performance. However, failing to understand robot accuracy and the factors that affect it can lead to undesirable outcomes. Many users have high robot accuracy expectations. Some confuse robot repeatability with robot accuracy. Yet, others do not consider other factors that affect the overall accuracy of the system, such as end-of-arm tooling, fixtures, duty cycle, etc. This presentation provides key insights into robot accuracy, its limits, and the various factors that affect it. Recommendations are made for evaluating the use of robots in applications that require a high level of accuracy and steps to take to ensure the robot’s optimal performance. This talk aims to educate attendees about robot accuracy, factors that affect it, and ways to improve it. This allows better assessment of applications and analysis of whether a robot can replace an expensive machine, such as a CNC, in machining applications or custom-built non-destructive testing machines.
Meet your presenter Houssaine Waled is a senior engineer at KUKA Robotics Corp. He has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of robotics and motion control. His main area of expertise is machine performance, including static and dynamic accuracy. He developed software tools to calibrate KUKA robots, both in factory settings and in the field, and cells with multiple devices (robots, tables, etc). Lately, he’s also been involved in Mobile Robots.
About the company KUKA is a global automation company and supplier of intelligent automation solutions. KUKA offers its customers everything from a single source: from robots and cells to fully automated systems and their networking in markets such as automotive, electronics, general industry, consumer goods, e-commerce/retail, and healthcare. The KUKA Group is headquartered in Augsburg, Germany.
How to use location data for industrial process automation.
About the presentation While industrial companies have digitized a significant portion of their machine parks, many are losing out on a valuable pool of information – location data of moving assets along the supply chain. Location-based process automation (LPA) software provides a comprehensive digital twin of moving things that grants manufacturers unprecedented information and visibility of the location and status of assets and processes. This talk highlights how to leverage location data from sources such as BLE, UWB, GPS, and more, to realize unlimited and scalable process automation opportunities via LPA; use cases such as search and find, material flow automation, container management, automated tool control, and more can be easily set up directly on the OT level via no-code/low-code events and triggers.
Meet your presenter Mehdi Bentanfous is the CEO of KINEXON Inc. Before joining KINEXON, he held senior positions in consulting (BCG), private equity (Waterland Private Equity), and senior management. He is responsible for global business development as well as sales and marketing of the industrial division. Bentanfous studied economics and engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
About the company KINEXON provides state of the art sensor networks and edge computing solutions to manufacturing, logistics, sports, and media organizations. In addition, KINEXON developed SafeZone, the world's most trusted digital solution for distance warning and exposure management to protect against COVID-19. KINEXON leverages location technologies to localize and connect objects, people, and processes, allowing them to interact in the most intelligent and efficient way possible.
10th multiple-year contract has a baseline of 120 H-60 helicopters with options to reach 255 aircraft.
Officials from the United States government and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, signed a five-year contract for a baseline of 120 H-60M Black Hawk helicopters, with options to reach a total of 255 aircraft to be delivered to the U.S. Army and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Sikorsky continues to modernize and enhance the Black Hawk to meet the Army's challenging and evolving missions by continuously delivering aircraft thanks to a hot production line, mature well-established supply chain, and digital factory.
The "Multi-Year X" contract for UH-60M Black Hawk and HH-60M MEDEVAC aircraft marks the 10th multiple-year contract for Sikorsky and the U.S. government for H-60 helicopters. With more than 2,100 H-60 variants in the U.S. Army's inventory, the Black Hawk continues to be the workhorse and backbone of U.S. Army Aviation. As the Army continues to develop its Future Vertical Lift (FVL) capabilities, they will continue to operate the H-60M for the next several decades and alongside the future fleet.
The contract value for expected deliveries is approximately $2.3 billion, with a potential value of up to $4.4 billion, should options for additional aircraft be fully exercised. Multi-Year X deliveries are scheduled to begin in July 2022 and continue through 2027.
"This Multi-Year agreement allows the Army to meet current and future capability needs through upgrades, remanufacturing, replacement, and technology insertions," said Col. Calvin Lane, the Utility Helicopters project manager. "The efficiencies of this contract make the best use of limited resources and result in direct savings to the Army and to taxpayers."
"Decades of Black Hawk production and enhancements, strong program execution, and close partnership with the Army has kept the program thriving, and this contract is a testament to that success," said Nathalie Previte, vice president of Sikorsky's Army and Air Force programs. "Additionally, we continue to see strong international interest in the Black Hawk due to its versatility and proven record of providing unwavering support to the U.S. and nations around the globe."
"Sikorsky continues to invest in the Black Hawk platform – from sustainment to digital transformation and modernization – in order to provide our customers with the competitive edge they require," Previte added. "We have aligned our investments with the Army's technology roadmap, while leveraging Future Vertical Lift technologies to ensure the Black Hawk will be a key player in the Joint All Domain Operations environment and FVL ecosystem."
The H-60M Black Hawk multi-mission combat assault utility helicopter provides additional payload and range, advanced digital avionics, active vibration control, improved producibility, enhanced handling qualities and situational awareness, and improved survivability.