FACC has recently constructed a flap prototype by means of resin transfer moulding. Not a new technique, but never before applied on this scale and with such a high degree of complexity, the company says.
By creating a Joint Research Virtual Lab, Leonardo and Solvay aim to develop new thermoplastic materials and new manufacturing processes so as to attain higher performance and manufacturing efficiency.
Targeting 2026 for the entry-into-service of hydrogen-powered aircraft, GKN is taking part in a £54 million collaborative H2GEAR programme to push hydrogen technology and accelerate decarbonisation.
Airbus intends to test hybrid and electric propulsion technologies with its Flightlab, as well as exploring autonomy, and other technologies aimed at reducing helicopter sound or improving maintenance and safety.
Parts include a range of thermoplastic and pre-preg composite components to be supplied to the Airbus A400M composite wing box assembly line at the Filton facility in Bristol in the UK.
The G280 fuselage structures will be delivered just before the interior work of the aircraft. It is the first time that KAI has won an order for a complete fuselage structure including a seat rail.
The milestone has been reached eight years after the first delivery, but production is now at full rate and Magellan hopes these are just the first of up to 1,000 ship-sets over the program lifetime.
Cobham Mission Systems will provide the air refuelling probe for Korea Aerospace industries' FA-50 advanced jet aircraft. The solution will involve a bespoke telescopic probe.
The Ka-226T is the first machine in Russia's helicopter industry to be developed entirely in virtual space without the use of paper media. Fuselages that reduce fuel system accidents are the latest piece of the puzzle.
Meggitt has designed a higher and broader bandwidth radome to protect from environmental effects, prevent interference whilst being highly transmissive for the AESA radar system's operational modes.
Triumph in Red Oak, Texas, have marked the beginning of an assembly process that could see it produce in excess of 2,000 ship sets of wings and empennage for the T-7A military trainer aircraft.
Roughly the size of a paperback book, Honeywell's compact fly-by-wire system is intended for smaller autonomous cargo and UAM vehicles - and perfect, says Pipistrel, for its Nuuva V300.
Freely flapping wing-tips can be capable of reacting and flexing to wind gusts in a way that improves aircraft performance, and the AlbatrossONE has now flown with longer wing-tips than ever.
The first set of passenger access doors, baggage doors and emergency doors for the all-electric Alice are due for delivery in the first quarter of next year. They will be lightweight carbon fibre.
The KF-X's mission computer and flight control computer are scheduled to be mounted on the prototype after performance tests this year, in time to perform ground tests. First flight is slated for 2022.
Aviastar-SP aims to increase the production rate of the Il-76MD-90A to up to twelve a year, and has implemented a laser-guided production line powered by robots to help make it happen.
Liebherr is celebrating progress with its work on the Boeing 777 and 787 steering systems. These are the first full package stand-alone electronics units built by the company.
The Carrier Variant of the F-35 needs foldable wings in order to fit into the ship's hangars. Avcorp assembles the outboard section, and reckons these are some of the more complex aircraft assemblies made in Canada.
The collapse in world air travel, and resulting chaos in the airline industry, is trickling down through the supply chain. Spirit's work on twenty Boeing 737 MAX aircraft due to be delivered this year has been put on hold.
