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Alcoa refurbishing giant press for F-35 parts Alcoa is undertaking the refurbishment of a massive 50,000-ton forging press at its Cleveland Works to make large parts for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Read full story

Airbus freighter takes its maiden flight Airbus completed the first four hours of its 180-h flight-test and certification campaign during first flight of the A330-200F, paving the way for delivery to launch operator Etihad Crystal Cargo in the summer of 2010. Read full story

Former FAA Administrator wants faster ADS-B deployment At a recent SAE meeting on ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast), former FAA Administrator Marion Blakey urged the U.S. government to make funding of it a higher priority. Read full story

Researchers sing praises of parallel kinematic machines PKMs are not widely used in the aerospace industry, but a paper to be presented at the Nov. 10-12 SAE 2009 AeroTech Congress & Exhibition in Seattle features test results that show ABB's Tau PKM could deliver advantages over industrial robots, gantry robots, and contemporary PKMs. Read full story