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

As part of the EU-funded Clean Sky 2/Clean Aviation project “Large Passenger Aircraft” (“LPA”), the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Stade, Germany, together with international project partners, has joined ...

The Boeing 737 is one of the most popular commercial aircraft of all time, and the launch of the 737 MAX series in 2016 brought the aircraft into the 21st century. While much attention has been paid ...

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, ...

Ameco Beijing started the world’s first A340 fuselage structural change. The company said the fuselage modification involves reinforcing the skin at six connectors between the vertical stabilizer and ...

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 ...

Saab has shipped its first aft fuselage section for an engineering and manufacturing development (EMD)-phase example of the US Air Force’s Boeing T-7A Red Hawk advanced jet trainer. Produced at Saab’s ...

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 ...

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 ...