(Assembly Guidance Systems: Chelmsford, MA) -- Alenia Aeronautica, a Boeing partner in Grottaglie, Italy, has purchased five LASERGUIDE long-throw systems for 787 fuselage production.

(INUS: Seoul, South Korea) -- INUS Technology, developer of Rapidform 3D scanning software, has achieved 23-percent revenue growth in 2011. This achievement surpassed the company’s 2010 sales year, up till then the best ever in its 13-year history.

(InnovMetric: Quebec City, Canada) -- InnovMetric Software has announced that the latest intermediate release of the PolyWorks universal 3-D metrology platform, v.

(Geomagic: Morrisville, NC) -- Geomagic, a global provider of 3-D software for creating and inspecting digital models of physical objects, has released its 2012 lineup of 3-D imaging products: Geomagic Studio 2012, Geomagic Wrap 2012, Geomagic Qualify 2012, Geomagic Qualify Probe, and Geomagic Wr

(NRK: Williamsburg, VA) -- New River Kinematics (NRK), producer of SpatialAnalyzer, has announced record revenue and earnings in 2011 with a 21-percent revenue growth over the previous year. During the past five years, NRK has maintained a greater than 20-percent average year-to-year growth.

(Verisurf: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software has release a new version of Verisurf X5.1. The software is loaded with innovative features that enhance in-process portable inspection, tool building, composite wing analysis, 3-D scanning, and reverse engineering.

When it comes to metrology, particularly as it applies to portable 3-D applications, no organization is more committed to this discipline than the Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS).

As Atlantis touched down for the final time at the Kennedy Space Center, it marked the poignant end of the Space Shuttle program. However, the precious cargo it left behind at the International Space Station could lead the way to a new wave of future missions.

(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has released CoreView 6.0 for the Cognitens WLS400 series. Winner of Photonics Tech Briefs’ 2011 Reader’s Choice Product of the Year, the WLS400 white-light series is available in both automated and manual configurations.

Aircraft manufacturing is international, with a complex supply chain dividing work among numerous companies around the world. Globalized manufacturing and outsourcing brings challenges and opportunities for suppliers.