Boeing has completed destructive testing on the 787's all-composite wing box, a process which is part of the aircraft's certification programme. Manufactured by Boeing's Japanese partners, the wing ...

In trying to shave pounds off the overweight 787 Dreamliner, The Boeing Co. ended up with a costly structural issue -- but one it says is being fixed. After published reports that a key 787 customer ...

Further stress testing of the Irkut MC-21 wing box has indicted that the structure will be able to withstand maximum flight loads. Irkut had stated earlier this year that it would need to reinforce ...

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 ...

The Breakthrough Laminar Aircraft Demonstrator in Europe (BLADE) project is part of the Clean Sky Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft (SWFA) programme, an extensive, 50% European Union-funded, multi-partner ...