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    Alexander Gordeyev | Dreamstime
    Close-up cutting tool insert.
    Typhoonski | Dreamstime
    New truck rear axle exhibited at the International Motor Show for Commercial Vehicles 2012, Hannover Germany.
    Airbus
    A Royal Air Force Eurofighter at Pitch Black 2024, a biennial multinational inter-force exercise.
    Ai © Petr Kahanek | Dreamstime
    Staging area; steel slabs prepared for processing; AI generated.
    VanderWolfImages
    Boeing 777X at the 2023 Paris Air Show. Le Bourget Airport, France.
    Uxia Vazquez Losada
    At Madrid airport, a LEAP-1A engine by CFM International in place on an Airbus 320 NEO aircraft.

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    Andrey Popov | Dreamstime
    Big Data / artificial intelligence dashboard. KPI software technology.
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    GE Aerospace Adopts Custom AI Tool

    Sept. 24, 2024
    A secure platform gives a workers a network for queries, searches, or other interactions, to access relevant information, reducing document search or other response times, speeding...
    Boeing
    Boeing 777 assembly in Everett, Washington.
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    Boeing Withdraws Its Contract Offer

    Oct. 10, 2024
    The three-week strike by 33,000 International Assn. of Machinists’ union members will continue, as the manufacturer claims the union’s “non-negotiable demands (are) far in excess...
    General Motors
    EV battery module assembly at GM's Spring Hill Assembly plant, Tennessee
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    GM Rebranding EV Battery Technology

    Oct. 9, 2024
    General Motors reports its electrification program is approaching profitability, but the Ultium lithium-ion architecture, battery and cells will carry a new name.
    Stellantis
    The Stellantis Belvidere (Ill.) Assembly Plant, located 60 miles west of Chicago, employed nearly 5,000 workers and is the new home to the Jeep Cherokee. (2017)
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    Jobs Dispute Driving Stellantis, UAW to Court

    Oct. 8, 2024
    Multiple lawsuits are pending now between the automaker and the union, and Stellantis has rejected the UAW’s idea of a “jobs bank” for idled workers.
    Stellantis
    Bodies-in-white travel down the line in the body shop at the Detroit Assembly Complex – Jefferson where more than 900 robots weld the frames of the Jeep® Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango.
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    Stellantis Responds to UAW’s Allegations

    Oct. 7, 2024
    One year after their labor agreement the automaker is challenging the union’s claims of contract violation, charging the UAW is angling for an unlawful strike.
    Airbus
    Illustration of Airbus A321neo in Cebu Pacific livery.
    F-35 Program office
    Pratt & Whitney’s F135 afterburning turbofan engine provides the power for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
    Igor Terekhov | Dreamstime
    CNC machine interface.
    Intl. Federation of Robotics
    The U.S. automotive sector accounted for one-third of new robot installations in 2023, although the actual number of new units installed fell -15% from the previous year.
    David Tadevosian | Dreamstime
    Continuous cast steel billets on a walking-beam runout table.
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    Steel Output Drops for Third Straight Month

    Sept. 30, 2024
    With 144.8 million metric tons produced worldwide during August, total production is -6.5% behind the 2023 result and down -5.5% year-to-date.
    Boeing
    Rollout of first 737 MAX 9 at Renton, Washington.
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    Boeing, Union to Resume Labor Negotiations

    Sept. 27, 2024
    Thousands of workers remain on strike and uninterested in the jet builder’s “best and final” offer – and 737 MAX production is reportedly at a full stop.
    Stellantis
    Stellantis Sterling Heights (Mich.) Automotive Assembly.
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    Stellantis Cutting Jobs to Deal with Market Conditions

    Sept. 26, 2024
    Assembly plants in Michigan and Ohio are first to feel layoffs as the automaker works to manage “continued intense external market conditions.”
    Embraer
    Embraer E-Jet illustrated in flight over London, England.
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    Embraer Building MRO Center in Texas

    Sept. 25, 2024
    Two hangars at the Fort Worth airport will comprise a new maintenance, repair, and overhaul operation for a growing number of E-Jets in service in the U.S.