The efficiency and performance of the 787 instantly put competitor, Airbus, on the back foot. To counter the Boeing 787, Airbus developed two distinct strategies: the A350 "extra wide body" (XWB), a ...
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World’s first software‑defined fuselage designed to enhance agility of combat aircrafts
Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab has announced what it calls the world’s first software-defined aircraft fuselage, developed in collaboration with Divergent Technologies.
The problems at Spirit AeroSystems that have led to a shortfall of fuselages arriving at Boeing’s 737 assembly plant in Renton go far beyond delays in receiving parts from subcontractors, according to ...
Lilium, a German eVTOL manufacturer, commenced assembly of the first fuselage for its seven-seater Lilium Jet, a key step toward obtaining EASA type certification by late 2025 and commencing ...
Stelia Aerospace believes 3D printing has the potential to go large when it comes to aircraft construction. The French-based company has unveiled the first printed self-reinforcing fuselage panel in ...
In the Charleston incident, a hole opened in the plane near the tail This is the third FAA response to the 2009 Southwest emergency landing Holes in the fuselage can cause cabins to dangerously lose ...
Northrop Grumman entered full-rate production on the F-35 Lightning II’s centre fuselage at its Palmdale, California facility in May in order to meet increasing order quantities from the Pentagon and ...
Boeing Co. said it’s seeing a sharp drop in defects on 737 Max fuselages arriving from supplier Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. and an uptick in the pace at which the cashcow planes move through its ...
PHOENIX – Southwest Airlines said it is working with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to determine the cause of a depressurization event that occurred during a Phoenix-Sacramento flight ...
Airbus transported its last A380 fuselage through Levignac, France, via truck convoy en route to the final assembly line in Toulouse on Wednesday. The A380 product line is being shuttered as no more ...
Spirit AeroSystems’ latest Boeing 737 Max production agreement for 2020 covers barely a third of the fuselages it delivered in 2018, and appears to put Boeing at least four years behind its ramp-up ...
Industry experts believed they knew where to look for crack-inducing metal fatigue on aging airplanes, but the in-flight rupture of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 on Friday has raised concerns about ...
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