The 9 countries supplying major structural components for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly line

The Boeing 787 is assembled in the US, but its parts come from nine countries. Here is what each one builds.

Aerospace companies want to 3D print housing for F-35 fighter jet engine

Pratt & Whitney and GKN Aerospace want to create structural components for military aircraft using 3D printing and test this ...

Spain built an airplane landing gear that stores energy like a battery, and the reason isn’t speed, it’s weight

Spain is building an airplane landing gear that doubles as a battery to cut weight. Could structural batteries change ...
Ecoticias

Spain created aircraft landing gear capable of storing energy like a battery, a strange idea that could turn the force of every landing into usable electricity

Spain is testing aircraft parts that store energy like a battery. Discover how this structural innovation could cut weight ...
JEC Composites

XIZI Zhejiang first aviation parts manufacturing base

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 ...

The Airbus A350 Assembly Process That Requires The Wing To Travel Through Four Countries Before The Aircraft Ever Reaches A Customer

The journey starts in the UK and ends in Toulouse, France.
Flightglobal

Boeing halts 777-9 test flights due to structural component problem

Boeing has confirmed that it has halted flight tests of its entire 777-9 fleet after discovering the failure of an engine-related structural component, marking a setback to the widebody’s already ...
Aviation Week

Know Your Radome, An Important Structure, Part 1

The radome on this Fokker F100 suffered significant damage, losing its structural integrity. Credit: Poland State Commission on Aircraft Accident Investigation Aircraft radomes are precisely ...
JEC Composites

Wickert presents a new thermoforming press for aircraft structural components

Wickert Machinenbau, a German company producing complex, fully automated systems integrated in its hydraulic presses, launches a new thermoforming press dedicated to the production of aircraft ...
Plastics Today

RTM Processes Cost-effective Carbon Fiber Composites for Airbus

Teijin Limited announced today that it has qualified its carbon fiber materials Tenax Dry Reinforcements (DR) for the Airbus A320neo wing spoilers using a resin transfer molding (RTM) process ...