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In this episode, we sit down with Mr. Adam Caudle and Miss Dana Chase to dissect the 39-year litigation in Secretary of Defense v. Pratt & Whitney. We analyze the Federal Circuit's 2025 decision, which reaffirmed that a contracting officer's authority is not unlimited and that agreements violating mandatory FAR provisions are considered illegal and unenforceable. The discussion highlights the critical takeaway that while the revolutionary FAR overhaul encourages broader professional judgment, practitioners must still remain within the four corners of the FAR to ensure their agreements remain valid. Cases discussed: United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, ASBCA Nos. 47416, 50453, 50888, 01-2 BCA ¶ 31,592; Rumsfeld v. United Technologies Corp., 315 F.3d 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2003); United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, ASBCA No. 61623, 22-1 BCA ¶ 38,111; Secretary of Defense v. Pratt & Whitney, 148 F.4th 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2025). Learn more about The Quill & Sword series of podcasts by visiting our podcast page at https://tjaglcs.army.mil/thequillandsword. The Quill & Sword show includes featured episodes from across the JAGC, plus all episodes from our four separate shows: “Criminal Law Department Presents” (Criminal Law Department), “NSL Unscripted” (National Security Law Department), “The FAR and Beyond” (Contract & Fiscal Law Department) and “Hold My Reg” (Administrative & Civil Law Department). Connect with The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School by visiting our website at https://tjaglcs.army.mil/.

In "How FDH Aero is Simplifying the Aerospace Supply Chain", Joe Lynch and Bob Loycano, Vice President, Supply Chain for FDH Aero, discuss how specialized distribution and strategic inventory buffering eliminate bottlenecks in the global aerospace industry. About Bob Loycano Bob Loycano serves as Vice President, Supply Chain for FDH Hardware. In his role, Bob is responsible for establishing the purchasing and planning strategies utilized by each of the FDH Aero businesses. He aggregates the collective's purchasing synergies, enabling improved partnerships with suppliers. He reports to President of FDH Hardware, Matt Lacki. Prior to joining FDH Aero, Bob spent seven years as Executive Director of Supply Chain at Wesco. After his time at Wesco, Bob spent 7 years as Vice President of Procurement at KLX Aerospace – three years of which were spent with Boeing Distribution Services, after its acquisition of KLX. During his tenure, Bob oversaw all global procurement, planning, sourcing, and technical support. Bob's experience extends well beyond aerospace distribution – starting his career as an engineer at General Electric Aircraft Engines. He then spent 18 years at Pratt & Whitney as a manufacturing & design engineer, and later, as Commodity Manager. Bob graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Boston University. He would go on to earn an MBA from the University of Connecticut.  About FDH Aero FDH Aero is a trusted global supply chain solutions partner for aerospace and defense companies, helping to shape the industry by simplifying the supply chain. With over 60 years of experience, it specializes in hardware, electrical, consumables & expendables, licensed products, and value-added services for global OEM and aftermarket customers. FDH is headquartered in Commerce, California, and has operations across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. FDH Aero – named a Best Place to Work in Aviation – has locations in 15 countries across the globe, with more than 1,500 best-in-industry employees and over 650,000 square feet of inventory space. For more information, please visit FDHAero.com. Key Takeaways: How FDH Aero is Simplifying the Aerospace Supply Chain In "How FDH Aero is Simplifying the Aerospace Supply Chain", Joe Lynch and Bob Loycano, Vice President, Supply Chain for FDH Aero, discuss how specialized distribution and strategic inventory buffering eliminate bottlenecks in the global aerospace industry. Global Scale and Specialized Scope: FDH Aero is a global supply chain partner with over 60 years of experience, operating in 15 countries with more than 650,000 square feet of inventory space. They specialize in high-criticality components including hardware, electrical parts, and consumables for both the commercial and defense aerospace sectors. Managing the "Long Tail" of Supply: While major OEMs like Boeing or Airbus buy high-volume parts directly, FDH Aero adds value by managing the "long tail"—the thousands of lower-volume, specialized parts that are difficult for OEMs to forecast or stock individually. The Criticality of Quality and Safety: In aerospace, every part is essentially a "safety part." Bob highlighted that FDH Aero tests every batch of parts for strength and durability—such as ensuring fasteners are forged rather than cut—before they ever enter their inventory to prevent any single point of failure. Bridging the Capacity Gap: A major industry challenge is the "skills gap" and labor shortage in manufacturing. FDH Aero acts as a strategic buffer, chasing global capacity and managing long lead times (which can exceed a year for simple nuts and bolts) so that production lines don't stop. Simplifying Complex Logistics: FDH Aero simplifies the supply chain by acting as a single point of contact for thousands of suppliers and customers. They handle the "onerous" terms and conditions of large OEMs that smaller manufacturers might avoid, while also navigating complex international tariffs and customs. Inventory as a Service: By carrying approximately 600,000 SKUs, FDH Aero provides "availability as a service." They use their own forecasting expertise to stay "smarter than the customer," ensuring parts are on the shelf before the customer even realizes they have a need, thus preventing "Aircraft on Ground" (AOG) situations. Economic Efficiency through Aggregation: FDH Aero provides cost savings by buying industry-standard parts in bulk across multiple customers. This allows them to offer lower unit costs than a customer could get by buying small quantities directly from a manufacturer, while also eliminating the customer's internal inventory carrying costs. 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¡Bienvenidos a Aero Tips, el podcast de Aviación Digital! Aquí tienes un resumen corto con las noticias más destacadas de esta semana: Crisis de suministros en Airbus: El fabricante ha tenido que ajustar sus planes de producción para la familia A320neo, retrasando el objetivo de 75 aviones mensuales hasta finales de 2027. El principal motivo es la escasez de motores y repuestos de Pratt & Whitney, lo que está generando cuellos de botella que afectan tanto a las nuevas entregas como al mantenimiento de las flotas actuales. Guerra de tarifas y seguridad en España: La tensión entre Aena y el sector turístico ha escalado tras la propuesta de subir las tasas aeroportuarias un 3,8% anual hasta 2031. El conflicto se ha vuelto personal tras las declaraciones de Maurici Lucena (presidente de Aena), quien vinculó las tarifas bajas con posibles riesgos de seguridad, algo que la patronal de aerolíneas ALA ha calificado de "irresponsable" y "frivolidad". Alerta en el sector de pilotos de emergencias: En el Congreso se ha debatido la "fuga de talento" de los pilotos de extinción de incendios en España. Con la mitad de la plantilla cerca de la jubilación y costes de formación que superan los 100.000 euros, los profesionales prefieren irse a países como Turquía o Grecia, donde los salarios llegan a duplicar los españoles. Sucesos internacionales: En Bolivia, un trágico accidente de un C-130 Hércules militar en el aeropuerto de El Alto ha dejado al menos 15 fallecidos. El avión, que transportaba moneda recién impresa, se salió de la pista e impactó contra varios vehículos. En Myanmar, un dron FPV atacó a un ATR 72-600 de la aerolínea estatal mientras se preparaba para despegar, reabriendo el debate sobre la vulnerabilidad de la aviación civil en zonas de conflicto. Polémica en El Hierro: El aeropuerto de la isla ha recibido un premio a la excelencia de la ACI, una distinción calificada por sectores críticos como de "cartón-piedra". Se denuncia que, mientras se celebra el premio, el aeropuerto sufre recortes horarios y Aena mantiene un expediente sancionador contra SAERCO por falta de controladores.

In this special anniversary episode of Check 6 Revisits, Pratt & Whitney President Shane Eddy and Aviation Week editors Guy Norris and Christine Boynton delve into the engine-maker's achievements over its first century. This episode explores how Pratt & Whitney's propulsion innovations have made it a global powerhouse, navigating highs and lows throughout the decades—and all dating back to a revolutionary little engine developed in a former Connecticut tobacco warehouse space. Visit Pratt & Whitney's website to learn more about a century of innovation. Check 6 Revisits delves into Aviation Week's more than 100-year archive. Subscribers can explore our archive here and read key Aviation Week articles relating to this podcast here:  New Radial Engine Ready Soon (Jan. 11, 1926) The Pratt and Whitney Wasp Engine (Feb. 15, 1926) AF Permits First Look at P&WA J57 (Nov. 16, 1953) Pratt & Whitney Evolves Turbofan From J57 Program (Jan. 26, 1959) P&W Comes Back—Strong (March 13, 1950) Power Pioneer: Pratt & Whitney's First Century (July 22, 2025)

Pratt & Whitney's PW1000G engines are two years into the inspection program looking for parts containing powder metal. Listen in as editors Lee Ann Shay, Sean Broderick and James Pozzi discuss the status of engine workshops and material availability. Find out more about Aviation Week Intelligence Network's 2026 Fleet & MRO Forecast here.

  Blade Tooling, based in Pershore, has recently taken control of its wire-cutting EDM operations by investing in the Excetek V400G CNC wire EDM machine, supplied by Warwick Machine Tools. This decision was prompted by capacity shortfall that resulted in reliance on outsourcing for wire EDM services. Established over four decades ago, Blade Tooling began as a family-owned business specialising in lost wax pattern dies for the investment casting industry. After financial difficulties in 2011, it was acquired by Gardner Aerospace, supporting aerospace manufacturers including Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney and Siemens. However, in 2017, Gardner Aerospace's acquisition by a Chinese company created challenges. Company Director Ian Cerrone explains: “Because of what we do to support cast turbine blade production, a lot of customers walked away. They did not want their intellectual property potentially shared with China. The perceived risk was there, and our order book suffered.” Sales dropped from £6m to £3m by 2022. Following negotiations, Blade Tooling became part of GIL Investments in March 2024. “Previous customers have come back and we have signed nine new NDAs in the last 12 months. We are now UK-owned, and former concerns have been removed,” says Cerrone. With new ownership came investment. “We were spending a lot on subcontract wire eroding. I said to the new owner, ‘For what we're spending, we could buy our own machine.' The answer was, ‘Well, why haven't you then?' It was quite refreshing,” Cerrone reflects. Blade Tooling relies heavily on CNC wire erosion for core tooling, essential for creating sacrificial ceramic cores that form intricate airflow paths within cast turbine blades. The hardened tools require wire erosion to create holes for pins, apertures, slots, and slides. “We had to send work to subcontract wirers because we didn't have capacity,” Cerrone recalls. After researching Excetek machines and noting positive reviews, he contacted nearby Warwick Machine Tools in Droitwich. A demonstration at their showroom proved the Excetek V400G was perfect for Blade Tooling's requirements. With 400 by 300mm travel and ability to accommodate workpieces up to 500kg, the machine offers versatility in a compact design. The standout feature is its auto wire feed. “All reviews stated the auto wire feed was unbelievable. The machine never stops, it just keeps feeding. Our other machine is forever stopping overnight,” says Cerrone. The new machine has given Blade Tooling control over production schedules. Previously, subcontracting left them reliant on others. “We've had jobs scrapped due to delays. If the promised delivery by Monday arrived Friday, those four lost days would have put us behind on tight lead times.” Now, with doubled capacity, they control their timeline. Looking ahead, the company is expanding from 35 to 45 staff and aiming to return to £6m turnover. Cerrone concludes: “What we make relies on high-end engineering. Every person here has pride in what they do, and everything is bespoke. Our people rely on the equipment we invest in, and we are very pleased to have installed the Excetek V400G.”

Max Trescott takes listeners inside the cockpit of the future in episode 390, as he shares his firsthand experience flying the fully electric Bristell B23 Energic trainer and talks with executives from H55, the Swiss company behind its electric propulsion system. This in-depth episode explores the technical, operational, and strategic aspects of electric flight training aircraft. The B23 Energic is a joint project between Czech aircraft manufacturer BRM Aero and H55, the latter founded by the team behind the Solar Impulse aircraft that flew around the world on solar power. Max discusses how H55 is focusing on producing electric propulsion systems—batteries, controllers, and motors—for aircraft manufacturers, rather than building entire aircraft themselves. This modular approach is designed to speed up certification and lower development costs. H55 CEO Martin Larose shares how the company is involved in several projects worldwide, including with CAE to retrofit Piper Archers, Harbour Air to electrify floatplanes, and Pratt & Whitney on a hybrid Dash 8-400. He also explains H55's plan to manufacture battery systems in both Switzerland and Montreal to serve global markets while avoiding costly and complex battery transport logistics. Max's test flight takes place at Palo Alto Airport, where the B23 Energic was on a U.S. tour. He notes the aircraft's similarities to the Piper Sport Cruiser in handling and design, due to a shared designer. The electric version offers about 60 minutes of flight time and a 10-minute reserve, although U.S. FAA rules would require a 30-minute reserve, limiting U.S. endurance to 40 minutes unless additional batteries are added. The aircraft uses NCA lithium-ion batteries and features a liquid-cooled motor and controller, but air-cooled batteries to keep things simple. While the plane's payload is about 73 pounds less than its piston counterpart, it offers dramatically lower operating costs—estimated at $8–9 per hour for electricity versus $50+ per hour in fuel and oil for conventional trainers. The certification process, especially in Europe under EASA, remains H55's biggest challenge, with 90% of company resources dedicated to achieving approval. The motor is built by Equipmake in the UK to H55's design and features dual windings for redundancy—ensuring safe single-failure tolerance. Max also interviews Laurent, the demo pilot, and Céline, a project engineer, learning about how H55 built hundreds of hours of bench testing before the aircraft even flew. Their insights underscore the care and rigorous engineering that go into preparing electric aircraft for real-world flight training environments. In-flight, Max describes the aircraft as well-balanced and intuitive, with a quiet cabin that enhances concentration—an important advantage for student pilots. He praises the center stick control, wide cabin, and visibility. The landing was smooth and predictable, and energy use during the short flight was minimal—about 6 kWh for a pattern and 360 turn. Finally, Max reflects on how quickly the electric nature of the aircraft faded into the background during flight—exactly what H55 wants. The B23 Energic is expected to launch in Europe in 2026 and U.S. in 2027, with a price of $431,000 for early buyers and $500,000 later. It will be certified for Day VFR only, making it a strong candidate for cost-effective flight training. If you're getting value from this show, please support the show via PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or Patreon. Support the Show by buying a Lightspeed ANR Headsets Max has been using only Lightspeed headsets for nearly 25 years! 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Hartford Business Journal's Greg Bordonaro checks in to discuss a new preferred location for the federal courthouse in Hartford, federal funding cuts to the arts and culture industry, and the latest on the Pratt & Whitney strike, including Pratt's recent "commitment to CT”.

Join the hosts as they take you through all the news from around the world and across the UK. In this week's show: Spirit Airlines are being compensated handsomely for ongoing Pratt & Whitney engine issues, both Boeing and Airbus Parts are reaching Russia via India (hashtag awkward) and the FAA mandates Boeing 737NG nacelle changes following the deadly 2018 CFM56 failure.     In the military it seems that Boeing can't get a break, now that cracks (if you'll pardon the pun) in the KC-46 tankers halt all deliveries. We discuss the on-going issues that the manufacturer has with this aircraft. Take part in our chatroom to help shape the conversation of the show. You can get in touch with us all at : WhatsApp +44 7446 975 214 Email podcast@planetalkinguk.com or comment in our chatroom on YouTube.

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La huelga de Boeing promete afectar de forma crítica a todas las aerolíneas, que necesitan nuevos aviones para mejorar sus flotas ante la mayor demanda. Ryanair ya ha anunciado que tendrá que revisar a la baja sus estimaciones de tráfico de pasajeros para el próximo año. Air France-KLM también se ha visto afectada por los problemas de los motores Pratt&Whitney en sus pedidos de Airbus A220 mientras que Lufthansa reconoce que nunca había visto retrasos como los del Boeing 777X. LVMH se hunde en bolsa por debajo de los 600 euros por acción después de publicar unas ventas del tercer trimestre por debajo de lo previsto y que contagia al sector del lujo. Italia reforzará su impuesto a los servicios digitales como parte de los planes para recaudar más ingresos en los Presupuestos de 2025. Y Reino Unido consigue que la inflación se coloque por debajo del objetivo del 2% por primera vez en tres años y medio. Hablaremos del perfil de la mujer en la inversión: menos riesgo, más planificación con Patricia Laplana, directora del área de clientes de Norz Patrimonia. Los temas de la actualidad los debatiremos en la Tertulia de Cierre de Mercados con Javier Domínguez, de aurigabonos.es, y Jaime Gil Delgado, Consultor independiente de Asset Management y Alterntivos.

London's FTSE 100 enjoyed a better start on Tuesday following a slight dip at the start of the week. Retail figures early on showed sales across the sector ticked up by 1% in August and outdid growth in July, driven by food products and aided by warmer weather. Among companies, packaging firm DS Smith moved higher after reassuring investors a planned £5.8 billion takeover by International Paper was on track despite concerns it could be axed. Watches of Switzerland soared in the meantime, having reiterated full-year guidance and highlighted improving conditions in the UK and US in its report. And finally, Wizz Air also climbed after announcing passenger numbers hit a record in August despite ongoing groundings due to Pratt & Whitney engine issues. #proactiveinvestors #marketreport #ftse #ftse100 #footsie #retailsales #pratt@whitney #wizzair #watchesofswitzerland #internationalpaper #dssmith #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Airbus is really excited about an open-rotor engine. Boeing not so much. Listen in as Aviation Week's Guy Norris explains the background behind his recent story on Boeing's current assessment of CFM International's RISE open fan concept. He is joined by colleagues Jens Flottau, who weighs in on the strategic implications, and Sean Broderick, who provides an update on how Pratt & Whitney is managing issues with its GTF engine. Hosted by Joe Anselmo.

How do large corporations decide what part of the country they should move to or build new facilities? It's much more than a random recommendation, a sale price, or a gut feeling. They do in-depth studies and often hire expensive consultants because it's a huge investment and they don't want to get it wrong.  In this episode, you'll hear from site selection consultant, John Boyd Jr., who has his finger on development across the nation. John will talk about the site selection process, the exodus from California and where companies are going, challenges in choosing the right location, industries that are driving growth in various parts of the country, and the impact of climate change. He'll also share some information on a few of the hottest growth markets in the nation today, including an area near San Antonio, Texas. John is at The Boyd Company out of Princeton, New Jersey. It's one of the most trusted and well-known corporate site selection firms in the nation with clients like Boeing, Chevron, Pratt & Whitney, PepsiCo, Visa International, Shell, Honda Motor Company, Hewlett-Packard, and JP Morgan Chase. John is often invited to speak at conferences and is routinely featured in the global news media to talk about corporate site selection, economic development and the real estate industry. If you'd like to learn more about some of the exciting projects RealWealth is doing in the San Antonio area, sign up for a free RealWealth membership and login. We are currently acquiring new parcels of land for build-to-rent homes as part of a syndication. We also have a property team in San Antonio that can help you acquire rental homes on your own with a low mortgage thanks to builder incentives.  ~~~~ JOIN RealWealth® FOR FREE

Dawnlough Precision is a subcontract manufacturing business that has travelled a relentless journey of growth since it started manufacturing tooling for the aerospace and medical industries back at the start of the millennium. The ascension to success has arrived through an aggressive growth strategy and investment in high-end machine tools. Part of this high-level investment journey has included the arrival of two Bumotec 191neo turn/mill centres from Starrag. By Rhys Williams Initially founded in 1987, the turn of the millennium has seen the Galway manufacturer gain accreditation to ISO: 9001, ISO: 13485 and AS: 9100D, establish a design department and increase its manufacturing facility to 50,000sq/ft. Underpinning this growth is the adoption of advanced production tools such as FMEA, PPAP and SPC. To maintain its growth trajectory, Dawnlough has invested in the most flexible, capable and productive machine tools – and this is why it has recently taken delivery of two Bumotec 191neo machines. The world-class production facility on the West Ireland coast has more than 54 CNC machine tools that provide premium manufacturing solutions. Recently acquired by the Acrotec Group, the 110-employee business is still run by longstanding Managing Director and previous owner Brian McKeon.  Looking at the path the business is taking, Keith Kennedy, Aerospace Production Manager at Dawnlough says: “We manufacture high precision components for the Aerospace and Robotic Assisted Surgical Industries as well as tooling and production aids for the medical device sector. When I started in 2006, tooling was the main business focus, but as the aerospace and medical device industries have expanded locally this presented many opportunities. Our aerospace work started with seating components for Rockwell Collins, which led us to 5-axis machining. We then progressed to flight-critical components for the likes of Spirit Aero Systems and Pratt & Whitney. Similarly, we progressed from manufacturing medical tooling and instruments to producing complete assemblies.” Discussing the expansion in the medical industry, Keith continues: “Our core business has predominantly focused on vascular work and from this, we have expanded our offering. We now produce an array of components for our RAS customers as well as consumable instruments. The First Bumotec on the Emerald Isle It is here that the search for a suitable machine led Dawnlough to purchase a Bumotec 191neo FTL-R in June 2022. Discussing the acquisition, Keith recalls: “We had several components we initially targeted for this type of machine.”  “We needed a machine with very high levels of accuracy, short cycle times and incredible efficiency because it's a very competitive market. We visited many companies, reviewing high-accuracy machines, but it's only as you look closer and purchase one of these machines for this type of work - you really see the ‘value-add' they bring. We were looking for repeatability, flexibility, high spindle speeds, the ability to machine hard material and 2-3µm precision on production runs. We had very specific requirements and we were not sure if it was going to be achievable.” “Some of our initial trial parts were 46HRc and we are using tools from 0.1 to 0.5mm. We needed repeatability of 2 to 3µm, but we needed to hold that overnight. Some of the functions of the Bumotec machine such as the software for monitoring the machine, the cutting load, the contact cutting time and the large 90 tool ATC in the machine are incredible.” “It was a huge investment and an unknown risk, but the Bumotec ticked all of our boxes. The big thing about Bumotec was the flexibility. It offered everything we wanted. It's an exceptional machine with accuracy that takes our business to a different level.”  As well as machining 46HRc parts, there was also a need for specific RAS parts that were a key driver to the first Bumotec installation, Keith says: “We were machining these parts in batches of 200-off up to six times a year and there are 6 different parts in the family with a projected ramp-up of 200-300% a year. So, we wouldn't have been able to support the customer with our existing method. There was also a fallout due to accuracy, as we couldn't 100% meet the GDT accuracy.” “We needed to put a bar diameter in the machine up to 1.5 inches whilst also running high precision production runs of small instrumentation parts. The Bumotec also had the sub-spindle and a robotic unit which was important, as we need traceability for every part we make. We took demonstration parts to Bumotec in Switzerland in April 2022 and we received the machine in June. Success Brings Machine Number 2… Following the success of the Bumotec 191neo with FTL-R configuration, the Galway company then added a second Bumotec 191neo in March 2023. Supplied with an FTL-PRM configuration, the second Bumotec 191neo was introduced with complete automation and a 20-position pallet station for lights-out production. As Keith continues: “What they offered us with the second machine was a complete turnkey solution for our instrumentation components. We had given them a target for extreme levels of precision and production volume with the flexibility to produce families of parts.” “We needed to machine materials from 46 to 52HRc such as 17-4 and 420 stainless steel as well as titanium. The instrument parts for use in invasive robotic surgery include tools like grippers, cutting instruments and scissors. We are producing the parts in medium to high volume runs across two different parts in various quantities per month.” Some of the parts had very long cycle times on the 5-axis machines and this needed to be reduced to below 30 minutes with 48HRc material. Not only was the cycle time a challenge, but Dawnlough had to attain precision levels in a production environment with the flexibility to produce upwards of 30 different components. Initially machining 20 to 50 parts a month, the schedule was set to rise rapidly to 200 parts per month before reaching production volumes – numbers not possible on a 5-axis machining centre.  “With the second machine, we knew exactly what Bumotec could offer, so we worked with them remotely. What Bumotec offer is exceptional and way beyond anything we had anticipated. With the original Bumotec 191neo FTL-R, we had the sub-spindle, but with the next set of parts we needed the Bumotec 191neo FTL-PRM. With this machine, we had the option of the vice, a 3m bar feed and also a robot loader. We needed the robot loader for traceability. It also expanded the capacity of the machine where we could go from 50mm barfed stock to 80mm billet loading.” “The sub-spindle option we had on the FTL-R wasn't feasible for the parts we needed, whereas the FTL-PRM gave us two vices. Without the vices, we would have needed to undertake secondary machining, so to be able to pick up the component in the vice and conduct the second operation in a single cycle was key to finishing the parts.” Contributing to the conversation, Dawnlough's General Manager, Mr Eddie McHugh adds: “We were machining parts on our 5-axis machining centres and we needed to increase output by 400%. We were machining around 400 parts a month on two different products with a cycle time of 45 minutes. This was tying up two machines and one man permanently every month. On second and third shifts with fewer staff, we had concerns about machine tolerance drift, so output was reduced and it also made inspection labour intensive.”  Looking at additional savings with the arrival of the Bumotec 191neo FTL-PRM, Eddie adds: “There is a labour saving with one man running two machines around the clock. Additionally, with the pallet loader, the parts are loaded into the machine and back to the pallet loader in a specific order which made huge savings on inspection. We have also made considerable savings on tool costs and changeovers and this is a credit to the 40,000rpm spindle.” With machine tools from 10 different manufacturers, Dawnlough has one machine alongside the two Bumotec 191neo that is commonly used in the medical industry. Comparing this machine to the Bumotec, Keith continues: “In comparison, the Bumotec has increased capacity, it has a larger tool library, higher spindle speeds, a larger diameter bar capacity and a lot of other features that just offers so much more flexibility. It's not only a better and more flexible option, it's a more robust machine.” The Future Looking to the future, Dawnlough has plans for more Bumotec machines and continued expansion, which will certainly continue with the ambition of the Acrotec Group. “The machines are extremely flexible and this means we can just change the programmes over, the jaws and collets and it is ready to go in less than 2 hours. For our high-precision mid to high volumes with a high mix of complexity – the Bumotec is the perfect machine for our business.” Service Dawnlough is well positioned to serve its customers – but machine tool suppliers have not always served Dawnlough with a level of customer support that a leading manufacturer would expect. Referring to the service and support from Bumotec, Keith concludes: “The service is exceptional. There is absolutely no comparison to some of our other machine suppliers. Starrag is a brand with a limited footprint in Ireland and I believe our Bumotec was their first machine in Ireland. Despite other brands having a larger footprint in the area, the Bumotec support is second to none.”  Eddie concurs by adding: “The service from Bumotec is probably the best we have had. If you need engineering support they are there straightaway, whether it's engineering support, post-processors, technical queries or anything else. The support has been fantastic.”

Blind spots—easy to see in others, but how do we recognize our own? Marisa Murray joins Kevin to explore strategies for uncovering and addressing blind spots. Murray outlines seven types of blind spots and shares examples. These include false assumptions, unhealthy detachment, differing views of success, outdated core beliefs, unconscious habits, triggers from past pain, and mismatched mindsets. She highlights the importance of recognizing how others perceive our actions versus our intentions. Murray suggests we move from feedback to impact statements to address blind spots. Listen For 00:00 Introduction 02:19 Marisa Murray's Latest Book on Leadership 06:50 The Concept of Blind Spots in Leadership and Life 08:22 Misinterpretation of Intentions and Impact 11:23 Types of Blind Spots: False Assumptions 13:04 Types of Blind Spots: Unhealthy Detachment 14:16 Types of Blind Spots: Different Views of Success 14:55 Types of Blind Spots: Outdated Core Beliefs 16:27 Types of Blind Spots: Unconscious Habits 17:16 Types of Blind Spots: Triggers from Past Pain 24:04 Gathering Feedback and Insights from Others 29:13 Small Changes for Big Impacts  Meet Marisa Marisa's Story: Marisa Murray P. Eng., MBA, PCC is the author of three Amazon Best Selling leadership development books: Work Smart: Your Formula for Unprecedented Professional Success, Iterate! How Turbulent Times Are Changing Leadership and How to Pivot, and her latest, Blind Spots: How Great Leaders Uncover Problems and Unlock Performance. She is also the co-author of the USA Today Bestseller: The Younger Self Letters: How Successful Leaders & Entrepreneurs Turned Trials Into Triumph (And How to Use Them to Your Advantage). Marisa is a leadership development expert and the CEO of Leaderley International, an organization dedicated to helping executives become better leaders in today's rapidly changing, highly complex world. Marisa leverages her over two decades of executive experience as a former Partner with Accenture and VP at Bell Canada in providing executive coaching, and leadership development services for organizations including Molson-Coors, Pratt & Whitney, and Queen's University. http://www.leaderley.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/murraymarisa/  Book Recommendations Blind Spots: How Great Leaders Uncover Problems and Unleash Performance by Marisa Murray Senior Leadership Teams: What It Takes to Make Them Great by Ruth Wageman, Debra A. Nunes, James A. Burruss, J. Richard Hackman The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, by Patrick Lencioni

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Thursday, Nov. 30  The WV Housing Development Fund helps hundreds of West Virginians become first-time homeowners. WV's own NASA whiz Katherine Johnson will be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. And WV's aviation industry continues to expand… on today's daily304. #1 – From WVHDF – Becoming a first-time homeowner is made easier thanks to the West Virginia Housing Development Fund.  The organization has financed nearly $90 million in new mortgage loans since July, thanks in large part to its competitive interest rates. The WVHDF's flagship Homeownership Program loaned just over $80 million, including $28 million in October alone, to 411 first-time West Virginia home buyers, helping them achieve the dream of homeownership.  As a state housing finance agency, the WVHDF can sell tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds and offer below-market rates to qualified first-time home buyers. Borrowers may qualify for rates as low as 5.83 percent.  Prospective homeowners can contact the Fund at 800-933-8511 or visit www.wvhdf.com/home-buyers for more information on home loan programs. The organization also partners with more than 60 banks, credit unions, and independent mortgage companies across the state to offer our products.  Learn more: https://www.wvhdf.com/news-release-hundreds-become-homeowners-through-wvhdf-loan-programs   #2 – From WCHS-TV –  A West Virginia State University alumna that made her mark on the space industry will be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame next fall. Mathematician Katherine Johnson played a vital role in helping NASA launch flights into space, and eventually to the moon in the 1960s. Her story was featured in the book “Hidden Figures,” which was also made into a movie. It's the latest in a long list of honors for Johnson. She also was the recipient of a Congressional Gold Medal and a presidential Medal of Freedom. Fairmont's NASA facility has been renamed to honor Johnson and a statue of her stands on WVSU's campus.  Read more: https://wchstv.com/news/local/wvsu-alumna-nasa-mathematician-katherine-johnson-to-be-inducted-into-national-aviation-hall-of-fame-space-moon-hidden-figure-congressional-golf-medal-presidential-medal-of-freedom-hidden-figures-dayton-ohio   #3 – From TIMES WV –  The holiday season means a lot of things — seeing loved ones, eating delicious food, decorating the house — the list goes on. It also often means traveling. A large portion of the angst that comes with travel can be entirely eradicated by using our local airports. North Central West Virginia Airport (CKB), however, offers more than just flights.  Aircraft manufacturing is a major industry on CKB property. Both Aurora Flight Sciences – a Boeing Company – and Lockheed Martin, two of the largest players in the industry, have a presence here. Between the two, there are pieces of aircraft being welded, painted, and assembled in Bridgeport every day. Maintenance is another key aspect of the industry. Pratt & Whitney houses a Center of Excellence for corporate turbofan and turboprop engine maintenance, and Engine & Airframe Solutions Worldwide offers a full-service repair facility. But all these businesses can't operate without people. Pierpont Community and Technical College hosts their Aviation Maintenance Technology program, and future pilots are trained through the Fairmont State University Aviation Center of Excellence, with a hangar connected to the CKB runway.   These all serve as an example of a rapidly expanding aviation industry in #YesWV. Read more: https://www.timeswv.com/community/community_columns/beyond-the-hustle-of-holiday-travel/article_53bc441c-7ffc-11ee-8682-0f5dbe17c7d8.html?fbclid=IwAR1kCQbnl3c3P6O9FMhoDA0FqTR3hvETjeEGCT4V72QSgamk4-xO8MpjaGo   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Cả Boeing và Airbus đều sẽ không đưa máy bay mới vào hoạt động trước năm 2035. Tuy nhiên, để giảm đáng kể tác động khí hậu của máy bay trong tương lai, các nghiên cứu về khí động học mới, hoặc về động cơ cực kỳ hiệu quả đã và đang được tiến hành. Những phát minh mới theo hướng này đã được giới thiệu tại Triển lãm Hàng không và Không gian Le Bourget, ngoại ô Paris (19 đến 25/06/2023). Chiếc Airbus A320 đã bay lần đầu năm 1987, còn Boeing 737 thì bắt đầu cất cánh sớm hơn 20 năm. Hai loại máy bay được sử dụng rộng rãi nhất trên thế giới đã được phát triển qua nhiều năm theo hướng hoạt động hiệu quả hơn, tức là tiêu thụ ít nhiên liệu hơn, bởi vì chỉ riêng nhiên liệu đã chiếm gần 30% chi phí của một hãng hàng không. Nhưng để đạt được mục tiêu trung hòa carbon vào năm 2050 mà 193 quốc gia thành viên Tổ chức Hàng không Dân dụng Quốc tế (ICAO) đã cam kết, ngành sản xuất máy bay phải đẩy nhanh hơn nữa những thay đổi đó.Theo Christian Scherer, giám đốc thương mại của Airbus, hiện giờ, các phi cơ thế hệ mới nhất tiêu thụ ít hơn 15% nhiên liệu và do đó thải ra càng ít CO2, nhưng đội máy bay của thế giới đang được sử dụng vẫn bao gồm 3/4 là máy bay từ các thế hệ trước. Trả lời phỏng vấn tuần báo Aviation Week gần đây, chủ tịch tập đoàn Airbus Guillaume Faury cho biết: "Chúng tôi đang chuẩn bị đưa vào sử dụng máy bay mới trong nửa sau của thập kỷ tới, nhắm mục tiêu là năm 2035", nghĩa là sẽ khởi động chương trình này vào cuối những năm 2020. Tập đoàn Mỹ Boeing cũng vậy, sẽ không chế tạo một phi cơ mới khi nào mà các công nghệ chưa sẵn sàng, theo lời tổng giám đốc Dave Calhoun. Nhưng giám đốc đặc trách máy bay thương mại của Boeing, ông Stan Deal, cho biết: “Chúng tôi đang tập trung phát triển các khả năng giúp đạt được mức cải thiện khoảng 20% ​​hoặc hơn khi đưa sản phẩm mới ra thị trường”. Cùng với NASA, Boeing đã đầu tư hơn một tỷ đôla vào việc nghiên cứu một cấu ​​trúc mới mang tính cách mạng, gọi theo tiếng Anh là Transonic Truss-Brace Wing, một máy bay có đôi cánh rất dài được hỗ trợ bởi các thanh chống, có thể giúp giảm tới 30% mức tiêu thụ nhiên liệu và lượng khí thải CO2. Tại Pháp, Văn phòng Nghiên cứu Hàng không Vũ trụ (ONERA) cũng đang thực hiện dự án Gullhyver về máy bay cánh dài, được giới thiệu tại triển lãm Le Bourget. Philippe Beaumier, giám đốc chương trình hàng không dân dụng của ONERA, giải thích: “Cánh càng dài thì lực cản của máy bay càng ít và máy bay càng tiêu thụ ít nhiên liệu.Do tính đàn hồi của nó, cánh máy bay được hỗ trợ bởi một “cánh tay”. Máy bay sẽ có thân không phải dạng tròn, mà hơi dẹt, để tối ưu hóa tính khí động học. Airbus cũng đang nghiên cứu một loại cánh có các đầu gấp, lấy cảm hứng từ đường bay của chim hải âu lớn, nhằm giảm thiểu nhiễu loạn trong chuyến bay và tiết kiệm 10% mức tiêu thụ nhiên liệu. Dự án Gullhyver cũng dựa trên cái gọi là động cơ không ống dẫn, hoặc "quạt hở", nghĩa là một động cơ sẽ không được bao quanh bởi vỏ bọc. CAD: Nhiên liệu của tương laiTại triển lãm Le Bourget năm nay, ban tổ chức đã dành hẳn một gian thật lớn trong khuôn khổ Paris Air Lab (Phòng thí nghiệm hàng không Paris) để giới thiệu những dự án, những phát minh mới, hay những cải tiến về máy bay tương lai ít gây ô nhiễm, ít phát ra khí thải hơn, trong đó có việc phát triển các loại nhiên liệu phi carbon hóa cho máy bay. Tại đây, chúng tôi đă gặp được Nicolas Simon, đại điện một công ty phát triển loại Nhiên liệu bền vững cho máy bay, gọi tắt theo tiếng Pháp là CAD. Anh giải thích:“ CAD nói tóm tắt là một trong những đòn bẩy để tiến đến việc phi carbon hóa máy bay, ngoài hai đòn bẩy kia là giảm bớt tiêu thụ nhiên liệu và nâng cao hiệu quả sử dụng năng lượng. CAD là loại nhiên liệu thay thế cho kerosene, được chế tạo từ các loại sinh khối như dầu ăn thực vật, dầu ăn đã qua sử dụng, chẳng hạn như dầu thu hồi từ các nhà hàng thức ăn nhanh McDonald, hay bã trong nông nghiệp. Hoặc cũng có thể là điện sản xuất từ nguồn phi carbon hóa, hay khí CO2 thu hồi trong không khí.Loại CAD được sử dụng nhiều nhất hiện nay là HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil), tức dầu thực vật hydro hóa. Đã có những nhà máy chế tạo loại nhiên liệu này ở Pháp, ở châu Âu, ở Mỹ, ở khắp nơi trên thế giới.Chúng ta cũng có những dự án ở Pháp, ở châu Âu phát triển những nhiên liệu từ nhựa cây, từ bã trong nông nghiệp và từ alcool.”Theo lời anh Nicolas Simon, tuy vậy con đường sẽ còn dài cho đến khi cho đến khi các loại nhiên liệu bền vững cho máy bay thật sự giúp cắt giảm đáng kể lượng khí phát thải: “ Hiện giờ các nhiên liệu đó được pha trộn với kérosène với tỷ lệ 1 hoặc 2%, giống như nhiên liệu sinh học được pha trộn trong xăng cho xe hơi. Chúng tôi sẽ nâng tỷ lệ đó lên cao mức nhất có thể được. Liên Hiệp Châu Âu đã đề ra mục tiêu đến năm 2050 nâng tỷ lệ nhiên liệu CAD lên tới 70%. Như vậy là con đường sẽ còn rất dài. Các nghiên cứu cho thấy là mức giảm khí phát thải CO2 có thể lên tới từ 80 đến 90% tùy theo loại sinh khối, tùy theo loại điện được sử dụng trong các nhà máy sản xuất nhiên liệu, đó là điện từ nguồn carbon, hay điện không phải từ nguồn carbon như điện hạt nhân, hay điện từ các nguồn năng lượng tái tạo.”Máy bay hybrid Và cũng giống như xe hơi, các hãng trong ngành chế tạo máy bay, như công ty Collins Aerospace của Mỹ đang phát triển các loại máy bay hybrid, tức là chạy bằng xăng và điện, để giảm mức tiêu thụ nhiên liệu. Trả lời RFI Việt ngữ tại khu Paris Air Lab của triển lãm Le Bourget, Etienne Gomez, đại diện của công ty Collins Aerospace, cho biết: “Collins Aerospace đang phát triển những động cơ điện có công suất từ 100 kW đến 1 megawatt. Đây là một động cơ 1 megawatt đã được thử nghiệm thành công. Điểm đáng nói về động cơ điện-xăng và đó cũng là thế mạnh của tổ hợp RTX quy tụ Collins Aerospace với nhà sản xuất động cơ máy bay Pratt & Whitney và tập đoàn quốc phòng Raytheon, đó là chúng tôi kết hợp động cơ điện với động cơ nhiệt, mà động cơ nhiệt nay cũng có thể chạy bằng CAD, nhiên liệu bền vững cho máy bay.Việc kết hợp động cơ điện 1 megawatt với động cơ nhiệt sẽ giúp giảm khoảng 30% mức tiêu thụ nhiên liệu và như vậy giảm lượng khí phát thải với một tỷ lệ tương đương.Việc phát triển động cơ điện nằm trong nhiều dự án của châu Âu của chương trình Clean Aviation ( Máy bay sạch ) mà Collins Aerospace cũng đang tích cực tham gia, chẳng hạn như dự án động cơ 1 megawatt nằm trong dự án mang tên SWITCH với các đối tác châu Âu. Động cơ này được phát triển ở châu Âu và vào năm 2024 sẽ cho bay thử trên một máy bay có gắn động cơ của Pratt và Whitney, tức là máy bay hybrid điện-xăng.Như vậy là sự tham gia của tập đoàn RTX vào việc phi carbon hóa máy bay, hướng tới mục tiêu của năm 2050, đã thật sự bắt đầu ngay từ bây giờ với các chuyến bay thử vào năm 2024.”Cũng theo ông Etienne Gomez, loại động cơ điện 1 megawatt hiện giờ chủ yếu được phát triển cho các phi cơ bay đường ngắn:“Trên nguyên tắc loại động cơ điện 1 megawatt có thể được sử dụng cho các máy bay trong các chuyến bay thương mại, nhưng hiện giờ loại động cơ này được phát triển cho các loại máy bay thương gia (business jet), hay máy bay khu vực, những loại máy bay mà mức tiêu thụ chung là 10 megawatt. Loại động cơ điện 1 megawatt tham gia vào việc kết hợp động cơ điện-xăng. Hiện giờ chúng tôi tập trung phát triển các động cơ điện từ 100 kw đến 1 megawatt, nhưng sau này sẽ phát triển các động cơ điện có công suất mạnh hơn.Ngoài việc nghiên cứu về động cơ điện, chúng tôi tiếp tục nghiên cứu về việc pha trộn hai động cơ nhiệt-điện để làm sao động cơ nhiệt tiêu thụ nhiên liệu ít, nhất nhằm đạt mục tiêu giảm 30% mức tiêu thụ.”Rolls-Royce của Anh, với dự án UltraFan và Pratt&Whitney của Mỹ, với dự án động cơ tái sử dụng hơi nước thải ra từ quá trình đốt cháy nhiên liệu, đang nghiên cứu chế tạo các động cơ tiết kiệm nhiên liệu trong tương lai. Tại triển lãm Le Bourget vừa qua, công ty khởi nghiệp của Pháp Voltaero, chuyên phát triển các máy bay nhỏ hybrid, đã giới thiệu kiểu phi cơ đã hoàn chỉnh, loại bay bay 5 chỗ mang tên Cassio 330, mà họ hy vọng sẽ sản xuất hàng loạt vào năm 2025. Trước mắt, Voltoero đã nhận được hơn 200 đơn đặt hàng tạm thời cho kiểu máy bay này. Vận hành giống như xe hơi hybrid, máy bay Cassio 330 chạy bằng điện khi cất cánh và hạ cánh, nên rất êm và khi đang bay sẽ chạy bằng động cơ xăng và nếu cần thì sạc thêm điện cho bình điện.Về lâu dài, Voltaero dự kiến phát triển một động cơ nhiệt chạy bằng nhiên liệu không có nguồn gốc hóa thạch, rồi bằng hydro “xanh”, cho những chuyến bay hoàn toàn không phát thải khí CO2.

Aviation Week Network's James Pozzi, Sean Broderick and Dan Williams discuss the latest updates around the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine fixes and the continuing AOG Technics undocumented parts saga.

Air New Zealand will be putting its Auckland to Hobart and Auckland to Seoul services on hold from April, as the airline scrambles to make schedule changes in response to maintenance issues with certain engines. Engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney disclosed earlier this year that it has a problem with its Geared Turbo-Fan engines. While it does not affect the engines' safety, it does require a revised maintenance plan. The new plan means Air New Zealand could have as many as four aircraft grounded at a time - impacting schedules. Chief executive Greg Foran spoke to Corin Dann.

Show Notes: Carolyn Gibson, a graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe, has had a diverse and different path since graduating from the university. She initially wanted to be an ambassador, but realized that she wouldn't be a great ambassador to the United States due to her Dutch passport and not agreeing with the U.S. foreign policy. Instead, she decided to go into international aid and development. She tapped into the Harvard network to find information about Europe and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. She worked as a speechwriter for the High Commissioner herself, Madame Agata, and later landed a three-month internship with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Carolyn was encouraged to work in the field. She had been working with two Italian men from Napoli who had received funding from George Soros to start a reunification program in the former Yugoslavia. She took up the offer to start a program using CD ROMs to record the names and photographs of children displaced during the war and make them available in UNHCR offices in the war zone for parents to find their children's homes. She talks about the importance of International laws for protecting and helping refugees, and how the Harvard network can help alumni find positions.  Working in Yugoslavia during the War Carole recounts her experience in former Yugoslavia, where she helped reunite children with their parents. She experienced disillusionment with the war and the profiteering surrounding it, which led to loss of life and inappropriate media coverage. She talks about smuggling and how the role of the UN. Carolyn met her future husband, Trevor Gibson, who worked for the UN Fire and Rescue Service in Syria, which was a cowboy unit that was on the front lines, running ambulances and stopping fighting. Carolyn talks about the bias in the media and how  a lack of willingness to understand and inappropriate media coverage contributed to her disillusionment. They decided to leave Yugoslavia, and Carolyn was offered a post in East Africa helping reunite parents and their children after the Rwandan genocide. She and her husband eventually decided to return to the States in 1995, but decided to move to Scotland where her husband decided to pursue a law degree in Birmingham, UK. They found themselves in a city that was similar to the Detroit of the UK, with car manufacturers and coal mining where Carolyn worked as a copywriter for nonprofit organizations before she earned a scholarship to an MBA program from Warwick University.  Working in Consulting at Deloitte Carolyn talks about her experience of working in the management consulting practice of Deloitte. She started with Deloitte's program leadership practice and later worked with a child support agency. Carolyng and her husband decided to stay in Birmingham to settle down and have children. She then moved to a local government practice with Deloitte. They set up the first contact center for multiple local governments in one spot, and she became a specialist in setting up cross-governmental contact centers. However, the local government practice and Deloitte's public sector practice merged, which involved a lot more travel, so Carolyn decided to become a stay-at-home mom.  Writing a Book on Teaching Languages She had been home for 10 years, running the PTA and serving on the Board of Governors for a school, and she wrote a book on teaching other languages. She shares three key tips from the book: make fun, set aside time, give children exposure as much as possible to the language they find fun.  She discusses her experiences teaching their children French and moving to France for a year. They eventually moved back to Birmingham, which she has  found to be a friendly city and a great place to raise a family. She moved out of the stay-at-home mom phase and started working in a startup tech company in Coventry, which focused on strategy execution software. She worked with top Fortune 500 companies, such as Nestle, Pratt Whitney, Societe Generale, Philips, L3, and energy companies and eventually became head of consulting. However, the company struggled to translate their investment into a working financial model, and she missed the opportunity to work with public sector organizations, but she gained their support to pursue a master's degree at Oxford, which had links to the UK Government.  Working for the U.K. Defense Ministry  After completing her master's, she worked for the Cabinet Office, particularly in the Ministry of Defense. She is in their strategic supplier program, which aims to align strategic suppliers with the UK Government's goals and vice versa. She works with Rolls Royce, a company that makes engines and E power plants for their nuclear submarines, and Babcock, helping them work at a strategic level, aligning across government, and identifying problems and improving them. Carolyn talks about her accomplishments at the Ministry of Defense and her work as a consultant, where she can make specific nudges that make a big difference. She has helped resolve major contracts and ensured that the government's goals are met. Carolyn explains the culture of a military environment, and how an open door and willingness to share information is crucial, as it allows for a more open and diverse workforce.  She found that the defense industry is highly meritocratic and open to new ideas, which is important for women in the industry. Carolyn is now considering pivoting back into the nonprofit world, particularly in the area of unconditional cash transfers, which she believes is a growing area in the United States.  Influential Courses and Professors at Harvard Carolyn shares the courses and professors at Harvard that resonated with her, including a course with Stanley Hoffmann about war, and a seminar with Rena Fonseca on India-China relations. She also shares her experiences with Stanley Hoffmann, who taught her the importance of holding onto convictions and ideas, and Rena Fonseca, who taught her the importance of perseverance and adaptability in the face of challenges.    Timestamps: 05:11 How Carolyn's involvement  with the Harvard network helped her find work 10:30 Smuggling and profiteering in war-torn Yugoslavia 13:35 Media coverage of the war that was inappropriate 21:46 Working at Deloitte 24:00 Carolyn's book on teaching kids languages  28:07 Working in strategy execution software at a tech startup 31:06 Impressions at the Ministry of Defense  CONTACT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-gibson-2579295/ Facebook: Harvard/Radcliffe Class of 1992

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Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated film “Oppenheimer” opens this weekend. For the story behind one of America's most consequential and controversial scientific minds in his own words, listen to a mini-audio documentary about Robert Oppenheimer: his connections to the Communist party, his troubled relationship with President Truman, and the legacy of his work on the most devastating invention of the 20th century. This episode of the RealClearDefense podcast "Hot Wash" is sponsored by Pratt & Whitney. Pratt & Whitney's F135 Engine Core Upgrade leverages the expertise and capabilities of RTX while saving taxpayers $40B—it's the smart decision for the F-35."Follow Hot Wash on Twitter @hotwashrcdEmail comments and story suggestions to editors@realcleardefense.comSubscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash"Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.

Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated film “Oppenheimer” opens this weekend. For the story behind one of America's most consequential and controversial scientific minds in his own words, listen to a mini-audio documentary about Robert Oppenheimer: his connections to the Communist party, his troubled relationship with President Truman, and the legacy of his work on the most devastating invention of the 20th century. This episode of the RealClearDefense podcast "Hot Wash" is sponsored by Pratt & Whitney. Pratt & Whitney's F135 Engine Core Upgrade leverages the expertise and capabilities of RTX while saving taxpayers $40B—it's the smart decision for the F-35."Follow Hot Wash on Twitter @hotwashrcdEmail comments and story suggestions to editors@realcleardefense.comSubscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash"Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.

Prepare to be electrified by the cutting-edge world of military aviation, where the F-35 Lightning faces a unique stumbling block: its engine. We're cracking open the complexities of the Pratt Whitney F-135's cooling struggle, and how this challenge could spark an engine competition between industry titans. Strap in for a heady exploration of jet engines, their role in cooling fighter jets, and the F-35's pressing need for enhanced systems.We're not stopping at jet engines, though. You'll also get a glimpse into the world of block upgrades for the F-35, the potential game-changing ECU and PTMS upgrades from Pratt Whitney, and an innovative cooling system from Collin's Aerospace. We'll also navigate the unchartered territories of the Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP) and the conundrum of maintaining two different engine designs. Warning: things might get a little heated as we dive into the future of the F-35 and the rapidly evolving landscape of military aviation.To help support this podcast and become a PilotPhotog ProCast member: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1555784/supportIf you enjoy this episode, subscribe to this podcast, you can find links to most podcast streaming services here: PilotPhotog Podcast (buzzsprout.com)Sign up for the free weekly newsletter Hangar Flyingwith Tog here: https://hangarflyingwithtog.com You can check out my YouTube channel for many videos on fighter planes here:https://youtube.com/c/PilotPhotog If you'd like to support this podcast via Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/PilotPhotog And finally, you can follow me on Twitter here:https://twitter.com/pilotphotogSupport the show

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Last time we spoke about the battle of the Bismarck Sea. Though it was called a battle, what occurred at the Bismarck Sea was more of a catastrophic slaughter and a showcase of how the Japanese were no longer capable of performing offensives. The allies performed skip bombing and mast head bombing techniques against a convoy heading for Lae to deadly effect. 4 destroyers, 8 transports, 20 fighters were destroyed and nearly 3000 Japanese were killed. The allied pilots were ordered to give no mercy to the enemy and many reluctantly attacked the survivors of the shipwreck carnage. Their commanders justified the actions stating the men would have been landed and put right onto the front lines in New Guinea causing even more suffering. Yet as magnificent a victory as it was for the allies, it certainly was not the only one at this time for another major naval battle was occurring in the solomons This episode is the Battle of Blackett Strait  Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.    Yet before we can jump back into the turbulent seas of the south Pacific we will talk a bit more about the theater of the Pacific War that goes far, often too forgotten, that of China.  Its been quite sometime since we were last in China. Now stating the Second sino-Japanese war is complicated is an overstatement. To simplify it somewhat know this, there were 22 major engagements between the NRA and IJA during the war. One of these engagements is known as the Battle of West Hubei, which was one of four major battles that took place in Hubei. Now in July of 1938 the IJA Dai-Jyu-ichi gun “11th army” was formed under the Japanese central China area army. The purpose of such a formation was to conquer and occupy central provinces in China, specifically those between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. The 11th army had played a crucial role during the battle of Wuhan and had seen quite a list of differing commanders. In December of 1942 Lt General Isamu Yokoyama took control of the 11th army and he set his sights on various targets. But before he could unleash his forces, Yokoyama was dealing with major sabotage operations against his main base. And these sabotage operations were not being performed by the NRA, no they were being performed by the CCP's New Fourth Army. Now the CCP had limited actions against the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese war. Although the press, such as the New York times had parroted some CCP propaganda insisting Mao and his forces were tying down 80 percent of Japanese forces in China, this is not at all true. The CCP did not have the means to do this, nor did they even want to. Mao Zedong himself was not an all-powerful leader at the offset of the Pacific War. The USSR favored his colleague, Wang Ming who was known as one of the 28 Bolsheviks, ie: moscow educated leaders. Mao referred to these people as “ the dogmatist faction”. Mao also had to deal with empiricist faction members such as the former party leader Zhou Enlai and other CCP military commanders such as Peng Dehuai and Chen Yi. In February of 1942 the CCP began the “rectification Movement” known as (Zhengfeng) and on February 1st Mao Zedong have a speech in Yanan calling for a study of the CCP's history and suggesting “the party not only needs democracy but needs centralization even more”. The roots of Zhengfeng indicate a Confucian philosophy emphasized the importance of ethical education “The cultivation of the person depends on rectifying the mind,” Confucius had instructed his followers”. Mao organized the Rectification Meetings expecting CCP members to indulge in self-criticism and confession. As you can imagine there were nefarious reasons for this. Mao alongside his close allie Kang SHen, the CCP's ruthless head of intelligence took charge of the Central General Study committee and began to get false confessions using psychological torture. Kang's methodology would define Mao's growing grip over the CCP and the future of it. Residents of Yanan would recount “the valleys and cave outside the town held victims of psychological bullying who produced screams and howls like wolves every night. Suicides occured often, one victim who survived swallowing glass was immediately forced to write self-criticism”. By 1943 the Rectification campaign had become a system of mass arrest, torture and execution. In essence it was a purge that carried on well into 1944 using false confessions from prisoners who were trying to save their own lives. It is estimated 10,000 CCP members, many of which were former inhabitants of KMT held areas were executed. Wang Ming, Mao's primary target at the time was spared, but he alongside the 28 Bolsheviks were forever sidelined, but hell better then being dead I guess? Meanwhile Zhou Enlai and the empiricists swung firmly behind Mao fearing for their lives. The Rectification movement was to be one of many themes played out by Mao Zedong. There was a cycle throughout his reign where intellectuals were invited to be open, then the party turned against them, they were destroyed by self-criticism, paraded as criminals, tortured until they revealed traitors real or not and executed. As Mao put it in August of 1943 “It is not good to correct too early or too late, Too early … the campaign cannot unfold properly; and too late … the damage [to torture victims] will be too profound.” One of the 28 Bolsheviks, Wang Shiwei who worked as a journalist for Liberation Daily wrote an article titled “Wild Lilies” in 1942, which criticized Mao Zedong for womanizing and enjoying too many luxuries. He spoke about how Mao took an ambulance sent as a gift by the Chinese New York Laundry workers to the CCP to carry wounded troops and instead used it as a private transport for himself as his 23 year old mistress, actress Jiang Qing. Mao would later marry her after leaving his third wife He Zizhen who he had 5 children with. Well Wang Shiwei was expelled from the CCP on Mao's orders in October 1942 having been found guilty of treason and would be executed in 1947 on Mao's orders. Anyways, enough sidelining about Mao, closer to the story at hand Mao had unleashed a propaganda campaign promoting the false image of the CCP's war effort against the Japanese. The KMT actually captured documents with orders from Mao which explained his thoughts on the war “The Sino-Japanese War affords our party an excellent opportunity for expansion. Our fixed policy should be 70 percent expansion, 20 percent dealing with the Kuomintang and 10 percent resisting Japan.” Between 1937-1940 the CCP grew its 8th army from 45,000 to 400,000. Meanwhile the 4th army increased from 15,000 to 100,000. The CCP's lionshare of war effort was aimed at the KMT but they did perform considerable actions against Japan. The Fourth Army was led by Commander Chen Yi and he had an irregular force known as the 15th brigade of the 5th division led by Commander Li Xiannian. Their arms and ammunition were self manufactured and though they had enough of them, the quality suffered heavily. Their main base was in Northern Jiangsu, but they also operated in central Jiangsu, northern and southern ANhui, northern Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces. They were all over the place specifically to thwart any efforts of the NRA from encircling and destroying them. They also clashed with the NRA much more than they did with the Japanese. Despite that, the 5th division of Li Xiannians forces had fought tenaciously during the 1942 battle of the Dwarf Mountain. The CCP forces defeated the forces of Wang Jinwei and captured Mienyang in the process. This success however drew the 11th army in who carried out attacks from the north to drive the CCP out, but the CCP troops dug in and would not budge. Yokoyama sought to surprise the CCP menace by attacking their positions rear from Yueyang and Jingzhou. The idea was to grab the CCP's attention while his 58th division launched an attack against Mienyang. In early february the 40th and 13th divisions began to raise their activity at Yeuyang and Jingzhou to deceive the CCP into believing a major offensive was about to be made against Changsha, which had been the crux of the IJA for a long time. On February 15th the 40th crossed the Yangtze river and began to attack Zhuhezhen, Jianli County and Hubei. Meanwhile the 13th division advanced east sneaking over the Yangtze river from Shashi and marched through a gap between the CCP positions in Jiangnan. The Chinese defenders were taken by complete surprise and it would be the 87th army garrison who would be first hit. The defenders were taking heavy losses and had to pull back to Mienyang. Soon the 40th and 13th divisions were closing in on Fengkow and Fuchang as the CCP resisted their advances killing 354 and wounded 890 Japanese. The final phase of the operation saw the 58th division begin a march south upon Mienyang, enjoying aerial support in the form of the 44th air regiment. The CCP's fortified positions were obliterating and the defenders were forced to disperse and escape before encirclements could be made. Many would manage to avoid capture by disguising themselves as civilians, but this only prompted Yokoyama to enact intense search and pursuit actions lasting into late march. The CCP leader Wang Haishan along with countless CCP troops were captured by these means. What was the battle of west hubei resulted in a mixed victory for either side. Many in the allied camp reported the Chinese had achieved a major strategic victory. However they paid a heavier price than the Japanese, it is estimated the CHinese had nearly 24,000 dead and 18,000 wounded while the Japanese had 25,000 casualties. Alongside this Historian Barbara Tuchmen states “the Japanese withdrew without pursuit from what appeared to have been a training and foraging offensive to collect rice and river shipping”. Thus it perhaps should be better called a tactical draw between the two forces.   Japan had just lost 4 destroyers, 8 transports and the lives of 3000 or so men. These figures did not even count the numerous sailors and irreplaceable pilots lost. The battle of the Bismarck Sea was strategically a defeat for Japan, second only to that of Coral Sea and it confirmed their inability to control the air in the region and ensured the continued isolation of their forces in New Guinea. In many ways New Guinea was facing the same fate that had befallen Guadalcanal. The Japanese logistics simply could not stretch that far and the allies were strangling their enemy the same way siege warfare had been done since ancient times. Japanese commanders would never again send transports or capital ships into the waters off Papua. From this point on the garrisons on New Guinea would only receive meager supplies brought via submarine or barges, completely inadequate to the task. Thousands of Japanese troops manning the defenses at Lae and Salamaua would basically be left on their own to face a growing allied advance. General Douglas MacArthur went on the recond to say “the battle of the Bismarck Sea was a decisive aerial engagement of the war and marked the end of the Japanese offensive in the Southwest Pacific”. For those Japanese survivors who did manage to land on friendly territory after the slaughter, they were finished as combatants. Lieutenant Masamichi Kitamoto observed survivors coming ashore at Tuluvu on the west of New Britain and had this to say “Their eyes were glassy and deeply sunk into their faces. All were jittery … as if they were seeing a horrible dream … a pitiful scene of a vanquished and defeated army.” Despite the amazing victory, MacArthur's forces could not capitalize on the success and perform a major offensive against Lae. The major reason for this was MacArthur lacked amphibious forces to support the overland march through New Guinea. Since mid 1943 MacArthur's forces had been advancing up the northern coast of New Guinea while a amphibious force was in the making. Rear Admiral Daniel Barbey took command of what would become the 7th amphibious force on january 10th of 1943. Barbey had immediately hit it off with MacArthur in a similar fashion to how General Kenney had hit it off with MacArthur. However Barbey had pretty much nothing to work with. There were no amphibious training facilities, therefore one of his first actions was to establish some at Toobul Bay near the mouth of the Brisbane river and point Stephens. Meanwhile MacArthur requested small craft and transports, as aside from his command everyone else was receiving such equipment en masse, obviously because Europe and the central pacific had been priorities. As Australian and American troops began to arrive to MacArthurs command he began to demand they train to debark from larger ships down cargo nets onto smaller craft. But Barbey did not have any attack transports (APA), which were key for these types of operations. The first Landing ship tanks (LST)s and Landing craft Tanks (LCT)s would not arrive until mid January. Until he received these he began training up the Landing craft infantry (LCI) by tossing nets over cliffs to replicate the debarkation from large ships. By march 15th of 1943 Admiral King signed off that the Southwest Pacific force was to be the 7th fleet, under the command of Admiral Arthur Carpender. This did not go over well with MacArthur who believed quote “much like his predecessor, Vice Admiral Leary, Carpenter seemed to be working more for the Navy rather than MacArthur”. All was not well in the court of camelot. PT Boats of the MacArthur fleet would once in awhile engage an enemy submarine, but they usually got away with ease. Bad weather, large coral reefs made it sort of a nightmare for the smaller ships and PT boats were very fragile, striking just a log could knock them out. But they were enough to scare the Japanese from using too many barges and thus were sort of a fleet in being. The PT boats would have something of a surface monopoly in the Solomon sea for 6 months, constantly looking for action and finding none. Admiral Carpender encouraged their use in his command as they had shown their effectiveness during the battle of the Bismarck Sea.  Now back over in Rabaul, Vice Admiral Jinichi Kusaka remained in command of naval forces at Rabaul and had the responsibility for the defense of the central solomons. He knew he could not expect much help from the combined fleet and definitely nothing from the Army so he set about strengthening the air defenses at Rabaul and rapidly tried to develop airfields at Munda and Vila-Stanmore. Alongside this he performed a survey of Santa Isabel island incase it could also provide an additional strip. With over 200 fighters and bombers under his thumb he hoped to hold the Central Solomons with air power alone, but he would be horribly overwhelmed. Against his command, Admiral Fitch had some 316 aircraft of various types on Guadalcanal and the Cactus air force could easily be reinforced from a pool of 200 more aircraft from Espiritu Santo and New Caledonia. And here we have another decisive advantage coming to the allies, that in technology. New aircraft were coming to the Pacific such as the Grumman F6F Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair which were significantly more advanced than the Zero fighter in terms of speed, armament, ceiling and rate of climb, the key parameters for a good fighter. The Hellcat was the next generation for carrier fighters and the Corsair was a gull-winged fighter bomber issued to marine fighters on Guadalcanal. Just for you tech geeks, the Hellcat was a very large aircraft for its type, weighing 1200 pounds unloaded, powered by a 2000 horsepower Pratt & Whitney engine that could climb 3500ft per minute. It held a flying range of 1000 miles, had a cockpit slickly faired into the fuselage and heavily armored. It carried 6 electrically charged .50 caliber guns and twice the ammunition to its predecessor the Wildcat. While the Wildcat lagged behind the Zero, the Hellcat outdid her in speed and dive. As Bill Davis said upon first encountering a Hellcat “the plan was a monster. From the moment I started the engine I was thrilled and amazed, there was a thunderous backfire as flames shot out of the exhaust pipe. A sailor with a fire extinguisher moved toward the plane, but the engine quickly caught and the flames disappeared as the engine started to purr with a mighty roar. I could feel the power through the throttle as well as my ears and every quaking fiber of my body”. In contrast, the Japanese continued to employ the same types of aircraft knowing full well their weaknesses and knowing full well the Americans were developing new models to counter them. The only advantage the Japanese still enjoyed was their airstrips laid out all over the South Pacific, with Munda base being a particularly important one to allow bombers from Rabaul or Bougainville to stop and refuel for striking missions.  Munda's airfield was attacked countless times by naval and aerial bombardment which filled her up with holes, but just as fast as they were maid her Japanese construction crews filled the craters with crushed coral and in a matter of minutes or hours the strip was made operational again. As Admiral Ainsworth said “The fact is inescapable that the Japs have gone right ahead and built two airfields in spite of constant bombing by aircraft and two bombardments by surface vessels. We may destroy large quantities of gasoline and stores, and we may render these fields unusable at critical times, but the only real answer is to take the fields away from them.” Regardless of the lack of success neutralizing the airstrip for good, Admiral Halsey had his eye on Munda from the offset of finding out the Japanese had begun constructing an airfield upon it. Halsey saw it as a very valuable new site offering terrain suitable for a large bomber field. In order to invade it simply needed to be pounded to dust and if Aerial bombarding was not enough to do the job he was willing to navally bombard it to hell if he must. The Japanese had become emboldened by the increasing failures of the allies to hit their airfields at Munda and Vila-Stanmore and allowed cargo and troopships to make runs between them and Rabaul more frequently. Thus far only piecemeal attacks had been made against either outpost, but Hasley was planning to send a larger force with considerably larger firepower. On february 27th, Halsey appointed Rear Admiral Aaron Merrill's Task Force 68 to smash Munda and Vila-Stanmore. Task force 68 consisted of 3 light cruisers: Montpelier, Cleveland and Denver and 7 destroyers: Waller, Cony, Conway, Fletcher, Radford, Nicholas and O'Bannon. Merrill divided his force into two groups, the first group of 4 destroyers led by Captain Robert Briscoe would hit Munda, while the rest led by Merrill himself would hit Vila-Stanmore. On March 4th Merrill departed Espíritu Santo heading for the new allied base at the Russell islands. Merrill intended to use the same tactics employed during the last two bombardment attempts back in January. Navigation was to be by SG Radar, gunfire to be continuous after the first ranging salvos were fired and he would use all ships in a column formation to fire simultaneously to limit the time period of time they had to stay in the enemy waters. By the afternoon of March 5th, Merrills force left the Russells en route to their departure point just 7 miles north of Daisen island. During the night the 4 destroyers detached to go hit Munda while Merrills group continued en course towards the Kula Gulf, believing they would manage to do so undetected. However that night the IJN destroyers Murasame and Minegumo were bringing supplies from their base at Vila to Kolombangara. These 2 ships were part of the 2nd fleets Destroyer squadron 4 under the command of Captain Masao Tachibana. They had taken their route through the Vella Gulf and Blackett Strait and were going to return to the Shortland Islands via the shorter route through the Kula Gulf. The Japanese destroyers were discovered by American aerial reconnaissance prompting Admiral Merrill to engage. The Americans estimated the Japanese destroyers were going to reach Blackett strait at about 11:30, while Merrill's schedule called for him to make a course change to enter Kula Gulf by 12:17. The distance from the mouth of Kula Gulf to the eastern entrance of Blackett strait was around 20 miles thus it seemed to Merrill to be senseless to change his plans and increase their speed, he did not think they could catch them in time. Thus he opted to simply carry out his original bombardment plan before the Munda group did their which would raise the alarm for the nearby Japanese vessels in the strait. But After Captain Tachibana delivered his supplies he had chosen to take the shorter route back through the Kula Gulf which would fatefully shove him into Merrills position. Just after midnight, Merrills 3 light cruisers were swinging into Kula Gulf while his destroyers detached to perform an advance sweep of the Gulf. Meanwhile the two Japanese destroyers were coming in from the opposite direction along the east coast of Kolombangara when at 12:53, the radar aboard Montpelier detached them northeast of Sasamboki Island. The ships all began to converge on the contact as they tracked the enemy, training their guns on the enemy. Now Radar controlled gunnery was still new to the US Navy and thus the first barrage tended to target the nearest and same target. This was actually a tactical deficiency that had given the IJN an advantage on multiple occasions. At a minute after 1am, the Montpelier broke the silence of the night and opened fire with her main batteries, followed by the Cleveland and Denver. The cruisers 6 inch guns were firing at a round of 11,000 yards battering her. Their fire was concentrated upon the Murasame and their radar controlled gunnery successfully straddled the destroyer. In just 5 minutes a salvo hit caused a large explosion on the Murasame with large fires erupting across her deck.  While this was going on the Waller launched a volley of 5 torpedoes and scored a hit on the Murasame causing a tremendous explosion breaking her in two as she quickly sank. Apparently the explosion from the torpedo hit was heard by Briscoes force around 25 miles away over at Munda. Merrill then directed fire upon the Minegumo as it tried to keep a northerly course while returning fire. After charging north for 4 miles under intense fire the Minegumo came to a stop suffering from heavy damage. The American destroyers tried to get into position to fire torpedoes, but by the time they did the Minegumo was sinking. Merrills cruisers likewise had begun firing starshells over the Blackett Strait and the illumination indicating there were no more enemy vessels. Merrill force began their bombardment of Vila-Stanmore at 1:25 targeting supply dumps, runways, bivouacs and the various aircraft they could see on the ground. Using aid from their aerial reconnaissance they were able to score many hits on emplacements such as shelter tents, barracks, ammunition dumps, grounded planes and such. It was very successful causing a lot of damage and they knocked out the shore batteries that tried to respond. By 1:40 Merrill ordered a withdrawal through the North Georgia Sound. 174 IJN personnel had been killed, of which 128 were aboard the Murasame. There was two submarines the USS Grayback and Grampus that had been assigned to support Merrills force and the Grampus would never return from her voyage. It is possible during the battle one of the IJN destroyers sunk her, but her wreckage has never been found. At the same time the battle was occurring, Captain Robert Briscoe's group proceeded unmolested to to their bombardment point. At 1:04 they group began to hear and saw the firing flashes from the battle and alongside this unidentified aircraft were coming over Rendova island prompting their caution. Nonetheless by 1:39 they began their bombardment striking the center of the landing strip. By 1:50 the bombardment ceased and they made their withdrawal. Although the airstrips were repaired quite easily, the loss of 2 destroyers in a fast fashion was a bad omen for the Japanese. During March of 1943 allied bombers would make sporadic attacks on the Japanese airfields over Ballalae, Kahili, Shortland Island and Munda. Alongside this allied photo reconnaissance got a good picture of Japanese movements between all their bases and this soon revealed a new Seaplane base being built off southern Bougainville prompted a dawn fighter attack on the 28th. Led by Captain Lanphier of the 70th fighter squadron, 6 P-38's destroyed 8 Japanese seaplanes. Every month brought the Japanese more losses, whether it be shipping, men or materials they simply could not afford, while the American production capabilities were only growing bigger. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The Japanese had a mixed success in central China and a rather small, but terribly loss in the Solomons. They simply could not afford any more losses, for each one was drawing them ever closer to losing the war. 

The Business of Meetings – Episode 153 – The Power of Storytelling with Andy Henriquez Today we have the great pleasure of speaking with Andy Henriquez, founder of Master Storyteller Academy! Andy's journey has been an interesting one. He is an amazing storyteller, and is adept at linking his stories to the business! He joins us today to tell his story and share his secrets to success. Andy's bio: Andy Henriquez, also known as the “master storyteller” and founder of the Master Storyteller Academy, is a business storytelling coach, keynote speaker, and author of the game-changing book, Show Up For Your Life. A sought-after speaker, Andy has been featured in Huffington Post, Black Enterprise, Entrepreneur Magazine and has made several national television appearances. Andy trains corporations, non-profit organizations, and entrepreneurs how to unlock the power of story to elevate their brands, build greater connections and increase revenue. Some of his past clients include Office Depot Foundation, Accenture, Pratt & Whitney, NASA, and Bacardi, to name a few. Whether standing on stage and captivating an audience or conducting workshops and training, Andy is known for transforming audiences. When he's not on stage, Andy loves spending time with his wife Casandra, and his daughter, Ava Skye. Andy's story Andy grew up in a Caribbean household where his mom taught him that the key to success lay in getting a good education, and a good job. He studied hard, graduated summa cum laude, did a master's degree in corporate accounting, and passed the CPA exam. However, when he started working as an associate for a company, he was miserable and felt that there had to be more. So he spent the next year thinking about becoming a speaker and coach. In 2004, things shifted and he decided to take a chance and act on faith instead of fear. He had no idea what would come next, but he was sure he could no longer keep doing what he had done before. Life will test you Whenever you make a life-changing decision, that decision will get tested! On the day Andy was ready to resign, he got offered a promotion! Even though part of him wanted to play things safe and stay on, he followed through and left corporate America.  Costa Rica A family friend heard that Andy was looking for an opportunity. He said that Costa Rica was growing and held many possibilities for the future. He invited Andy to join him in a real estate project there. When Andy arrived in Costa Rica, things looked good so he invested most of his savings in some land on which they intended to erect some pre-manufactured homes and he returned to America. Things seemed to be going well for the first few months, but then Andy learned that his friend had lost all his money on a bad short-term investment with which he had hoped to get a quick return. A big lesson The lesson Andy learned from that experience was to expect to get tested.  Understanding the negativity of those who love you When people who love you speak negatively about a risky entrepreneurial idea you've come up with, understand that they only do so because they want to protect you. They project their fears and limiting beliefs onto you because they love you. When that happens, know that you do not have to accept what they say, nor do you have to apply their limitations in your life. Learning from failures Some of the best lessons entrepreneurs ever learn come from the failures and the challenges they experience. A key to success Andy learned that one of the keys to success lies in knowing that life is rigged for you to succeed. So when life punches you in the face, don't throw in the towel! Understand that it is part of your journey to success. Investing in yourself Les Brown is one of the top five speakers in the world. He had a massive impact on Andy's life and taught him that you have to invest in yourself at the level at which you expect results. Through Les, Andy learned that the more you pay for coaching, the more you pay attention! The power of storytelling Attention is the new currency. Andy has found that the best leaders are the best storytellers because storytelling is one of the best ways to capture people's attention, connect with them emotionally, and direct their attention to action.  Connect with Eric On LinkedIn On Facebook On Instagram On Website Connect with Andy Henriquez On his website On Master Storyteller Academy On LinkedIn On Instagram (@showupforyourlife) On all social media: @AndyHenriquez Books mentioned: Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley The Millionaire Mindset by Thomas J. Stanley Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

On today's episode, we sit down with AJ Piplica, cofounder and CEO of Hermeus Corporation. The Atlanta startup aims to make hypersonic air travel a reality before the decade is out. AJ dialed into Pathfinder straight from the belly of the beast, i.e., Hermeus's factory in Atlanta, which was abuzz with employees and machines whirling in the background. Today's episode is brought to you by Altek Space.What is Hermeus up to?The Hermeus team is focused on shrinking the globe by developing the world's fastest passenger aircraft. The timeline for that = 2029. In the meantime,  Hermeus recently selected Pratt & Whitney's F100 turbofan for integration into its hypersonic engine, a move that the company claims will save it billions in R&D costs and years of schedule. Also in recent memory, Hermeus successfully demonstrated a turbojet to ramjet transition with its Chimera engine. Finally, Hermeus raised a $100M Series B last March to develop Quarterhorse and Darkhorse, its first and second hypersonic vehicles.Among other things, AJ and Ryan covered:— The startup's origin story— The roadmap: Chimera → Quarterhorse → Darkhorse → Halcyon— What's the state of hypersonics today?— How the Halcyon passenger aircraft will be designed— Derisking the business plan through iterative development and buying off the shelf— Lowering the cost of aircraft certification— Building in public and investing in marketing early on— Atlanta's talent density and Hermeus's recruiting effortsChapters02:40 – Welcome, AJ 06:02 – Hermeus's beginnings 10:49 – Rockets and ICBMs fly at hypersonic speeds...what's new here? (+ nice pun)14:24 – Why do planes fly slower today than decades ago? 20:14 – Chimera engine and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts 21:31 – Watch Chimera go turbojet –> ramjet

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Ed and Tanya Beaumont founded Beaumont Machine 30 years ago in Cincinnati; the company makes Electrical Discharge Machines (EDM). In 2013, the couple sold their business, but certain circumstances led to the Beaumonts reacquiring the company and reassuming the day-to-day operation of the company.Beaumont Machine, originally Beaumont Machine Repair, serves aerospace, power generation and electronics production industries. The company started by building Fast Hole EDM in 1997 and has been specializing in EDM technology ever since.From the standard mill style EDM to machining cells with complete robotic operation to makelarge aircraft engines and launch vehicle sections, Beaumont has built machines that featured 8-foot part rotation, a robotic arm with 10-foot reach and machines as small as 36 inches in width. The company even developed a new 7-axis EDM drill."Our machine was what you would call a true race car," Ed Beaumont said. "I gave you lots of horsepower. You had 999 microseconds each way. You had up to 65 amps of power. You had capacitance up to 8.0 [μF]. So all these variables had fractions within themselves that you could make changes to; to get what you wanted."Past projects include machines for a SpaceX rocket, Lockheed Martin, Pratt Whitney and General Electric. The company has also been called upon to complete work involving "dark projects" and carbides. The work also involved rhenium, one of the rarest metals on Earth, used as an additive to tungsten and molybdenum-based alloys, and single crystals, which are materials where the entire sample has a continuous and unbroken crystal lattice to the edges of the sample with no grain boundaries.Beaumont Machine also made its mark in the EDM industry with a series of patents. One was opening up the opportunity at Pratt Whitney to put a hole over a hole, which involves shooting a metering hole and putting a diffuser shape on top. When it came time to sell Beaumont Machine, Ed and his wife, Tanya, didn't just want to cash out but see their company thrive under new ownership. According to Ed, repurchasing the company was never a part of the plan. But their vision never materialized."The vision they had for the company was opposite of what we had accomplished," Ed Beaumont said. "We [did] everything pretty much in-house that we could possibly do. That helped keep a thumb on the process itself and also the availability of components and parts and delivery for their customers. [The new owners] were trying to farm things out and it didn't go so well. It affected the outcome."Ed added that an ill-advised change in location hurt staff numbers and that the company had only placed one advertisement to sell equipment since 2013.    When Beaumont Machine was born, the goal was to be a resource for machine rebuild, retrofit service and custom machines. But the issues accumulated and the Beaumonts watched as the company they grew from the back of a pickup truck to a 21,000-square-foot shop declined. Now, the Beaumonts have regained control of the company and moved operations to a larger location outside Cincinnati to increase production and expand service capabilities. Returning to original form starts with getting word out that the Beaumonts are in charge and connecting with customers in a way that had been lost during their absence. "I look back through my notes from 2010 and 2012 and see how much communication went on with possible customers," Beaumont said. "We need to get that back."Ed Beaumont said, at its peak, the company employed 21 workers, but that number had decreased

While serving in the Army as a member of Alpha Company, 3rd US Infantry, Adam Eisenberg was one of the first people on the ground after the Pentagon was attacked on 9/11. Eisenberg has come forward as a whistleblower in recent years to detail his observations on that fateful day. Eisenberg's unit landed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, to recover bodies and participate in the clean-up. When he began looking around, this expert with Pratt & Whitney plane engine parts, noticed something extremely suspect. Eisenberg says there were no plane parts, no luggage, and no signs that a plane ever hit the Pentagon on that day. Eisenberg has founded the Orion Project and is now telling his story in hopes of exposing the people he says have been pulling the wool over the eyes of millions of Americans for decades. The Free Thought Project plans on helping Eisenberg tell this story and will be vetting all the information and claims he makes in the podcast below. (Length: 1:01:41) This is his story. You can follow Adam and his progress on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/awakenedadam/

In this episode, Lamar is with an exceptional guest and an incredible entrepreneur, Andy Henriquez, also known as the “Master Storyteller” and founder of the Master Storyteller Academy. Andy is a business storytelling coach, keynote speaker, and author of the game-changing book, Show Up For Your Life. Andy, who was mentored by Les Brown, trains speakers, coaches, and entrepreneurs on how to Unlock the Power of Story to elevate their brand, build more significant connections and increase revenue. Some of his past clients include Office Depot, Accenture, NASA, Pratt & Whitney, Bacardi, and Google to name a few. His motivational stories have been featured on Goalcast with over 7 million views and counting.    Andy talks about how he was living the “corporate dream”, and how he transitioned into becoming a full-time, successful entrepreneur after making a huge mistake early on. He also explained how storytelling can make a huge difference in how you connect with clients and build your brand, plus he discussed the different types of stories and storytellers. So, make sure to click that play button and listen to this episode now!     Want to keep up with Andy Henriquez? Find details here: ► Website: https://andyhenriquez.com/   ► Facebook: https://facebook.com/ShowUpForYourLife  ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyhenriquez  ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/showupforyourlife/   ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyhenriquez  ► Here are the two options to take the quiz:  - Take The FREE Storyteller Quiz: https://www.storytellerquiz.com/   - Text The Word: Story to 954-278-3701   Want to keep up with Traffic Sales and Profit? Find details here: ► Podcast: https://trafficsalesandprofit.com/podcast ► Get your FREE Traffic Sales and Profit Book here https://freetspbook.com/tsp-book ► Subscribe to the YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/trafficsalesandprofit ► Upcoming Live Events:

This week, we spoke with Alex, an anarchist squatter in the Athenian neighborhood of Exarchia. They talk about repression by the New Democracy party, struggles against green washing wind turbines around rural Greece, the fires raging through the country, resistance to rape culture, fighting against the building of a metro station in Exarchia and the privatization of public spaces like Strefi Hill, police presence at Universities, anarcho-tourism and the hunger strike of anarchist prisoner Giannis Michialidas. Links: Learn more on the struggle for Strefi by visiting LofosStrefi.Noblogs.Org or finding them on Twitter (@LofosStrefi) or Facebook Protest from 2021 at Strefi Hill video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoikItwwFn4 From the attack in the feminist demo against attempt of rape. Very strong moment for us oppressed from patriarchy: https://youtu.be/kXKfV69_lGo Self organized carnival from strefi assembly, no metro in exarchia square assembly and self organized Navarinou park https://youtu.be/Q1XpyBttDdc 25th june International call for defending exarchia https://youtu.be/xYl6eNlfHLU New mural for Alexis Grigoropoulos https://youtu.be/9vr6uHgO-7g Announcements Week of Solidarity August 23-30th is the International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners. The site https://Solidarity.International has suggestions of ways to get involved, a poster for this year, and place to contact to announce or share your action or event. Reject Raytheon, WNC On Earth Day 2022, affiliates of Reject Raytheon AVL performed a rally, march and direct action at the Bent Creek River Park to block traffic and protest the building of a factory by Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of aerospace war drone and fighter plan component manufacturer, Raytheon. You can support folks as they attend court at 9am on August 31st the Buncombe County courthouse, room 1A for trespassing charges. And you can learn more about the struggle to push back the murder machine manufacturer Raytheon locally at RejectRaytheonAVL.com Firestorm Fundraiser If you haven't heard, our friends and sponsor Firestorm Books has purchased a building and will be moving down at 1022 Haywood Rd to the former site of Dr. Dave's Automotive, near the Odditorium over the next year. They plan to donate the land to the Asheville Community Land Trust to be held in protection for perpetuity, but are fundraising now to pay for remediation and renovation of the space. You can support their efforts and help make this new space a reality by visiting their GiveButter page linked in our show notes for this episode. TFSR Patreon I'll keep this short and sweet. A big shout out to the folks who've donated or joined our patreon recently. We're still not at the level where our recurring donations will cover the monthly cost of our printing, mailing, web hosting and transcriptions (about $600 per month would do that) let alone saving up to help us cover future travels to gather interviews, but we're moving that direction. To entice you, we've changed up our patreon to feature a new $3/mo level, and are offering occasional online patreon content to that and other levels including early releases, behind the scenes chats, updates and other things. If you can throw us some dough, we'd be much obliged. You can find more about the patreon at patreon.com/tfsr and learn other ways to support us at tfsr.wtf/support ! . ... . .. Featured Track: Αυτό Το Σύστημα [Διάβρωση Cover] by Γεμάτος Αράχνες, ρε Φίλε! from their 2021 split with Βελζεβούλ Τα μη χειρότερα

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1 President Frank DeRiso joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the mass shooting in Buffalo, how it affected Local 1 members who work at the store where the shooting took place and how people can donate to a fund to support the union members affected by the tragedy.    Tom Buffenbarger, an Independent Labor Voice appeared on the AWF Union Podcast and talked about the rail worker shortage and how it has impacted the supply chain crisis. He also spoke about recent union contract wins at Hawaiian Airlines and Pratt & Whitney.

Critical initiatives are underway that will influence how sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) mix and proliferate, how SAF and hydrogen will impact engine design and operation, and how aviation companies will manage their supply chains and Scope 3 emissions measuring. Graham Webb, Pratt & Whitney's Chief Sustainability Officer, tells Lee Ann Shay about what needs to be done now to reduce aviation's carbon footprint.

In today's podcast, we interview Abasiano Udofa Senior Technical Program Manager. He discusses his career creating products at NVIDIA and Pratt & Whitney. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/

Chela Gage is Head of Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Pratt & Whitney. This season the Diversity Pivot Podcast is focused on real-life application of allyship in the workplace. As a partner and consultant to the business and talent organizations, Chela is responsible for developing and creating the strategic long-term plan and initiatives to advance DEI. She shares with us: The My Why for DEI exercise to engage all employees in diversity and inclusion Her firm's action plan to drive true transformation Her "frozen middle" engagement strategy for middle manager engagement in DEI Connect with Chela at https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelagage/ and with Julie at nextpivotpoint.com. 

Tune in as aftermarket supply chain senior manager at Pratt & Whitney and co-founder & president of Junity App, Janoye Williams,'14 SC&IS discusses his passion project. Being a first-generation college graduate, Janoye's mission is to provide a platform to help high school students, especially those from low-income communities, find resources to assist them in reaching their educational and professional aspirations. Be inspired!“Having the opportunity to volunteer with youth, woke up a sleeping giant in me and inspired me to think of giving back in a sustainable way.” –Janoye Williams

In this episode, we hear from Carlos Davila, Ph.D., principal research engineer with the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory (SEAL) at GTRI and Julian Rimoli, Ph.D., the Pratt & Whitney professor in the Aerospace Engineering department at the Georgia Institute of Technology. They share their experiences in mentorship, serving their communities, and using their unique backgrounds. This episode is devoted to recognizing our talented Hispanic and Latinx employees at Georgia Tech in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month.

Our guest this week is Nicole Stott. Nicole grew up in Clearwater, Florida. She began her career in 1987 as a structural design engineer with Pratt & Whitney in West Palm Beach, Florida. In 1988, Stott joined NASA at the Kennedy Space Center as an Operations Engineer in the Orbiter Processing Facility. In 2000, she was selected as a NASA Astronaut. In April 2006, Nicole was a crew member on the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 9 mission, where she lived and worked with a six-person crew for 18 days on the Aquarius undersea research habitat. Nicole has been to space two times now, once in 2009 as a mission specialist on STS-128 Discovery, participating in the first spacewalk of that mission; she spent over 100 days as a flight engineer on the International Space Station (ISS), and returned on STS-129 Atlantis. Her second time to space was in 2011, where Nicole was a mission specialist on STS-133, the final flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Today, Nicole (a mother) is an artist who shares her passion for space through her work. She is a co-founder of the Space for Art Foundation, and is also an author of the book Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet―And Our Mission to Protect It, which comes out on October 12. IG @astro_nicole @spaceforartfoundation https://www.backtoearthbook.com https://www.spaceforartfoundation.org

Amanda Billiot, VP of Human Resources for Military Engines at Pratt & Whitney, shares what is innovation through her years as a positive disruptor in DEI.More about our guest: Amanda Billiot  is the VP, Human Resources for Military Engines at Pratt & Whitney. After over 16 years in HR, she is a self-proclaimed positive disruptor when it comes to leading innovation and growth courageously. Two of her proudest professional accomplishments include helping to start the award-winning Empower Ability ERG and this incredible WILL Rise program at Pratt. She has also worked for GE, Cooper Industries, the National Labor Relations Board, and in sports radio. Amanda is also a proud fellow of the Aspen Institute's First Mover Program and an active member of her local community and church.------------------------------------------------------------Episode guide2:27 - What is Innovation3:37 - Energy in industry level work processes4:24 - Innovation and Patents5:44 - Innovation Buzzword: Inclusion8:26 - DEI program: Raytheon10:30 - DEI for broader innovation11:54 - Having a heart14:34 - What isn't Innovation?19:11 - Resiliency, Celebrations, and Learning20:58 - Innovation, Health, Well-being, and COVID  22:22 - Performance reviews, Cookie-cutter employees,  25:46 - Interview, expectations, bias, and validation29:06 - Advice to deal with the imposter syndrome32:34 - Advice for innovators------------------------------------------------------------OUTLAST Consulting offers professional development and strategic advisory services in the areas of innovation and diversity management. 

Alton Moss has 30 plus years of Operations and Supply Chain Management experience with a high technology engineering/manufacturing company (Pratt & Whitney). He demonstrates outstanding leadership skills in developing, implementing and tracking business strategies that foster teamwork, productivity improvement and shareholder value. Prior to entering real estate Mr. Moss lead the P&W's Supplier Diversity office. Additional credentials include fifteen plus years of experience in Real Estate as a skilled negotiator with excellent communication skills. Very proactive and knowledgeable of the buying and selling process. Mr. Moss holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering complemented by an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

A review of the features, benefits, and value offered by Hourly Cost Maintenance Programs, and the Pratt & Whitney Eagle Servic Plan, commonly referred to as ESP. Points discussed with Delray Dobbins include: An explanation of engine Hourly Cost Maintenance Programs, and the Eagle Service Plan offered by Pratt & Whitney Canada. How OEM engine programs have evolved over the last 20 years. The biggest improvements in OEM engine programs. The current popularity of OEM engine programs. What is on the horizon for Pratt & Whitney's ESP maintenance program? The PT6E, P&WC's engine powering the Pilatus PC-12NGX: why some are viewing it as a game-changer. OEM responsibility to support operators, and the industry as a whole, in a time of crisis.

Zapraszam do wysłuchania kolejnego odcinka podcastu “Urzeczywistnij swoje JA! .. odważna kobieto!”.Od razu zaznaczam, że jest to odcinek inny niż wszystkie, jest to odcinek nagrany w innej formule. Właściwie to ja odpowiadam, a Elżbieta Sidor znów pyta. Jak cofniesz się w moim podcaście o dwa odcinki to doczytasz, skąd wzięła się ta zmiana. Otóż pod wpływem pandemii, wielu zmian których doświadczamy i braku możliwości spotykania się na żywo, Ela, reprezentująca grupę o pięknej nazwie WING, czyli Women Inspiration &Networking Group, z organizacji Pratt & Whitney, poprosiła mnie o nagranie rozmów dedykowanych kobietom z swojego otoczenia zawodowego. Misją tej grupy jest właśnie wspieranie kobiet poprzez budowanie sieci wsparcia i dawanie inspiracji w obszarach zawodowych, jak i osobistych. Przed pandemią współpracowałyśmy, miałyśmy ambitne plany, ale cóż musimy je odłożyć w czasie.Po drugiej stronie mikrofonu spotkałam się więc z Elżbietą Sidor, która w stowarzyszeniu WI&NG pełni funkcję Vice prezydent'ki. I tym razem Ela znów pytała, a ja odpowiadałam.Pierwszy wspólny odcinek jest „o nas kobietach w czasie pandemii”, tym razem porozmawiamy o odporności psychicznej. O odporności psychicznej powstało wiele mitów i w tej rozmowie rozprawimy się z nimi. Czy to prawda że się ją ma albo nie? Czy to prawda że osoby wrażliwe nie są odporne psychiczne.W tym odcinku rozmawiamy więc o tym:•Czym jest odporność psychiczna?•Czym się różni od wrażliwości? •Czy odporność psychiczna ma same plusy? •Czy będąc wrażliwym można dawać sobie radę w współczesnym świecie? •Jak kształtować swoją odporność psychiczną? •Co wspólnego ma odporność psychiczna z empatią? •A jak odporność wiąże się z odwagę? • Czy kobiety i mężczyźni są podobni, czy różni pod względem odporności psychicznej? • I co robić kiedy smutek jest tak wielki, że nic nie jest wstanie go ukryć?Posłuchajcie! Z wielką przyjemnością występuję jako odpowiadająca, szczególnie kiedy mam tak fajne i mądre pytania.Oto link do pierwszej naszej wspólnej rozmowy: https://www.spreaker.com/user/martaiwanowska-polkowska/ja-kobieta-03-badzmy-odwazne-i-nieperfek .Dużo zdrowia!Marta Iwanowska-PolkowskaPS. A jeżeli chcecie nawiązać kontakt z Elą, to możecie znaleźć ją między innymi na Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elzbieta-sidor-6a1203a3/

Zapraszam do wysłuchania kolejnego odcinka podcastu “Urzeczywistnij swoje JA! .. odważna kobieto!”. Od razu zaznaczam, że jest to odcinek inny niż wszystkie, jest to odcinek nagrany w innej innej formule. A mianowicie ja odpowiadam, a nie pytam. Dlaczego tak? Zacznijmy od początku. Od ponad roku mam ogromną przyjemność wspierać wewnętrzną grupę kobiet z pewnej międzynarodowej organizacji - grupę o pięknej nazwie WING, czyli Women Inspiration &Networking Group. Grupę tę tworzą odważne kobiety pracujące w organizacji Pratt & Whitney, dość męskiej organizacji z branży lotniczej. Misją tej grupy jest właśnie wspieranie kobiet poprzez budowanie sieci wsparcia i dawanie inspiracji w obszarach zawodowych, jak i osobistych. Ponieważ nie prędko uda nam się ponownie spotkać osobiście, zdecydowałyśmy się na rozmowę, na spotkanie w takiej formie. Po drugiej stronie mikrofonu spotkałam się więc z Elżbietą Sidor, która w stowarzyszeniu WI&NG pełni funkcję Vice prezydent'ki. I tym razem Ela pytała, a ja odpowiadałam. Szczerze, wszystko przed tą rozmową było „nie tak” – dzieci nie chciały zasnąć, sprzęt szwankował, internet się rwał, a u Eli pojawiła się typowa jak na debiut trema. Tak! Taka forma rozmowy była i jest Eli debiutem, więc brawa dla Niej za odwagę!Ale do tej rozmowy bardzo motywowały nas wspólne wartości i głębokie przekonanie, że bardzo chcemy porozmawiać „o nas kobietach w czasie pandemii”. Czułyśmy, że bardzo chcemy ofiarować kobietom i refleksję i zrozumienie dla naszych emocji i doświadczeń. Że chcemy nagrać tę rozmowę właśnie teraz, w tym czasie, który nie jest dla nas najłatwiejszy szczególnie, gdy jest się kobietą pracującą i mamą. W tym odcinku rozmawiamy więc o:•o odwadze, o tym jak ją dziś rozumieć?•o zmianach, jak je przeżywamy? •o emocjach, •o perfekcjonizmie, który w przypadku niepewności i strachu może nam się bardzo mocno udzielać, •rozmawiamy też trochę o empatii dla siebie, o byciu życzliwą i życzliwym dla siebie, •puszczamy też oczko do liderów, by pamiętali o tym, że relacje są ważne, a może najważniejsze właśnie dziś. Ale przede wszystkim rozmawiamy o tym, dlaczego może być nam „trudno”.Rozmawiamy o tym, skąd się może brać nasze kobiecie zmęczenie.Posłuchajcie i podejdźcie do nas, do siebie z wyrozumiałością. Wiemy, że ta rozmowa nie jest idealna, ale właśnie o tym rozmawiamy, by "puścić" perfekcjonizm. By nie żyć w kajdanach idealnych założeń i wyobrażeń o sobie, czy innych. Dużo zdrowia!Marta Iwanowska-PolkowskaA jeżeli chcecie nawiązać kontakt z Elą, to możecie znaleźć ją między innymi na linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elzbieta-sidor-6a1203a3/

Pratt & Whitney's Kimberley Hagerty, whose "year of living digitally" was featured in the May issue of Smart Manufacturing magazine, quickly reviews lessons she and her team learned, outlines three main challenges they faced and how she solved them, and describes some of the organizational changes she sees Industry 4.0 demanding of manufacturers.