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The advantages of building aircraft structures with composites, compared to metal, include light weight, high specific strength, superior fatigue properties, damage tolerance and the absence of corrosion.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Airbus is temporarily reducing production activities at three aircraft wing facilities for three weeks.

The unfurlable, parabolic, composite reflector offers significant advantages in satellite deployment and marks Airbus’s entry into the market for cost-effective and small radar missions and constellations. 

Guillaume Faury says recovery of commercial passenger air travel is coming, and he wants to position Airbus to be ready to serve when that day arrives. 

A380 flying testbed will be equipped with liquid hydrogen (LH₂) tanks and modified turbofan engine to take flight around the middle of this decade.

Plan to combine France and Germany activities with composite aerostructures assembly companies Stelia Aerospace and Premium Aerotec respectively, and integrate them wholly under Airbus.

The award was presented to FACC for its contribution to composite components for the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow program.

New Zealand company works with FSE, GKN Aerospace to test LH₂ storage and delivery system, advances zero emissions flight via Hydrogen Consortium and $23 million Series A funding.

FACC will start delivery of the radomes in 2020 and will manufacture them for the Airbus A220 under a life-of-program contract.

Both companies will explore the creation of tailored UAM services, by identifying strategic use cases for emission-free mobility solutions, also catering to the launch of the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL aircraft.

Facility will offer sustainable solutions to manage the entire lifecycle of aircraft, including maintenance, conversions, dismantling and recycling.