Researchers have created a self-healing composite that is tougher than materials currently used in aircraft wings, turbine blades and other applications—and can repair itself more than 1,000 times.

For the festivities, GE Aviation president and CEO David Joyce joined Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker and U.S. Congressman Steven Palazzo. The new 340,000-square-foot ...

A frequently cited statistic for Boeing's newest clean-sheet aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner, is that it is composed of 50% ...

Scaled Composites, LLC made aviation history today with the flight of the largest wingspan aircraft. During this initial flight, the team tested out specific handling qualities to validate the design.

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

Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SACC), a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), and HRC, the major ...

Airbus is adopting a gradual transition to composite materials in aircraft design to ensure the advantages of composites are established before committing to their extensive use in aircraft structures ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a way of reinforcing composites using tiny carbon nanotubes (CNT) that testing has shown can increase strength by 30%. With high ...

Carbon fiber chains. Source (All Images) | Guanglian Aviation Industry Co. Ltd. Since 2019, Guanglian Aviation Industry Co. Ltd.’s scientific and technological innovation center for composite material ...

Boeing- and Pratt & Whitney-backed Canadian aircraft developer is targeting the 50- to 100-seat market with its matured ...