Airbus has delivered the first major airframe section to the A350 XWB Final Assembly Line in Toulouse, France.
03 January 2012
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01 January 2012
Boeing's first South Carolina-built 787 Dreamliner has put weight on wheels for the first time. The site will deliver its first aircraft next year.
22 December 2011
The Reinforced Plastics team would like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
20 December 2011
Hampson Aerospace Tooling Solutions' Coast Composites business unit has achieved AS9100 Rev C certification.
20 December 2011
ITT Exelis has reached the halfway point in the construction of its new composites design and manufacturing centre for aerospace structures.
19 December 2011
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19 December 2011
Park Electrochemical Corp has announced the opening of the major expansion of its composite aerospace materials, parts and assemblies manufacturing and design facility located in Newton, Kansas, USA.
15 December 2011
New company Stratolaunch Systems is developing an air-launch system which it says will revolutionise space travel.
15 December 2011
Goodrich's Aerostructures business is to install a third Mongoose automated fibre placement (AFP) system from Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc.
14 December 2011
To meet growing demand for its products, Spirit AeroSystems Inc is to move production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fixed leading edge composite wing component from its Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, facility to Malaysia.
13 December 2011
Airbus has started joining the first 21 m long front fuselage section for the A350 XWB in Saint-Nazaire, France.
13 December 2011
Etihad Airways has announced an order for ten Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, making Etihad the world's largest customer for this aircraft.
13 December 2011
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13 December 2011
Boeing has established two world records with the 787 Dreamliner, setting new achievements for both speed and distance for the aircraft's weight class.
09 December 2011
According to the Airbus Global Market Forecast, the USA and Canada will require 5901 new passenger aircraft of more than 100 seats between today and 2030.
05 December 2011
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05 December 2011
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02 December 2011
Embraer SA and Alcoa have signed a technology sharing agreement that involves the use of Alcoa's aluminium alloys to support Embraer’s development of metallic fuselage and wings for its aircraft.
28 November 2011
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28 November 2011