More and more aircraft are rolling off the production line with a primarily composite structure. Are these harder to repair ...
Boeing may build an all-composite airframe as a concept demonstrator for next-generation passenger and cargo aircraft. Boeing Phantom Works president Darryl Davis says an airframe developed using the ...
Material chosen over advanced alloys as Boeing aims to finalise business plan by early 2004 Boeing's planned 7E7 will use composites for the majority of the airframe, including the wing and fuselage, ...
GKN Aerospace has successfully concluded a composite manufacturing and assembly research programme using of out of autoclave (OOA) processes and materials and PI shaped woven preforms. These ...
Aircraft are getting lighter as composite materials replace metal in their components and airframe. Commercial aircraft component manufacturer OrbitalATK is using RFID to improve process efficiency ...
Just one day after a major aviation player told the Seattle Times that Boeing’s proposed new 797 airplane might have a metal rather than a carbon composite fuselage, a top executive at the jetmaker ...
Aerospace engineers face constant trade-offs between weight and manufacturability. With HyperX® and HyperXpert® from Collier Aerospace, they can optimise lighter, more cost-effective composite ...
Single cell and software environment enable lightweight applications such as pressure vessels, canisters, rocket motor cases ...
ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Albany International Corp. (NYSE: AIN) announced today that its subsidiary Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) reached agreement with Boeing to renew and expand its ...
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