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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.

Rotorcraft architecture featuring a highly composites-intensive design transitions into 2-year flight campaign to demonstrate its high-speed capabilities.

The inaugural CW From the Archives revisits Sara Black’s 2007 story on out-of-autoclave infusion used to fabricate the massive composite upper cargo door for the Airbus A400M military airlifter.

Launched as part of a Clean Sky 2 program, a compound design — rotor, split fixed-wing, propulsive propellers — uses composites to cut fuel consumption and emissions by 20%.

M1 Composites Technologies has been chosen to provide repair services for the small single-aisle aircraft. 

Unveiling coincided with the opening of the new CityAirbus test center in Donauwörth, Germany, ahead of the aircraft’s maiden flight later this year.

Nine-month 2023 earnings detail a 12% increase in consolidated revenue from 2022, meeting 2023 delivery targets and increased production rates for Airbus A350 widebody aircraft.

The bound4blue eSail, currently built in part from composites, will further decarbonize Airbus’ transportation of A320 subassemblies from Europe to the U.S.

Digital systems, bio-based and recyclable composites and other workstreams specifically dedicated to twin-engines will be tested and matured aboard Airbus’ helicopter demonstrator.

While the world continues to wait for new single-aisle program announcements from Airbus and Boeing, it’s clear composites will play a role in their fabrication. But in what ways, and what capacity?

The Querétaro site will start in mid-2025 with Airbus A220 overhead bins assembled in Québec, Canada and Alabama in the U.S.