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US Navy Tests 3D-Printed Composite Patches To Speed Up F/A-18 Fighter Jet Repairs
US Navy Tests 3D-Printed Composite Patches To Speed Up F/A-18 Fighter Jet Repairs
Authored by Mrigakshi Dixit via Interesting Engineering,
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) and Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) have co-developed a 3D-printed composite repair method designed to reduce F/A-18 Super Hornet maintenance times by approximately 50 percent.
An F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot prepares for flight at Fleet Readiness Center Southwest in San Diego.NAWCAD Visual Information
When an F/A-18 fighter jet gets damaged at a remote base, fixing its advanced composite parts typically takes weeks. The Navy had...
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US Humanitarian Response Begins In Quake-Ravaged Venezuela, Are Hospital Ships Next?
US Humanitarian Response Begins In Quake-Ravaged Venezuela, Are Hospital Ships Next?
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US Phase One Of Humanitarian Response Begins
Buildings collapsed in several districts of Caracas
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Trump Says "U.S.A. stands ready, willing, and able to help"
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Phase One Of Humanitarian Response Begins
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Apr 17, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Aluminum Market Descends Into Supply 'Black Hole'
Aluminum Market Descends Into Supply 'Black Hole'
Aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange are climbing into the end of the week, reaching $3,621 a ton and approaching the peak seen during Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The problem now is that the aluminum market has been thrust into a serious supply shock amid the U.S.-Iran conflict in the Middle East, one that is unlikely to be reversed in the near term.
One big problem we highlighted last weekend was that Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA), the Gulf's largest aluminum...
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Jun 8, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Judge Blocks Trump's $100,000 Fee For H-1B Visas
Judge Blocks Trump's $100,000 Fee For H-1B Visas
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,
President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee for H-1B visas is not legal, a federal judge said on June 8.
President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on Aug. 5, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images
The fee for visas for specialty foreign workers "imposes a tax on H-1B petitions without the requisite delegation by Congress," U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin said in a 42-page decision.
While...
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