An Airbus Company has won a JEC Composites Innovation Award for SAUBER4.0, a holistically networked manufacturing approach ...

New method allows for production of large structural components.

Fleet Readiness Center East at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is set to become one of only two sites in the world to use laser technology to strengthen aircraft structural components. The ...

After obtaining the China’s large aircraft body supplier qualification in 2009, Xizi Aviation, Zhejiang’s first aviation parts manufacturing base began to enter operational materiality and recently ...

All aircraft wings have a remarkable capacity for flex. But one of the most significant changes in aircraft engineering in the four decades or so has been the addition of composite materials, ...

A troubling string of incidents involving aircraft window failures has caught public attention over the past few weeks, including one where the cockpit windshield of a Sichuan Airlines A319 blew out ...

In an industry as large and competitive as the aeronautical business, production optimization and efficiency are imperative. This need for production advancements is intensified further by increasing ...

The application of new materials and structures technology in commercial transport aircraft depends on a number of interrelated considerations. This part of the report describes trends and forecasts ...