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The advantages of building aircraft structures with composites, compared to metal, include light weight, high specific strength, superior fatigue properties, damage tolerance and the absence of corrosion.
Access to talent, infrastructure and supportive business-friendly state culture were keys to selecting this location for JetZero’s all-wing composite Z4 aircraft, which will be able to produce 20 aircraft/month when at full rate.
New technologies demonstration platform (PDNT), validating innovative processes, methodologies and new materials, exceeded more than 200% of expected progressive load limit.
California startup continues push toward first flight of its blended wing body (BWB) demonstrator aircraft in 2027, which uses carbon fiber composite fuselage, wings.
NASA and Boeing are evaluating a new approach to the agency’s sustainable flight demonstrator project, one that would put the X-66 on ice amid a thin-wing rethink.
Commemorating the theme “Performance With Purpose,” CW has gathered key stories over the last year that exemplify how composites have progressed aviation, AAM and defense.
Pioneered wing architecture, more integrated systems and new material technologies are being explored for 20% weight reduction, 50% fuel burn reduction and to enable a hybrid-electrical use case.
With more than 570 pre-orders for its Kona cargo and Horizon passenger aircraft, Natilus begins discussions with sites and suppliers in the U.S. for its 250,000-square-foot Phase I facility and also in the UAE, India and Saudi Arabia for its Phase II expansion.
A recent time study compares the layup of a wing spar using prepreg with A&P’s TX-45 continuous braided reinforcement versus traditional twill woven prepreg.
Cranfield University, along with 23 partners including Airbus, GKN and Collins, are building their knowledge of tube and wing and BWB aircraft concepts through development of testbed research aircraft.
Key deliveries include the complete composite wing assembly in June and booms anticipated by end of July, in anticipation of upcoming flights and 2028 commercial service.
