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COVINGTON, GA—Archer Aviation Inc. has received a certificate of occupancy for its new 400,000-square-foot assembly plant here.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL—A new R&D project will study cold welding techniques for in-orbit spacecraft repairs.

SEATTLE, WA—Boeing workers on the U.S. West Coast voted to accept a new contract, ending a seven-week strike that had halted much of the company’s jet production. 

RENTON, WA—Should the vote pass, workers could return as early as Wednesday, with a deadline for return by November 12.

WICHITA, KS—Union workers at Textron Aviation ratified a new five-year contract on Oct. 20, ending a four-week strike. 

SEATTLE—The governors of Utah, Missouri and Montana on Tuesday urged Boeing and the union representing 33,000 striking machinists to end a nearly seven-week-old strike, citing the impact to their states and the planemaker’s suppliers.

SEATTLE—Factory workers represented by the International Association of Machinists have voted to reject Boeing’s latest contract offer and continue their strike, which has now lasted more than five weeks.

The rapid economic recovery, the tight labor market, and high inflation have shifted power to workers who are organized. 

Spherical air bearing systems are commonly used to test the attitude control systems of small satellites. The frictionless nature of the spherical air bearing makes it easy to simulate a zero-gravity environment, allowing the satellite’s pitch, roll, and yaw control systems to function as they would in space without cumbersome and expensive test simulations.

In deciding what drives the creation of sub-BOMs and whether to divide a larger assembly into subassemblies, it’s essential to evaluate the long-term impact on production. A flexible enterprise resource planning (ERP) system allows the creation of complex, multilevel BOMs, but also supports simple, flat BOM structures.