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

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 ...

Dassault Aviation has signed several agreements with Tata Advanced Systems for the company to build Rafale fuselages in India. The package of measures would see Tata establish a production facility in ...

The performance of the final product depends heavily on the degree of cure - making it critical to ensure that the reaction goes to completion for the highest quality and reliability. Achieving this ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Score one for the humans. After four years of trial and error, Boeing Co. is dumping one of its most ambitious forays into automation: ...

FARNBOROUGH, England — Though industry analysts have long assumed Boeing’s next new jet would have an all-composite airframe like the 787, cost considerations may now favor a shift to building the 797 ...

It’s tough work for pairs of humans who install each of the 60,000 rivets that keep Boeing's 777 from falling apart in midair, so they’re getting some help from pairs of robots on the plane production ...

Boeing acknowledges that progress on a new robotic manufacturing system considered essential for efficient high-rate production of the 777X fuselage has been slower than expected but says the overall ...