Intensive use of carbon-fiber-reinforced composites may have contributed to the safe evacuation of all 379 passengers and crew from an Airbus A350-900 passenger jet that collided with a Japan Coast ...

One of the primary achievements of the 787 Dreamliner design is its monocoque fuselage, which has internally integrated ...

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, ...

[Avionics Today 12-17-14] Boeing broke ground in the construction of a new 367,000-square-foot facility, in which it will build parts for the new 777X commercial aircraft. Boeing forecasts that ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (July 19, 2013) -- In the future, Army aircraft may be made of all composite materials, and the Prototype Integration Facility Advanced Composites Laboratory is ready. Part of ...

When the latest X-plane crafted by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works team soon takes flight over Palmdale, California, observers will be watching a throwback to a previous era of experimental flight ...

Aviation's switch to composite aircraft construction will take-off with Boeing's 787 later this year, but the move into metal composites will take a little longer -- primarily because the processes ...