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 ...

A look into the materials used for the wings and fuselage of Boeing's newest long-range, twin-engine jetliner.

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 ...

Spirit AeroSystems celebrated completion of its 100th Boeing 787-8 composite fuselage section at an employee event on Tuesday. The fuselage section will be delivered to Boeing’s final assembly plant ...

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 ...

WICHITA, Kan. — Spirit AeroSystems has rolled out the first composite fuselage for the industry’s largest heavy-lift development effort, the Sikorsky CH-53K, planting the Kansas fuselage specialist ...

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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 ...