This five-plus passenger, single-engine, V-tailed personal jet will sport an OOA-composites-enabled low maximum takeoff weight of 2,722 kg. We here at CW put together a supplement published with the ...

Working in partnership with the University of Strathclyde and the Scottish Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems (CENSIS), Spirit developed an intelligent heated tool for curing composite ...

Autoclave curing has long been the "gold standard" for aerospace composite parts. Very few processes can match the consistent part quality and high fiber volume of prepreg laminates cured in an ...

Manufacturing a range of high value components, from wind turbine blades to car panels, could become significantly more cost-effective and quicker thanks to a ground-breaking R&D project underway in ...

Australian composites company Quickstep Technologies is working with Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM) to identify parts for the Airbus A350 that could be made using Quickstep's ...

United Aircraft Corp subsidiary AeroComposite has delivered the first centre wingbox for the Irkut MC-21 aircraft, a new narrowbody design scheduled to complete first flight by the end of the year.

A pair of students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have taken first place at the annual Student Manufacturing Design Competition held by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Over the course of the last 30 years, the RPA has found various applications throughout all branches of the rubber industry today. These applications include a very wide breadth of use from raw rubber ...

Composite components could become more cost-effective and quicker to manufacture following an R&D project underway in Scotland. The initiative – which involves Spirit AeroSystems working in ...