Aircraft structures supplier Spirit AeroSystems is using the Paris air show to call attention to research work it hopes will enable the next generation of narrowbody jets to have composite fuselages.

They combined the cockpit from an F-35, which experienced an engine failure on the runway, with the aft fuselage from another F-35, which suffered a nose gear failure. On Jan. 24, 2025, our friend and ...

Qatar Airways has highlighted Airbus’s introduction of an alternative to expanded copper foil for lightning protection on the A350, but the airframer insists it is not a reaction to its skin-paint ...

NEWARK, DE / ACCESS Newswire / April 13, 2026 / According to the latest analysis by Future Market Insights, the global advanced composite fuselage panel systems for next-gen narrow-bodies market is ...

The fuselage of the jetliner involved in a collision on a Tokyo runway was made from carbon-composite fibers, and the incident is renewing concern about the challenges of putting out fires involving ...

Hexapods (yellow at top) hold the MFFD upper shell to the lower shell as the two are joined using the CONTIjoin equipment (at center of image). This work was done in the BUSTI project, part of the ...

Considering that theBoeing 787 was the first airliner to have an airframe primarily made from composite materials, and has been in service since 2011, it may puzzle readers to learn that the much ...

Northrop Grumman (Falls Church, Va., U.S.) has reached a significant milestone in factory automation and advanced manufacturing technologies by delivering the 1,500th composite center fuselage for the ...

Vertical Aerospace has selected Leonardo’s aerostructures division to design, test and manufacture the carbon-composite fuselage for its planned VX4 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air ...

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