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Vector Aerospace Receives 2013 Rolls-Royce FIRST Network Customer Satisfaction Award

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Richmond, BC Vector Aerospace (www.vectoraerospace.com), a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services North America (HS-NA), one of the worlds leading providers of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul centers was presented the 2013 Rolls-Royce FIRST Network Customer Satisfaction Award during Heli-Expo 2014.

Vector conducts quarterly surveys among Rolls-Royce customers to ensure customer satisfaction, and received an impressive 94% satisfaction rating in 2013. Vector also recorded improvements in their Turn Around times (TAT) and their On Time Delivery (OTD) in 2013. In addition, Vector continues to take great pride in supporting the Kiowa Warrior Program with improved engine performance and reliability.

We are pleased to receive this award from Rolls-Royce, states Julien Roy, Vice President, Operations at HS-NA. This is affirmation that Vectors focus on quality and customer service is generating positive results and most importantly, meeting or exceeding the expectations of our Rolls-Royce customers.

About Vector Aerospace

Vector Aerospace is a global provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul services. Through facilities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, South Africa and Kenya, Vector Aerospace provides services to commercial and military customers for gas turbine engines, components and helicopter airframes. Vectors customer-focused team includes over 2,700 motivated employees.

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Akshaya Patra, Brahmos Aerospace – Infosys presents Innovating for a Better Tomorrow: Promo – Video

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Akshaya Patra, Brahmos Aerospace - Infosys presents Innovating for a Better Tomorrow: Promo
This episode of Innovating for a Better Tomorrow features Akshaya Patra Foundation, and Brahmos Aerospace. Meet the ingenious Indian innovators as they talk ...

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Aerospace Skills, Technology Crucial To Strengthen Malaysian Capability – Shafie Apdal

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 (Bernama) -- Developing skills and acquiring knowledge in aerospace technology are crucial to strengthen the Malaysian Aerospace capability.

Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said modernising the aviation infrastructure requires a broad-based team, training, technology and structure.

He said the combination could produce solutions that integrate and address environmental, energy, business, labour and consumer needs to move forward in the aviation sector.

The Airbus' latest Global Market Forecast published the need for over 29,000 new passengers and freighter aircrafts, which also anticipated a more than double of the world's overall passenger aircraft inventory by 2032, he said.

"The industry forecast calls for 190,000 new commercial airline pilots and 220,000 new technicians in the Asia Pacific Region including Malaysia, through to 2032.

"This shows a significant strong demand for aviation personnel in the future," he said at the 1st Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) International Aerospace Symposium 2014 at a hotel here, Wednesday.

His speech text was read by his deputy, Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi.

Mohd Shafie said the launch of the first satellite in the year 2000 also witnessed early steps of Malaysia venture into the space technology sectors, in which the industry had developed significantly.

As such Mohd Shafie said the establishment of the Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology (UniKL Miat), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mara had offered students with highly specialised skill-sets to meet the global aerospace industry's quality standards.

He added the Malaysian Industry Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) had also been working on the predominant role to enable consensus building and coordination for industry-government partnership in high technology.

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OAI Partners With AIA And NDIA To Host The Ohio Stem Call-To-Action Forum

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The Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI), in partnership with the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), announced today that it will host the "Ohio Call-To-Action Forum" Tue. and Wed.,April 8-9, 2014, at OAI'sClevelandheadquarters.

This forum is designed to foster regional and statewide communication and develop operational concepts for collaboration to enhance and expand the future science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce inOhio.

"All sectors and organizations with a stake in STEM education and workforce development are invited to participate to advance STEM throughout the state and beyond," said Dr.Michael Heil, president and CEO, OAI.

"Ohio'sSTEM programs have consistently demonstrated powerful collaboration among education, industry and government entities to better prepare the future workforce," addedPeter Larson, AIA Workforce Working Group chair and director, engineering workforce, The Boeing Company. "This is the reasonwhy we have selected to meet inCleveland- to showcase all of the state's initiatives."

Break-out sessions and topic areas will include employer perspectives, innovative approaches to K-12 STEM education, higher education initiatives, STEM outside the classroom and reaching underrepresented students.

Special guests for the program include: Ms.Barbara Snyder, president,Case Western Reserve University; Ms.Aimee Kennedy, vice president, education and STEM Learning, Battelle; Ms.Margaret Ashida, executive director, STEMx, Battelle; Mr.John Hairston, district director, 11thDistrict Congressional Office; Mr.Ricky Peters, TITLE, Air Force Research Lab; and Mr.Jim Free, TITLE, NASA Glenn Center Director.

The cost to attend the seminar is$25for educators,$50for government and academia and$100for industry. The forum also includes a tour of the NASA Glenn Research Center and a reception open to all pre-paid participants including educators and students. Register online at:http://www.ndia.org/meetings/471B/Pages/default.aspxor contactRebecca Danahyvia email atrdanahy@ndia.orgDetailed information can also be found at the events section ofhttp://www.oai.org.

This forum is made possible through support from leading aerospace and defense companies including Boeing, Lockheed Martin andNorthrup Grumman.

ABOUT NDIAThe National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) is America's leading Defense Industry association promoting national security. NDIA is proud to provide a legal and ethical forum for the exchange of information between Industry and Government on National Security issues. Our members foster the development of the most innovative and superior equipment, training and support for our warfighters and first responders through our divisions, local chapters, affiliated associations and events.

ABOUT AIAFounded in 1919 shortly after the birth of flight, the Aerospace Industries Association is the most authoritative and influential trade association representing the nation's leading manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military and business aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aircraft systems, space systems, aircraft engines, homeland and cybersecurity systems, material and related components, equipment services and information technology.

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Heavy Duty 5 Axis Overhead Gantry CNC Machine Center for Aerospace CNC Machining – Video

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This video is of a custom CNC machine for an international aerospace company. This DMS Heavy Duty 5 Axis Overhead Gantry CNC Machine Center features a 10 #39; wi...

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PPG Sponsors Event, Donates Prizes at Aerospace Maintenance Competition

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LAS VEGAS, March 17, 2014 PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) aerospace business is expanding its participation at the 2014 Aerospace Maintenance Competition in Las Vegas by sponsoring an event with four transparencies and sealants maintenance skill tasks and by donating prizes.

The PPG Aerospace cockpit and wing sealant event will challenge teams in four maintenance skill tasks: cockpit window hump seal repair, SURFACE SEAL(R) hydrophobic coating application, wing section sealant application of PRC(R) seal caps, and fillet sealing in a wing fuel tank using SEMCO(R) specialty-application nozzles. The winning team will accomplish the tasks in the best time and with the best quality.

The annual competition is hosted this year by the Aerospace Maintenance Council in conjunction with AMTSociety for certificated Aircraft Maintenance Technicians; Aircraft Maintenance Engineers; students enrolled in Federal Aviation Administration, European Aviation Safety Agency, Australias Civil Aviation Safety Authority or equivalently authorized schools; and armed services aircraft maintenance personnel. Sixteen events will be held at the Sands Expo Convention Center, March 25-26, along with the AviationPros Live Expo.

According to Aaron Anderson, PPG global segment manager for aerospace transparencies, PPG returns as a sponsor for the third year and is expanding the number of skill tasks in its event from two to four because of the educational benefits provided.

This is an opportunity for PPG to support the aircraft maintenance industry through the Aerospace Maintenance Council and AMTSociety and to work directly with aircraft maintenance professionals, students and military personnel, Anderson said. By sponsoring this event, we provide valuable training that will benefit the participants so that they are able to get the best performance from PPG products. PPG Aerospace sees this as a win for everyone involved.

In the PPG Aerospace event, contestants will compete in four maintenance skill tasks. They will be challenged to repair the hump seal on a commercial aircraft cockpit window using PPGs hump seal repair kit. Participants will apply SURFACE SEAL hydrophobic coating to a commercial aircraft windshield using PPGs quick application kit and then demonstrate the coatings ability to provide water shedding for visibility without wipers. Contestants will seal dome-style fasteners by traditional hand-sealing methods and with PRC seal caps on a wing section. Teams will apply two overlapping and two triangle fillet seals to joints in a wing fuel tank using different SEMCO application tools.

PPG is donating payment of the entry fee for 2015s competition as well as a set of five SEMCO sealant dispensing guns to the grand-prize winners. A second set will be presented to the winners of the PPG-sponsored event or to the second-place team if the first-place team also wins the top spot.

PPG Aerospace is the aerospace products and services business of PPG Industries. PPG Aerospace Transparencies is the worlds largest supplier of aircraft windshields, windows and canopies. PPG Aerospace PRC-DeSoto is the leading global producer of aerospace sealants, coatings, and SEMCO packaging and application systems.

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First Japanese Astronaut Becomes New Commander on the International Space Station – Video

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First Japanese Astronaut Becomes New Commander on the International Space Station
Command of the International Space Station was passed from cosmonaut Oleg Kotov to Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on March 9. The ch...

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