Next-Gen Aerospace 2019 Issue
![Next-Gen Aerospace](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/CW19_Aerospace.png;maxWidth=250;quality=70)
April 2019
Digital Edition![Large, high-volume, infused composite structures on the aerospace horizon](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/CW/2019-CW/cw-19-next-gen-aero-infusion-2.jpg;maxWidth=600;quality=70)
Features
Featured articles from the Next-Gen Aerospace 2019 issue of CompositesWorld
![A Flight Plan for Next-Gen Manufacturing](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/MMS/2019-MMS/mms-0719-aerospace-supplement.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
A Flight Plan for Next-Gen Manufacturing
Learn more about the materials and processes that will shape next-generation aircraft in a collection of stories from Modern Machine Shop, Additive Manufacturing and CompositesWorld, available to read or download for free.
Read More![Automated, in-situ inspection a necessity for next-gen aerospace](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/CW/2019-CW/cw-nextgen-032919-fives2.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Automated, in-situ inspection a necessity for next-gen aerospace
Inline inspection technologies continue to evolve with the aim of providing faster and more accurate part inspection.
Read More![Big additive machines tackle large molds](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/CW/2019-CW/cw_19_next_gen_aero_am_molds_ingersoll.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Big additive machines tackle large molds
In commercial aerocomposites fabrication, molds reign supreme, but they are expensive. Large-format additive manufacturing systems are poised to make production-ready molds quickly and affordably.
Read MoreFiber sizing, tow spreading and the quest for encapsulation
Fiber sizing is easily overlooked by composites fabricators, but it will be increasingly important to optimization of fiber performance.
Read More![HP-RTM for serial production of cost-effective CFRP aerostructures](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/CW/2019-CW/CW-2019Supp-HPRTM-opener.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
HP-RTM for serial production of cost-effective CFRP aerostructures
Merging automotive process and tooling with aerospace quality to meet increasing production rates.
Read More![Mission Critical: An AM Breakthrough in Commercial Aviation](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/AM/2019-AM/NEXT-GEN-AERO-GE9X-1.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Mission Critical: An AM Breakthrough in Commercial Aviation
The GE9X is the first commercial aircraft engine to reach production with significant additive content. The story of GE’s accomplishment and why it matters.
Read More![Next-generation aerospace: shaping the supply chain landscape](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/CW/2019-CW/next-gen-cover-2019.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Next-generation aerospace: shaping the supply chain landscape
The global commercial aerospace industry is at a unique time.
Read More![Plant Tour: STELIA Aerospace, Méaulte, France](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/CW/2019-CW/supplement2019-STELIA-1.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Plant Tour: STELIA Aerospace, Méaulte, France
Supplier of Airbus fuselage sections pushes boundaries of hybrid aerostructures production, assembly and thermoplastic composites.
Read More![Spirit AeroSystems invests in qualification program with Toray prepreg](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/CW/2019-CW/cw-19-next-gen-aero-spirit-afp.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Spirit AeroSystems invests in qualification program with Toray prepreg
The world’s largest aerospace tier supplier seizes the opportunity to develop its own allowables for a carbon fiber prepreg, setting an important precedent.
Read More![Tackling the Aerospace Supplier’s Dilemma: Scalability](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/mms/2019-mms/next-gen-mms-05-2019-trinity1.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Tackling the Aerospace Supplier’s Dilemma: Scalability
Automation and robotics can go a long way toward increasing capacity and growing a business dedicated to aerospace manufacturing. But Trinity Precision has learned that refining the indirect and unseen aspects of its operations can be just as valuable.
Read More![Thermoplastic composites: Poised to step forward](https://d2n4wb9orp1vta.cloudfront.net/cms/brand/CW/2019-CW/cwnextgen040119pabulkhead.jpg;maxWidth=400;quality=70)
Thermoplastic composites: Poised to step forward
The evolving role of thermoplastic materials and processes and their future in next-generation commercial aircraft.
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