retrofit

The newest jet—one donated by the Qatari government—went through a rapid retrofit to meet Trump’s request for it to fly by July 4, America’s 250th birthday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

The switch raised questions about the gifted jet that the U.S. spent $400 million to retrofit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

The same is true for giving employees workplace options: Perhaps three configurations for the retrofit, each with a clear rationale, gets employees input without turning it into a second job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

The alternative to this is to build new bespoke plants or retrofit existing facilities with new kit, from companies like Colorado-based AMP.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

The Center has since benefitted by a forty-million-dollar retrofit, but there's still enough forest and swamp on the facility for the Border Patrol to put in tracking practice.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling

On Net Zero he proposes a "Northern Way", which subsidises the transition, retrofits, cutting bills, and building exportable locally owned industry.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

There are industry divides over which bill allows more flexibility to comply with new mandates and whether airlines should be required to make potentially costly retrofits of cockpit systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

The ADS-B In retrofits might not be compatible with hundreds of planes in the U.S. commercial fleet, according to Bedford, the FAA administrator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Many cities have also not acted on requiring retrofits of other types of potentially vulnerable buildings, including those that have certain flaws to their concrete or steel frames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2025

Others contend that retrofits should be considered a cost of doing business, given how owners are on the hook for things like replacing leaky roofs or upgrading old electrical panels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2024

The expansion follows Waymo’s launch of its new vehicle dubbed the Ojai, which is larger and cheaper to produce than the retrofitted Jaguar I-Paces that the company previously relied on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Dahlia and Mark discuss what happens when popular constitutionalism is retrofitted as originalism, and why no constitutional win, no matter how popular, is ever truly permanent.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

A vehicle was retrofitted so that Lillard could drive.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Qatar's royal family controversially gifted the retrofitted plane to the United States last year, after Trump complained about the embarrassing state of the older US aircraft that transport the president.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Bratton retrofitted a city bus and turned it into a rolling station house, with its own fax machines, phones, holding pen, and fingerprinting facilities.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

But when it comes to retrofitting older homes it can be complex due to having to find space for the equipment, which adds to installation costs.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

One study, published in 2020, discussed how experts might recommend retrofitting riskier buildings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

At those levels, buyers can commission their own dream homes instead of retrofitting someone else’s fantasy.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

In April the government approved a legal framework to allow people to convert their petrol and diesel vehicles into electric ones, known as "retrofitting".

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

It could spend a bundle retrofitting to comply, or lose a bundle in sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026