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Low wages for aerospace workers despite tax breaks for employers

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Corrine Cookie Peterson, a 72-year-old widow, arrives at AIM Aerospaces manufacturing plant in Sumner at 6:30 a.m. to assemble ventilation ducts for Boeing jets.

Arthritis restricts her to a 40-hour week, with no overtime. Some days, she comes home with hands orange from chemicals, her eyes itchy from the fiberglass.

After seven years, shes worked her way up from a starting wage of $10 an hour to $13.30.

Peterson supports the 17-year-old grandson who lives with her in Bonney Lake thanks to her monthly Social Security check for about $1,000.

Thats my house payment, says Peterson. I mainly work for my utilities and food and to keep him in clothes. Ive gone to the food bank quite a few times.

Petersons low wages are not exceptional.

In 2013, outside of Boeing, a third of production workers at local aerospace parts manufacturers companies that get tax breaks intended to preserve good jobs in the state earned between $10 and $15 an hour, a Seattle Times analysis of state data shows.

AIMs filing to the state shows that three quarters of the 314 production workers at its Sumner plant at the end of 2013 earned $15 an hour or less.

Two thirds of the production workers at AIMs Auburn and Renton manufacturing plants fell in the same low-wage category.

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Kepler Team Awarded Smithsonian's National Air And Space Museum Trophy

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Established in 1985, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum presents its annual trophy to recognize both past and present achievements involving the management or execution of a scientific or technological project, a distinguished career of service in air and space technology, or a significant contribution in chronicling the history of air and space technology.

This year, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been recognized for its role in confirming the age-old hope that planets and planetary systems are ubiquitous in the universe.

"Ball Aerospace is very proud to receive one of the Smithsonian Institution's most distinguished honors," said Ball Aerospace President, Robert D. Strain. "The Kepler mission launched a new era in astronomy and we continue to benefit by the extraordinary data being discovered in the pioneering search for exoplanets."

Kepler launched in 2009 and has since confirmed more than 1,000 planets around stars and collected evidence for thousands more that are awaiting confirmation. Kepler finished its primary mission in 2012 and began an extended mission. In 2013, the mission appeared to be over when two of four reaction wheels failed and the spacecraft lost its stability. The team, however, could not accept missing out on additional science discoveries from Kepler, and proposed the K2 mission to NASA, after Ball Aerospace developed an innovative way of recovering pointing stability by using solar pressure to control the spacecraft. K2 became operational in June 2014.

Ball Aerospace was the prime contractor for NASA's Kepler Mission, designed to search for rocky, Earth-sized planets around other stars. Ball designed and built the Kepler spacecraft, which includes the sensitive photometer used to find planets and operates Kepler for NASA.

NASA Ames Research Center is responsible for Kepler's mission concept, ground system development, science data analysis and K2 mission operations. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, managed Kepler mission development. Ball Aerospace developed the Kepler flight system and supports mission operations with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder. The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore archives, hosts and distributes Kepler science data. Kepler is NASA's 10th Discovery Mission and was funded by the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

(Image provided by Ball Aerospace)

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JSB Market Research: System Dynamics International Incorporated: Aerospace and Defense – Video

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Laser Additive Manufacturing of an Aerospace Demonstration Component – Video

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Frost & Sullivan sees opportunity for aerospace centre in Thailand

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This has a potential of bringing in US$650 million (Bt21 billion) per year by 2023 when the first phase of the park will be operational. The park is planned to be developed in three phases, and when all of them are fully operational, it is forecast to generate $1.485 billion every year for Thailand.

Amartya De, senior consultant for public sector and government practice at Frost & Sullivan, said that acting as the project leader for this assignment, he was extremely satisfied with the response from the global aerospace community on being part of the Thailand aerospace hub.

"We are witnessing interest from major aerospace MRO and manufacturing companies from overseas. The foundation blocks of the Aerospace Industrial Estate master plan are being put under the supervision of Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning under the [Transport Ministry]. The ministry is all geared up to repeat the same success in aerospace manufacturing and repair industry that Thailand has already achieved in the automotive sector."

The direct revenue impact from the Thailand Aerospace Industrial Estate could be close to $86.6 billion in a 25-year time frame between 2019-2045. Of that figure, $32.5 billion is targeted from pre-built infrastructure such as MRO hangars and component factories. The remaining land is planned to be leased out to aerospace companies depending upon their requirements.

The first phase of the Aerospace Industrial Estate is expected to be operational by 2019. Construction is expected to start as early as next year.

"Global Tier 2 aerospace manufacturers are constantly facing downward pressure from aerospace primes such as Boeing and Airbus to cut costs in their value chain, which is leading Tier 2 aerospace companies to make fresh investments in low-cost countries that have an excellent industrial base, and Thailand precisely fits the bill. Thailand's strong base and efficient labour force in automotive component manufacturing can be effectively leveraged for aerospace manufacturing," De said. However, he said aerospace companies were looking for specific business enablers related to ownership, land leasing and other issues that need to be quickly worked out, or else investors may find alternative destinations in Asean.

He added that Thailand's commercial-airline MRO spending this year is forecast to be close to $771 million, which is expected to grow to $1.35 billion by 2024.

By 2020, a large chunk of MRO spending is forecast to be spent on nearly 100 Airbus A320 and 50 Boeing B737 aircraft operating out of Thailand. Part of Thailand's endeavour is going to bringing that MRO spending back to this country, with support from overseas MRO operators setting up their bases here.

"We are also looking at the large fleet base of A320neo and B737 MAX, as regional order books are overwhelming," De said.

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RAW: Royal Malaysian Air Force performs at Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition – Video

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RAW: Royal Malaysian Air Force performs at Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition
The five-day Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition kicked off on Tuesday, with a ceremony flypast by the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

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