Boeing has recently been focusing more efforts on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the aviation industry, which has culminated in its announcement of initial test flights with “green diesel.” In this first test flight, a Boeing 787, which has been coined the ecoDemonstrator, successfully flew with 15% green diesel fuel and 85% conventional fuel. This percentage of green diesel is only expected to increase as Boeing as well as other companies experiment further with eco-friendly technology. Read more >>

After working for the IC manufacturer Zilog Corp Ross Freeman, Bernard Voderschmmitt, and James V Barnett II decided to start Xilinx. At the time manufacturers were producing massive volumes of generic circuits. Xilinx had the idea to create circuits that could be tailored to individual market segments. These circuits would come to be known as FPGA or a field-programmable gate array. Read more >>

UTC Aerospace Systems, one of the largest suppliers in the world of aerospace and defense materials, put their newest innovations on display this year at the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) 2014 Annual Meeting and Convention. Their newest products are primarily for business jet cabin interiors, including but not limited to seating,...

Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, Champion Aerospace is a leading producer of igniters, exciters, and ignition leads for turbine engines, as well as spark plugs, oil filters, and ignition harnesses for reciprocating piston engines. The company’s history coincides with the history of aviation itself—the Wright Br...

With head offices in Hsin Tien, Taiwan and Kowloon, Hong Kong, Cinetech is a multinational producer of metal film resistive products. Founded in 1973, Cinetech designs and manufactures a full range of resistors (through hole, SMD, high-precision tolerance, very low TCR, etc.), ceramic disk capacitors, electrotrolyic capacitors (low leakage, low ESR, and long-lasting), quartz crystal products, and PCB (printed circuit board) assemblies. Read more >>

As a joint venture between American firm GE Aviation and Snecma (Safran) of France, CFM International is a multinational rocket engine manufacturer with headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Paris, Franc...

Headquartered in Corning, New York, Corning, Inc. is a premier innovator in the materials science field-specializing in the production of specialty glass, ceramics, and optical fibers. Founded in 1851, the company was known as Corning Glass Works up till 1989. Corning, Inc. operates five business segments: Display Technologies (which possesses over 900 patents), Optical Communications (over 2,400 patents), Environmental Technologies (over 500 patents), Specialty Materials (600 patents), and Life Sciences (over 800 patents). Read more >>

Cherry Aerospace is a manufacturer of aerospace rivets and fasteners. Since 2007 they have been owned by Precision Castparts and doing business as Cherry Aerospace, a member of PCC’s SPS Fastener Division. PCC reportedly purchased Cherry for $300 million in cash. The first