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Finding clear air: Navigating the turbulence in commercial aerospace
This compendium, created for the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow, contains insights relevant to all commercial aerospace stakeholders.
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The talent gap: The value at stake for global aerospace and defense
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The aerospace and defense industry is under pressure from labor shortfalls and increasing demand. By focusing on five talent imperatives, it can unlock productivity and create value.
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Overcoming challenges in aerospace procurement
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By addressing four persistent challenges, aerospace procurement leaders could alleviate supply shortages that are hampering operations and threatening fulfillment and growth.
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What does the future hold for commercial-aviation maintenance?
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Demand for maintenance, repair, and overhaul services is trending up in commercial aviation, but the factors responsible for that increase will shift over the next decade.
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Tradespeople wanted: The need for critical trade skills in the US
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US manufacturing and construction face a hiring crunch for skilled workers such as carpenters, electricians, welders, and plumbers. A few creative actions can help overcome gaps and boost performance.
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Space: The $1.8 trillion opportunity for global economic growth
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As the space economy expands, it could create value for multiple industries and solve many of the world’s most pressing challenges.
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The generative AI opportunity in airline maintenance
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For everyone from repair copilots to clerical assistants, generative AI can improve productivity and ease labor shortages. How can airlines and related companies get the basics right?
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Addressing continued turbulence: The commercial-aerospace supply chain
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A new, comprehensive supply-chain-management approach can help aerospace companies eliminate many of the disruptions that are contributing to a record-high aircraft order backlog.
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A rising wave of tech disruptors: The future of defense innovation?
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Nontraditional sources of innovation are transforming the defense sector with powerful capabilities—but they must overcome obstacles on the path to scalable success.
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Clouds or clear skies? Prospects for future air mobility
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Although some analysts expected future air mobility to experience major bumps in 2023, it was a year of surprising consistency and ongoing progress. Could 2024 be more complicated?
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Europe’s gray-to-green workforce transition in aerospace and defense
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The global aerospace and defense sector is facing a talent crisis as its workforce ages, particularly in Europe. Attracting and retaining younger employees will require a radical new approach.
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Decarbonizing aviation: Executing on net-zero goals
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Aviation has a difficult but imperative role in meeting net-zero goals. By prioritizing near- and long-term efforts, airlines and OEMs can refine decarbonization solutions and optimize their results.
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Short-haul flying redefined: The promise of regional air mobility
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Innovative propulsion and flight-control technologies, combined with a better customer experience, could usher in a new era of frequent, convenient passenger flights on small regional aircraft.
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Planning for uncertainty in commercial aerospace
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Commercial aviation faces its most uncertain future in decades. COVID-depressed demand is now resurging, but there are many uncertainties and challenges for operators and manufacturers to manage.
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Taking off: Scaling complex manufacturing in the aerospace industry
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OEMs in high-complexity, low-volume industries face skyrocketing demand. But it’s now possible to scale production in ways that preserve product portfolios and profitability.