The Boeing 787 is assembled in the US, but its parts come from nine countries. Here is what each one builds.
Airbus built the A350XWB with approximately 53% composite materials by weight, allowing airlines like Delta Air Lines, Qatar Airways, and Singapore Airlines to reduce fuel burn by roughly 25% compared ...
The National Transportation Safety Board has scheduled a public forum Sept. 21-22 on airplane fuselage structural integrity. The forum will cover fuselage design, certification of fuselage structures, ...
The first rear fuselage structure produced at the Polish plant was unveiled on Aug. 29. Credit: PZL Mielec Lockheed Martin’s Polish affiliate, PZL Mielec, has expanded its production operations to ...
Boeing engineers insist they are confident in the long-term structural integrity of the 787’s composite fuselage, saying extensive testing and examination has shown that the fuselages retain ...
The A380 will be hard to miss at Paris. But what lies behind its highly visible structure? Our technical overview reveals the giant’s aerodynamic secrets The A380 will be hard to miss at Paris. But ...
Boeing Australia has completed assembly of the fuselage structure of the first ‘loyal wingman’ unmanned aircraft it is developing in partnership with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Boeing ...
The fuselage section will now undergo its secondary interior structural assembly and system installation before being delivered to the A350 XWB final assembly line in Toulouse (France). Airbus has ...
Boeing has expanded its examination of 787 Dreamliners after finding more widespread instances of a defect initially thought confined to the aircraft’s aft fuselage plant in South Carolina, prompting ...