Owners of Cub Crafters have gone forth with the decision to incorporate some new state of the art solutions for their Cub – Style tail dragger Carbon Cubs. These new states of the art solutions are ADS-B transponders that have been offered by multinational technology company Garmin. Planned to be equipped in light sport aircrafts (LSA) and experimental kit versions of the Carbon Cubs. For those that own LSA’s or experimental versions and choose “Executive Glass Touch option featuring the Garmin G3X Touch screen” also will be given the option to select either the Garmin GTX 335R or GTX 345R transponders to be incorporated into their aircraft systems. Newest technology allows for both transponders to be remotely operated through the G3X touch screen reducing its size allowing more panel space.

The G600, a Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. aircraft has taken flight for the first time which initiated the commencement of their flight test program. The aircraft took its first flight on December 17, 2016 making it the first in its series to ever be airborne. The G600 was in the air an approximated 2 hours and 53 minutes leaving the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport in Georgia.

President Elect Mr. Donald Trump is slamming on defense contractors for being ridiculously highly funded. Trump recently implemented that he would cancel the latest Boeings Air Force One. Shortly after the scare of the Air Force one he decided to attack the Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) for its cost being “Out of Control.”

LTN is a Luton international it refers to London, England, United Kingdom airport code. They are well known and reliable for their customers. They have recently introduced a new slip ring for packaging machines. Many people are excited for this announcement. This new slip ring is especially made to not contain any mercury. This is great because since Mercury id extremely toxic for the body. And since it can enter the body through inhalation, ingestion, or skin absorption. It is best If it is avoided and that is why the new announcement has many people excited happier about it. because now it is much safer. Other than the fact it is safer this new slip ring enables a high electricity and data transmission rate, combined with compact dimensions.

On October 24^th 2016 there was an article on Maschinen Markt talking about how NSK steel had the spotlight at the Metal Expo that happened in Moscow November 8^th to the 11^th. The NSK steel industry has many types of bearings that are used in all types of applications. Some of these bearings can be found in equipment as well as plants in both downstream and upstream processes. These processes include raw materials, refining, smelting, and rolling. There is over 100 years of experience that goes into manufacturing and designing these types of bearings in the steel industry.

Ge aviation who is a world leading provider for jet engines. It known for providing components for commercial and military aircraft. Along with COMAC that is a Chinese state owned aerospace manufacturer that was establishes on May 11 of 2008. Both corporations have made a deal that they both will use their data to improve their operational efficiencies. This partnership is planning on working as a team to be able to provide the best outcomes yet. They are planning to “explore and collaborate on digital solutions and applications on customer and product support monitoring and diagnostics, intelligent aircraft, and enhanced manufacturing fields”.

The new shocking topic is the  flying taxis service. Many people just talk about it and aren’t expecting for flying taxis to become reality, or at least not so soon. Airbus has shocked many people and is making them excited about their new announcement of establishing flying taxis/ they called it their “Vahana” project. Other than establishing this great service they have even been awarded with a flight testing contract. This award was awarded to Alexandria, Virginia based engineering and technology solutions company and SOAR.

Honeywell is an “American multinational company that produces a variety of commercial and consumer products, engineering services and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers”. It offers many corporate aircraft parts. This company has always been trying to improve their products, they are always looking for ways to improve and are willing to make changeable accommodation for higher customer satisfactions. One of the reasons they tend to do good was they forecasted the new deliveries of the jet by 2026. It concluded that 8600 new businesses worth at least 225bn will be delivered, and reflects a reduction in the value between 6 and 7%. this reduction of the value could be said to be caused by many aspects, it mainly is the cause of the economic downfall that has been happening in many countries and many regions.

Intel has announced that they will be shipping a silicon photonics module in data centers for 100Gpbs. Used in optical interconnects for data communications applications, the Intel Silicon Photonics 100Gbps  (Parallel Single Mode fibre 4-lane) PSM4 QSFP28 Optical Transceiver comes in a small form-factor with high speed and lower power consumption build.

Toshiba announced they will start to ship Hi-Speed-compatible TransMemory USB 2.0 flash drives which can go up to 128GB in the fourth quarter. The Hi-Speed-compatible TransMemory USB 2.0 flash drives will come with a USB connector that retracts by pulling the slide control. Toshiba will debut a 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and the flagship 128GB version.