Ascent Aviation Services is drawing attention to the increasing operational focus on structural life‑limit management as ...

The application of tailored NDT techniques across all major aircraft components ensures that the most effective inspection ...

Fleet Readiness Center East at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is set to become one of only two sites in the world to use laser technology to strengthen aircraft structural components. The ...

CTC GmbH – An Airbus Company has won a JEC Composites Innovation Award for SAUBER4.0, a holistically networked manufacturing approach which aims to make large composite aircraft structures, including ...

All aircraft wings have a remarkable capacity for flex. But one of the most significant changes in aircraft engineering in the four decades or so has been the addition of composite materials, ...

The application of new materials and structures technology in commercial transport aircraft depends on a number of interrelated considerations. This part of the report describes trends and forecasts ...