Retrofit Robot Packages Can they really help deliver growth for the Aerospace sector?
The 2021 edition of PwC’s ‘Global Aerospace and Defense: Annual Industry Performance and Outlook’ shares key performance metrics of the global commercial aerospace and defence industry drawn from the 100 largest companies by revenue. With civil aircraft production set to ramp up and new challenges in the defence arena, the supply chain will need to keep pace
has stated plans to ramp up production of that model to 31 per month in 2022. Airbus also plans to increase production of A320s to 45 per month by the end of the year. The Biden administration looks to increase military spending, while Europe’s elevated levels of terror threat and continuing tensions with Russia means defence budgets are expected to grow. The UK, Germany and France all confirmed their intention to reinforce their defence capabilities. However, this may not result in a large number of new programmes. Instead, the requirement will be to rapidly develop new intelligence and cyber capabilities.
“By using automated loading, a machining centre typically runs much more economically”
According to the report Boeing has more than 400 737 MAX aircraft in inventory to deliver and
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