The work will be performed by AAR Composites, which develops and fabricates advanced composite structures for aviation and aerospace applications.

AAR Composites, located in Clearwater, Florida, USA, recently expanded its manufacturing capabilities with the opening of a west coast facility in Sacramento, California. The expansion provides additional capacity for autoclave, oven, resin transfer moulding (RTM) and vacuum assisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM) composites processes.

Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast, is responsible for the development, design and manufacture of the composite wings for the CSeries aircraft family. It has successfully assembled a pre-production demonstrator wing using its resin transfer infusion process, testing of which is due to get under way shortly.

Bombardier's CSeries aircraft is designed for the 100- to 149- seat market. The aircraft will be built with 70% advanced lightweight structural materials, which contribute to the fuel efficiency, performance and extended range of the aircraft.