A hairline crack forms deep inside an aircraft wing, invisible to the naked eye but capable of growing into a catastrophic ...

A carbon composite inner skin for the LEAP-1C engine’s O-Duct is formed via a specialty molding process, used for the first time in the program to build aero-structures for the CFM International ...

Composites have flown on commercial aircraft primary structures — those critical to flight — for more than 30 years, but only recently have they conquered the fuselage, wingbox and wings, most notably ...

Market outlook highlights commercial, defense and bizjet upturn, shift to Asia/rise of India, AAM's pivot toward commercial ...

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iSurface, a project led by Munro Technology, Z Prime, Axalp Technologies AG and researchers from Swiss university of applied sciences FHNW (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz), unveiled a new intelligent ...

A collaborative research initiative in Europe is seeking to use digital twin processes to manage the entire life-cycle of next-generation aircraft composite structures. The project aims to provide ...

U.S. Aerospace Composites Market was valued at USD 10.09 billion in 2025 and is expected to reach USD 24.92 billion by 2035 due to increasing aircraft production and defense modernization ...

One of the aeronautical challenges of the 21st century is finding a way to quickly construct new, sustainable aircraft. Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM), one of NASA’s newest projects, ...

Aerospace Technology Institute CTO Jacqueline Castle on how composites and AM will underpin the future of UK aerospace ...

Deutsche Aircraft has finalised the supply chain for the primary structure of its D328eco programme with the selection of Spain’s Aernnova to build the empennage for the regional turboprop. Aernnova ...

In addition, there is limited standardisation of composite materials and repair techniques, compared to metal materials and repairs. This is partly due to business proprietary practices and the ...