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JAN-FEB 2017

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INDUSTRY OUTLOOK 6 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY 2016 WAS ANOTHER VERY GOOD YEAR FOR the aerospace industry. At the Farnborough Airshow alone we saw US$123.9 billion of deals recorded. The global aerospace and defense mar- ket continues to enjoy huge revenue momentum, with historically high backlogs for Tier 1 suppli- ers, and the industry has to try to keep up with this demand. Airbus and Boeing are now at the point where they are no longer competing in the same way. AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE 2017 PREDICTIONS Innovations and obstacles create a race for production, risk-sharing, and aermarket services By Anand Parameswaran FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL Airshow 2016 RONALD DONNER There are now too many orders for both combined, and the new battleground moving into 2017, will be fought in their factories, as they race to see who can increase production rates to match their com- mitments. To tackle this, Boeing and Airbus have targeted 25 to 30 percent increases in production. Keeping pace with this will be a significant chal- lenge for both companies and their supply chains, and we are seeing a huge drive for innovations that can support progress here. But this is far from the only obstacle that the industry faces in 2017 and beyond. In this article, I will also explore developments that are happening in the aftermarket, how technology is transforming this and the manufacturing side of aerospace, as

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