The 787's carbon fiber fuselage changed aviation. The problems it introduced are still being resolved.

A phenomenon known as barely visible impact damage makes composite aircraft like the A350 much more difficult to repair after ...

The transition of the T‑7A Red Hawk into production, validated through Milestone C, confirms the industrial maturity of the ...

Leonardo is nearing the end of the design phase for a pair of composite fuselage demonstrators for a future aircraft under the Green Regional Aircraft workstream of the EU’s Clean Sky 2 programme. The ...

The fuselage of the jetliner involved in a collision on a Tokyo runway was made from carbon-composite fibers, and the incident is renewing concern about the challenges of putting out fires involving ...

Just one day after a major aviation player told the Seattle Times that Boeing’s proposed new 797 airplane might have a metal rather than a carbon composite fuselage, a top executive at the jetmaker ...

Weight and cost reduction in the manufacturing processes and health monitoring of an aircraft fuselage are key to the competitiveness of Europe’s regional aircraft industry. Clean Sky’s Composite ...

Despite the versatility of fluoropolymers in demanding, high-performance applications under harsh environments, many of them have been classified as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and are ...

China has produced the first composite forward fuselage prototype for the in-development CRAIC CR929 widebody. China has produced the first composite forward fuselage prototype for the in-development ...

The fuselage of the jetliner involved in a collision on a Tokyo runway was made from carbon-composite fibers, and the incident is renewing concern about the challenges of putting out fires involving ...