David Sharp

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Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

September 19, 2025

An upgraded SLM F/A-18 Super Hornet departs St. Louis heading back to the U.S. Navy fleet.

Boeing Moves F/A-18 Work Out of St. Louis

September 25, 2025

Unmanned Vehicle Maker, Military Shipbuilder Among 6 U.S. Companies Sanctioned by China

September 25, 2025

Robotic Machine Crushes Worker at Pizza Factory

September 25, 2025

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

September 19, 2025

Gim Kang, special counsel for the Coast Guard's Titan Submersible Marine Board of Investigation, listens during the formal hearing inside the Charleston County Council Chambers, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in North Charleston, S.C.

Carbon Fiber Hull From Submersible Had Flaws Dating to Manufacturing Process

Recovered hull pieces showed substantial delamination of the layers of carbon fiber.

September 25, 2024

A lobster boat passes the country's first floating wind turbine off the coast of Castine, Maine, Sept. 20, 2013.

Proposal Before Maine Lawmakers Would Jumpstart Offshore Wind Projects

Approval would put Maine on a path to catch up with other states.

July 25, 2023

A police officer uses a robot to investigate a bomb threat in San Francisco, on July 25, 2008.

U.S. Police Rarely Deploy Deadly Robots to Confront Suspects

Just two California cities have publicly discussed the use of robots as part of that process.

December 5, 2022

Diesel and heating oil supplies in the Northeast are more than 50% below the recent average, raising concerns that an extreme weather event could cause supply disruptions, federal officials said.

Low Fuel Inventories Cause Special Concern in U.S. Northeast

An extreme weather event could cause supply disruptions.

August 29, 2022

The department is working in collaboration with industry and academia to field hypersonic war-fighting capabilities.

Ukraine War Is Backdrop in U.S. Push for Hypersonic Weapons

The Russian military claims it already deployed hypersonic missiles.

March 21, 2022

In this Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb. The U.S. Postal Service says it has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles. That keeps the Postal Service on track for taking delivery of the first of the electric- and gas-powered delivery vehicles next year. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 that the completion of an evaluation required by the National Environmental Policy Act is an important milestone for postal carriers who’ve soldiered on with overworked delivery trucks that went into service from 1987 to 1994.

USPS Gets Final Signoff to Order New Delivery Vehicles

But not everyone is happy.

February 24, 2022

U.S. Postal Service carrier John Graham packs his mail bag after parking a 28-year-old delivery truck, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Portland, Maine. The Postal Service’s aging fleet of trucks is soldiering on even as a contract for greener replacement vehicles is being challenged. The primary fleet of vehicles that were delivered starting in 1987 is due to be replaced under a new contract, but the winning bid is being challenged.

New Postal Trucks Delayed Due to Lawsuit

Most workers don’t care which model they get. They just want something that’s safe.

August 11, 2021

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Court Hits Apple with More than $500K in Sales Taxes

The company should have paid state taxes on the full price of discounted iPhones, the court ruled.

February 19, 2021

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Opponents of $1B Power Line Submit Petition

It’s a second try at a referendum blocking the project.

January 22, 2021

In this May 1, 2020, file photo, a sign sits in front of the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, Iowa. The coronavirus devastated the nation's meatpacking communities in Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota earlier in the year. Behemoths like Walmart and Tyson, which have been the target of COVID-19-related lawsuits, can largely absorb any losses. But hundreds of negligence lawsuits have been filed across the country, with mom-and-pops most fearing the prospect of litigation that could put them under.

Businesses, Lacking Legal Immunity, Fear COVID-19 Lawsuits

More than 6,000 coronavirus-related complaints have been filed across the country.

December 21, 2020

Striking Bath Iron Works shipbuilders march in solidarity.

Shipyard, Union Are Getting Back on Same Page After Strike

Union officials and shipyard managers have been meeting with help from a federal mediator since the two-month strike ended in August.

November 16, 2020

In this July 25, 2020 file photo, striking Bath Iron Works shipbuilders march in solidarity in Bath, Maine. A 63-day strike at Bath Iron Works — against the backdrop of a pandemic in an election year — came to an end Sunday, Aug. 23 with shipbuilders voting to return to their jobs producing warships for the United States Navy.

Shipbuilders Approve Deal, Ending 63-Day Strike

4,300 production workers represented by Machinists Local S6 begin returning to work on Monday.

August 23, 2020

Striking Bath Iron Works shipbuilders march in solidarity.

Shipyard Workers to Vote on Labor Pact

Getting the shipyard back on production schedule is important if the company wants to win more contracts.

August 17, 2020

Striking Bath Iron Works shipbuilders march in solidarity.

Shipyard, Union Reach Tentative Deal to End Strike

The agreement would increase annual wages by 3% over three years, preserve seniority and improve health care.

August 10, 2020